UFC Fight Night Betting Odds – McGregor vs. Silver, Henderson vs. Cerrone, More
Carrie Stroup here with your UFC Fight Night betting odds for McGregor vs. Silver, Henderson vs. Cerrone and Hall vs. Stallings. Place your 1st bet on any sporting event here and get your 2nd bet FREE up to $100.
Sportsbook.ag UFC Fight Night Preview: McGregor vs. Silver
Sunday, Jan. 18 – 11:30 p.m. ET
Boston, MA
Conor McGregor (16-2) vs. Dennis Silver (22-9)
5-Round featherweight fight
Sportsbook.ag Line: McGregor -900, Siver +600
Conor McGregor looks to continue his movement up the featherweight ladder as he takes on Dennis Silver at UFC Fight Night in Boston on Sunday.
McGregor promised to make his presence felt when he came to the UFC, and he has absolutely kept that promise with 12 straight victories. Three of his four matches in the UFC have ended in the first round, including his last match against Dustin Poirier on Sept. 27. McGregor is the type of fighter that the fans love, because he is going to go out there and make the bout very exciting.
Silver has a different fighting style than McGregor, but he is 7-3 in his past 10 fights, including a victory against Charles Rosa by way of unanimous decision on Oct. 4. At 36 years old, Silver is not going to get many more opportunities to fight a guy like McGregor. He will have to come out prepared and not let his opponent's aggressiveness get to him. However, that will not make a difference against McGregor, who is on a mission to win the featherweight title, and he will inch closer to that fight with a dominating victory against Silver.
"The Notorious" McGregor has 16 wins on his resume, with the majority of them (14) coming by way of knockout. He also has one win by both decision and submission (RNC), and has totaled 12 first-round finishes in his career. McGregor will have many advantages in this fight, but his biggest strength is the ability to knock out his opponent. The 26-year-old from Dublin averages 4.6 significant strikes landed per minute, while Silver averages 3.8. McGregor's grappling (3.41 takedown average) is also much better than Silver’s 1.04 takedown average, which is going to make it very difficult for Silver to get the victory. If McGregor comes out focused, the heavy underdog has little change of pulling off the mammoth upset.
For Silver, this is a very difficult matchup because he doesn’t appear to have any strengths over McGregor. He does have much more experience of the two combatants, and enters this fight with 22 victories in his career. Silver, who hails from Russia but currently fights out of Germany, has shown he can win in many different ways. He has eight wins by decision, with seven victories by both knockout and submission. Seven of these wins have been first-round finishes, and he has won by five different submission techniques (2 RNC, 2 armbar, 1 guillotine, 1 heel hook and 1 choke).
For Silver to have a chance to win this fight, he is needs to be the aggressor and never let up. The odds are definitely stacked against him, but the thing about the UFC is it takes just one second for a match to be over.
Sportsbook.ag UFC Fight Night Preview: Henderson vs. Cerrone
Sunday, Jan. 18 – 11:00 p.m. ET
Boston, MA
Benson Henderson (21-4) vs. Donald Cerrone (26-6)
Lightweight fight
Sportsbook.ag Line: Henderson -145, Cerrone +115
Donald Cerrone looks for his second victory in 15 days as he takes on Benson Henderson at UFC Fight Night in Boston on Sunday.
If it seems like Cerrone was just in a match, it is because he was. “Cowboy” picked up a unanimous decision victory against Myles Jury on January 3 at UFC 182. Cerrone is the most active fighter in the sport right now, as Sunday will mark his seventh fight since Nov. 16, 2013, and he has won each of those six bouts. But none of those fights are as big as the opportunity he has in Boston which could earn him a championship opportunity.
It will not be easy for Cerrone though, as he is going up against a fighter who has beaten him twice in his career (2009 and 2010), both in championship bouts. While the first fight went the full five rounds with significant striking nearly equal (34-28), the rematch was completely dominated by Henderson, who held a 15-1 striking advantage before winning on a first-round submission.
Henderson is an extremely talented fighter who is looking to bounce back from a bad loss against Rafael dos Anjos on Aug. 23 where he was knocked out only 2:31 into the fight. The winner of Sunday's matchup will be in great position to potentially earn a title fight, and despite a fight just 15 days ago, Cerrone is looking to finally figure out Henderson for the victory.
