Two of UFC’s best clash at the main event on the UFC 290 main card on Saturday night when champion Alexander Volkanovski throws down against Yair Rodriguez.
Volkanovski is the favorite to retain his UFC Featherweight strap. Will Yair pull off the upset?
Keep reading for UFC betting lines, analysis, and free picks for main card bouts at this Saturday’s UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez.
UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez Betting Analysis for the Main Card Bouts | MyBookie MMA Betting Preview
UFC 2908 | Ultimate Fighting Championship
Saturday, July 8 at 7:00 pm ET
T-Mobile Arena | Nevada, United States
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Beau Nickal vs. Val Woodburn
UFC Odds: Beau Nickal -2500 vs. Val Woodburn +916
Middleweight Bout
Val Woodburn is a replacement fighter, which might explain the odds difference even though Woodburn is 7-0. Another reason Nickal is such a heavy favorite is because this is Woodburn’s first UFC bout.
The chalk in this is 4-0. Nickal submitted Jamie Pickett at UFC 285 in his last. Woodburn won’t escape the first round.
UFC 290 Pick: Beau Nickal | Bet Beau Nickal vs. Val Woodburn Today
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Jalin Turner vs. Dan Hooker
UFC Odds: Jalin Turner -285 vs. Dan Hooker +215
Lightweight Bout
Hooker won his last fight. The underdog in this knocked out Claudio Puelles in the second round at UFC 281 in November. Before beating Puelles, Hooker had lost 2 straight and 3-of-4.
Mateusz Gamrot bested Jalin Turner in the favorite’s last. Turner had been on a winning streak before the loss. Although Hooker fought great in November, Turner should bounce back with a quality win.
UFC 290 Pick: Jalin Turner | Bet Jalin Turner vs. Dan Hooker Today
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Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus du Plessis
UFC Odds: Robert Whittaker -416 vs. Dricus du Plessis +292
Middleweight Bout
19-2 Dricus du Plessis is on a 7-match winning streak. The underdog in this is 8-1 via knockout or technical knockout and 10-1 via submission victories.
du Plessis is fighting well enough that we must question the odds difference. For sure, Robert Whittaker should be favored to win this. However, laying -416 doesn’t seem right. Taking a shot on the +292 underdog makes sense.
UFC 290 Pick: Dricus du Plessis | Bet Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus du Plessis Today
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Brandon Moreno vs. Alexander Pantoja
UFC Flyweight Title
UFC Odds: Brandon Moreno -208 vs. Alexander Pantoja +161
Flyweight Bout
The odds on Moreno versus Pantoja has slowly gone the underdog’s way. Moreno opened a -270 favorite. But in the past couple of days, Pantoja has attracted action.
Moreno has been solid in his last few bouts. The flyweight champ beat rival Deiveson Figueiredo in 2 of his last 3. The loss came against Figueiredo. The other victory came versus Kai Kara-France.
But although the champ has fought great in recent bouts, Pantoja has a shot at the win. The underdog has won 4-of-5. The lone loss came versus 14-1-1 Askar Askarov and it came via unanimous decision.
Also, in the previous head-to-head, Pantoja beat Moreno. The dog can bite.
UFC 290 Pick: Alexander Pantoja | Bet Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez Today
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Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez
UFC Featherweight Title
UFC Odds: Alexander Volkanovski -384 vs. Yair Rodriguez +275
Featherweight Bout
In his last, Volkanovski lost for the first time since 2013. The favorite in this had been on a 22-match winning streak. It took a fighter of Islam Makhachev’s abilities to beat Volkanovski.
Volkanovski’s incredible winning streak is one of the reasons he’s the favorite to beat Yair Rodriguez. But although Alexander should be tough to beat, Rodriguez has a 5-inch height advantage and heads into this after submitting Josh Emmett in February. Rodriguez is the play.
UFC 290 Pick: Yair Rodriguez | Bet Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez Today
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UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez | MMA
| UFC Main Card (ABC / ESPN+) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | |||
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | vs. | Yair Rodríguez (ic) |
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno (c) | vs. | Alexandre Pantoja |
| Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | vs. | Dricus du Plessis |
| Lightweight | Jalin Turner | vs. | Dan Hooker |
| Middleweight | Bo Nickal | vs. | Val Woodburn |
| Preliminary card (ABC / ESPN / ESPN+) | |||
| Welterweight | Robbie Lawler | vs. | Niko Price |
| Welterweight | Jack Della Maddalena | vs. | Josiah Harrell |
| Women’s Strawweight | Yazmin Jauregui | vs. | Denise Gomes |
| Light Heavyweight | Jimmy Crute | vs. | Alonzo Menifield |
| Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||
| Catchweight (130 lb) | Tatsuro Taira | vs. | Edgar Cháirez |
| Light Heavyweight | Vitor Petrino | vs. | Marcin Prachnio |
| Bantamweight | Cameron Saaiman | vs. | Terrence Mitchell |
| Flyweight | Shannon Ross | vs. | Jesús Santos Aguilar |
| Lightweight | Kamuela Kirk | vs. | Esteban Ribovics |
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