Since losing his debut fight in the UFC to Vitor Belfort, Luke Rockhold has won five straight fights and claimed the UFC Middleweight Championship. Rockhold will put his title on the line at UFC 199 against Michael Bisping this Saturday night at the Forum in Los Angeles, California.
UFC 199 odds, Rockhold vs. Bisping 2: Rockhold heavy favorite in middleweight title matchup
The heavily-favored Luke Rockhold faces underdog Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 199 this Saturday in Los Angeles.
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Rockhold is a -850 betting favorite in the UFC 199 main event at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. This main event was originally supposed to be a rematch against Chris Weidman for Rockhold, but after Weidman had to withdraw from the fight with an injury, Bisping agreed to step in and take his place.
These two middleweights fought back in 2014 with Rockhold earning the win by submission.
While Bisping has been in good form of late with three straight wins, including a win over Anderson Silva in his last fight, there isn’t much to suggest bettors will see a different result from the last time the British veteran fought Rockhold.
Rockhold is an even more polished wrestler and striker than he was before, and Bisping won’t be in peak physical shape after taking this fight on short notice. An upset by Bisping would pay +525 on the UFC 199 odds board.
Urijah Faber handed Dominick Cruz the only loss of his professional career when the two bantamweights met in the WEC back in 2007. Cruz has won 11 straight fights since then, including a unanimous decision win over Faber at UFC 132 in 2011. There is plenty of bad blood between these two rivals, and Saturday’s fight will serve as a rubber match.
Faber has been on the decline in recent years and is going off as a +400 underdog to beat Cruz (-600) in this one.
Powerful striker Max Holloway (-325) will square off against talented wrestler Ricardo Lamas (+250) in a match that will be interesting due to its clash of styles. Holloway has won eight straight fights and has improved defensively since losing back-to-back fights in 2013, and that defense will be put to the test against Lamas in this featherweight bout.
Other fights on the undercard of UFC 199 include Hector Lombard (-400) vs. Dan Henderson (+300), Dustin Poirier (-225) vs. Bobby Green (+175), Brian Ortega (-270) vs. Clay Guida (+210), Beneil Dariush (-190) vs. James Vick (+155) and Jessica Penne (-155) vs. Jessica Andrade (+125).
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