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UFC 228 is just around the corner, and the hype has heated up. Darren Till made the weight, and the headline title fight is all set to steal the show, with Till flipping off the fans after the weigh-in.
Although the last minute withdrawal of Nicco Montano and her eventually being stripped of the title was not something that anyone had wanted to see, but all told it may be what is best for the title and the division. However, with the Valentina Shevchenko match scrapped, and no one able to step in at such short notice, the night will have to do without a co-main event.
The lack of co-main event is not the only loss that the card has suffered, with the injury of Yair Rodriguez and all the drama that followed also taking a toll on the night. However, Zabit Magomedsharipov will look to continue his dominance since arriving at the UFC on the sportsman-line Brandon Davis who took the leap to fill up the vacant spot.
In this article, we will look at the final UFC 228 betting odds, before the start of the event, and determine the favourites and the underdogs for each fight of the main card.
Thanks to Oddsshark for the odds.
Before beginning listing the odds for the main card of the night, here we will take a look at the Preliminary Card.
Early Preliminary Fights:
- Flyweight: Jarred Brooks (-300) vs Roberto Sanchez (+250): Favoured to win - Jarred Brooks
- Women's Bantamweight: Irene Aldana (-114) vs Lucie Pudilova (-106): Favoured to win - Irene Aldana
- Lightweight: Jim Miller (+141) vs Alex White (-161): Favoured to win - Alex White
- Welterweight: Diego Sanchez (+185) vs Craig White (-220): Favoured to win - Craig White
Preliminary Fights:
- Middleweight: Charles Byrd (-190) vs Darren Stewart (+165): Favoured to win - Charles Byrd
- Welterweight: Geoff Neal (-190) vs Frank Camacho (+165): Favoured to win - Geoff Neal
- Bantamweight: Aljamain Sterling (-155) vs Cody Stamann (+135): Favoured to win - Aljamain Sterling
- Women's Strawweight: Carla Esparza (+375) vs Tatiana Suarez (-475): Favoured to win - Tatiana Suarez
Without any further ado, let's get into the final odds from the main card for UFC 228.
#5 Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Niko Price (Welterweight)
Both the fighters have been on a fantastic run of late, although they do have losses in 2017 as well. While Price has an adaptive style of fighting, at the same time, he will need to look out for the aggression that Alhassan brings to the Octagon.
Neither can truly be called inexperienced and a win here for either fighter will help to propel them to greater heights.
Price will have to look out to last more than a round with Alhassan, however, as all the fights of the latter have ended in the first round, with nine wins to his name.
Odds: Abdul Razak Alhassan (-123) vs Niko Price (+103): Favoured to win - Abdul Razak Alhassan.
#4 Jimmie Rivera vs. John Dodson (Bantamweight)
The final odds for Dodson's fight against Rivera have come in and things don't look good for the Albuquerque native. While Rivera's undefeated streak came to an end only recently, Dodson has known a lot of losses over the course of his career.
Rivera will look to continue and build another streak, and a win against Dodson will be a good place for him to solidify his recent run.
Odds: Jimmie Rivera (-142) vs John Dodson (+122): Favoured to win - Jimmie Rivera.
#3 Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Brandon Davis (Featherweight)
There is a reason that Zabit Magomedsharipov is favoured to win this fight by such a huge margin. Since coming to the UFC he has picked up three wins, and before that had 12 more wins over the course of his career with only one loss to his name.
He was set to take on Yair Rodriguez, but due to an injury, he will instead face Brandon Davis, who volunteered to fill in at short notice.
Odds: Zabit Magomedsharipov (-1400) vs Brandon Davis (+850) : Favoured to win - Zabit Magomedsharipov.
#2 Jessica Andrade vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (Women's Strawweight)
Neither women here is a slouch. The only women's fight on the main card they have a lot to live up to due to Nicco Montano pulling out at the last minute. Both Jessica and Karolina have their vulnerabilities, but it is the power of Jessica Andrade that Karolina will have to look out for.
While she is a good fighter, she still has a ways to go, and Andrade might have a hard-fought win waiting for her in this fight.
Odds: Jessica Andrade (-460) vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz (+360): Favoured to win - Jessica Andrade.
#1 Tyron Woodley (C) vs. Darren Till (Welterweight Championship):
If there is one man who is hyped for UFC 228 to start, it is none other than Darren Till. He went through a tough fight against Stephen Thompson to earn the opportunity.
Now that he is here, he even made the weight and went through the weight cut well, coming at 169 pounds, while Tyron had to struggle to make 170.
If the odds that have come in are to be believed, then it is time that UFC will have a new Welterweight Champion, Darren Till. Till and Woodley are set to have the fight of the night if all goes well.
Odds: Darren Till (-130) vs Tyron Woodley (C) (+110): Favoured to win - Darren Till
