Paige VanZant (pictured) may be getting all the pub entering Thursday’s pivotal shootout against Rose Namajunas, but there isn’t much separating the two as far as the sportsbooks are concerned.
VanZant, the UFC’s latest golden girl, is a slight -1.5-1 odds-on favorite to beat Namajunas. “Thug,” meanwhile, comes in right behind as a +120 underdog.
While we’re on the subject of the UFC’s golden children, Sage Northcutt is a whopping 10-1 favorite to plaster Cody Pfister in the show’s third-featured bout. Pfister checks in as a 6-1 longshot.
Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada hosts today’s festivities.
UFC Fight Pass streams the entire event live starting at 6:45PM ET/3:45PM PT.
Here are the wagering lines for tonight’s fights:
Preliminary Card:
Emily Kagan +250
Kailin Curran -350Phillipe Nover +250
Zubaira Tukhugov -350Nathan Coy +125
Danny Roberts -155Andreas Stahl +175
Santiago Ponzinibbio -220Johnny Eduardo +425
Aljamain Sterling -650Kevin Casey +245
Antonio Carlos Junior -325Sergio Moraes +110
Omari Akhmedov -140John Howard +300
Tim Means -400Main Card:
Thiago Santos +175
Elias Theodorou -220Cody Pfister +600
Sage Northcutt -1000Jim Miller +105
Michael Chiesa -135Rose Namajunas +120
Paige VanZant -150