Oddsmakers are barely favoring Khamzat Chimaev over Robert Whittaker.
Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) takes on Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) in a five-round headliner June 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The primary card will air on ABC.
In accordance with SportsBetting, Chimaev is a -175 favourite, that means a $175 guess on the unbeaten contender would return $100 revenue. Whittaker is a +150 underdog, that means a $100 guess on the previous champion would win $150 revenue.
Chimaev has but to lose in his skilled MMA profession. After operating by his first 4 UFC opponents, he outlasted Gilbert Burns in an all-out struggle at UFC 273. He then shortly tapped out Kevin Holland, earlier than returning to 185 kilos to edge out former welterweight champ Kamaru Usman at UFC 294.
Whittaker’s solely losses at middleweight got here in title fights towards Israel Adesanya till he bumped into present champ Dricus Du Plessis, who completed him by TKO at UFC 290. Nonetheless, Whittaker was capable of rebound by defeating Paulo Costa in an entertaining scrap at UFC 298.
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