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The third fight for UFC Abu Dhabi was announced late Thursday with Petr Yan and Marcus McGhee being added to the card. This fight will take place July 26.
BetOnline.ag posted a line for the Yan-McGhee bout this morning, and the former bantamweight champ is a heavy favorite.
Pundits don't see the Yan-McGhee match as making much sense as No. 2 ranked Yan takes on the No. 13 ranked McGhee.
“This fight makes no sense whatsoever,” one fan said of the bantamweight matchup on ‘X’.
“Yan just took out Figgy [Deiveson Figueiredo] who was undefeated at BW at the time. He shouldn’t be fighting [someone] so lower ranked. I get that he wants to stay busy but the [Cory] Sandhagen rematch would’ve made more sense the winner of that rematch deserves a title shot.”
The odds only slightly reflect any mismatch as Yan comes in as the -325 favorite. That's a hefty price tag for a fight but we've seen far bigger disparities in prices of late.
Additionally, the odds for Whittaker vs. De Ridder and Magomedov vs. Barriault have both moved in the direction of the favorites since being released two weeks ago.
Robert Whittaker -180
Reinier De Ridder +155
(Odds opened Whittaker -170, De Ridder +145)
Shara Magomedov -300
Marc-Andre Barriault +250
(Odds opened Magomedov -260, Barriault +220)
Marcus McGhee +250
Petr Yan -325
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