"Cowboy" Cerrone has 26 victories in his career, with 15 of them coming by way of submission. Those 15 submission victories are broken down by seven triangle chokes, five RNC and three armbars. He also has seven wins by decision and four by knockout. Because both fighters have different strengths, the very beginning of this match is extremely important.
Cerrone has a big advantage when it comes to landing significant strikes (3.87 for Cerrone and 2.72 for Henderson). Although he has knockouts on his resume, Cerrone is landing those strikes to wear out his opponent, and set up the opportunity for a submission victory. For the 31-year-old who fights out of Albuquerque, there really isn’t any kind of game plan in a match so soon after his previous fight. That plays to his biggest strength, just going out there and letting it fly. While both fighters weigh 155 pounds, the 6-foot-1 Cerrone has a four-inch height advantage over the 5-foot-9 Henderson.
"Smooth" Henderson enters this fight with 21 victories in his career, with 10 of his wins coming by way of decision. He also has seven wins by submission (four guillotine, three RNC), with the other four coming by way of knockout. Even with his loss last August, Henderson has still won nine of his past 11 fights.
Henderson will have a big advantage when it comes to grappling with a 2.6 takedown average (1.41 for Cerrone), and he will try and use that against Cerrone. The first time these fighters collided, Henderson held an 8-1 takedown advantage. The problem with Henderson's strategy is that if he is not careful, he can be playing right into the strength of Cerrone. In Henderson's last two losses he has gotten careless and ended up losing very quickly; falling in a first-round submission to Anthony Pettis on Aug. 31, 2013.
If the 31-year-old who fights out of Glendale, AZ is able to get off to a fast start, he will be in great shape to get the win. Cerrone will try to win this fight early, so Henderson must be able to withstand the pressure.
Sportsbook.ag UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Stallings Betting Odds
Sunday, Jan. 18 – 10:30 p.m. ET
Boston, MA
Uriah Hall (10-4) vs. Ron Stallings (12-6)
Middleweight fight
Sportsbook.ag Line: Hall -800, Stallings +550
Uriah Hall looks to pick up his third consecutive victory as he takes on Ron Stallings at UFC Fight Night in Boston on Sunday.
Hall entered the UFC with high expectations after delivering one of the most vicious knockouts in the history of the sport on The Ultimate Fighter when he delivered a spinning hook kick knockout of Adam Cella. However, he struggled early in his career and was potentially on his way to being fired. Yet, Hall has bounced back nicely in his past two fights, including a unanimous decision victory against Thiago Santos at UFC 175 on July 5. Hall is an explosive athlete who has all of the talent in the world, but is not always focused when he is in the octagon. However, these past two matches have shown he may be back to reaching his great potential.
Ron Stallings is entering the UFC octagon for the first time in his career, and he will be looking to bounce back from an MMA loss to Tim Williams on November 1, 2014. For the heavily-favored Hall, this is the type of match that he has to come out and take care of business in, and that is exactly he will do.
"Prime Time" Hall has 10 wins in his career, with seven of them coming by way of knockout. He also has two wins by decision and one by submission (heel hook). Hall has a good average when it comes to landing significant strikes (2.94 landed per minute), and he is also extremely accurate when it comes to landing his attempts (49.33%). Hall averages 1.5 takedowns with a 42% accuracy mark.
Hall is a solid defender too with a 60% striking defense and 64% takedown defense. When it comes to athletes in the UFC, Hall is as good as there is in the sport. The 30-year-old who fights out of New York City does a nice job of using that athleticism, and he will have to be prepared against a fighter who can end a fight quickly by knockout.
Stallings has 12 wins in his career, with six of them coming by knockout, and the other six by submission. He is able to submit his opponent in a variety of ways with victories coming by two RNC, two triangle, one guillotine and one armbar submission. Of his dozen victories, five have been won in the first round. The guy they call “Choir Boy” (because he plays the keyboard at church) is a very similar athlete to his opponent, which is something that Hall does not usually have to deal with in the sport.
Another key thing to look for in this matchup is that this is the first UFC fight for the 31-year-old Stallings, so Hall will have to be 100 percent focused and not overlook his opponent. Stallings is 6-feet, 185 pounds and has very good strength for this weight class. He's got a golden opportunity to go out there and show he belongs in the UFC with a victory against Hall, who is also 6-feet, 185 pounds.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
