This Saturday night in the Windy City of Chicago, UFC fans are lining up for the stacked UFC 238 fight card.
UFC 238 is completely stacked from top to bottom and when you have a Cerrone versus Ferguson fight on the card and it’s not even the main or co-main event, you know this card is special!
The 13-bout card from the United Center once again is stacked and the betting options for the card are ridiculous. The bantamweight title is up for grabs Saturday when Henry Cejudo faces Marlon Moraes in the main event of UFC 238 and the books are getting great two-way action on that fight.
Another championship is on the line in the co-main event as heavy favorite Valentina Shevchenko defends her flyweight belt against Jessica Eye. But let’s face it, the card just keeps getting better from there as the much-anticipated fight between Tony Ferguson goes up against red-hot Donald Cerrone. This lightweight division is loaded and the winner between Ferguson and Cerrone pretty much will be guaranteed a championship fight.
We have three UFC 238 fight previews that we are throwing out and don’t forget under the fight previews we have the rest of the UFC 238 fight odds from MyBookie.ag.
UFC 238 Main Event
Bantamweight 5 Rounds – Title Fight
Henry Cejudo +105
Marlon Moraes -135
This fight opened -115 for both fighters but the money has piled in on Moraes the last 48 hours. Moraes (record: 22-5-1) has won four straight fights and now is the -135 small favorite (risk $135 to cash $100) and his boxing skills could give him the small advantage. Cejudo (record: 14-2) is the current Flyweight champion but Saturday night is moving up in weight to battle Moreas. Moraes has also won four straight and is the +105 small underdog (risk $100 to cash $105) and lately, the main event underdog has won 8 out of 10 fights.
Prediction: Henry Cejudo +105 looks tempting but give me the ‘Under’ 3.5 Rounds. Someone in this fight is going to sleep in the middle of the octagon.
Flyweight 5 Rounds – Title Fight
Jessica Eye +700
Valentina Shevchenko -1250
Last Saturday, Andy Ruiz Jr shocked the boxing world as a +1100 underdog to beat Anthony Joshua and maybe just maybe in Chicago another big underdog can win. Oddsmakers around the world, including myself, do not want to see the +700 big underdog (risk $100 to cash $700), Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye, win this fight. There is a reason why Valentina Shevchenko is -1250 in Chicago (risk $1,250 to cash $100) and that is because Valentina is an excellent muay-Thai striker and Eye will have no answer to Valentina pressure.
Prediction: Valentina Shevchenko
Bantamweight 3 Rounds
Donald Cerrone +110 (+140)
Tony Ferguson -140 (-170)
Not going to lie but I couldn’t care less for the two championship fights on this UFC 238 card. This brawl between Cerrone versus Ferguson has ‘fight of the night’ written all over it. Something has to give in this one! Ferguson has not lost in seven years and Cerrone hasn’t lost since his baby boy was born. Ferguson has had multiple injuries and his rust in the octagon will likely show right from the start.
Both fighters are tough and can take a punch but I’m completely shocked Cerrone is now +140 (risk $100 to cash $140) when he opened around +110. The bettors continue to bet Ferguson -170 (risk $170 to cash $100) but the UFC betting public will bet Cerrone all Saturday.
Prediction: Grab the +140 on Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone quickly
The rest of UFC 238 Odds – Provided MyBookie.ag
Flyweight 3 Rounds
Katlyn Chookagian -115
Joanne Calderwood -115
Bantamweight 3 Rounds
Grigory Popov +110
Eddie Wineland -140
Middleweight 3 Rounds
Darren Stewart +155
Bevon Lewis -185
Strawweight 3 Rounds
Angela Hill +150
Xiaonan Yan -185
Featherweight 3 Rounds
Ricardo Lamas +125
Calvin Kattar -155
Strawweight 3 Rounds
Alexa Grasso -105
Karolina Kowalkiewicz -125
Bantamweight 3 Rounds
Pedro Munhoz -105
Aljamain Sterling -125
Strawweight 3 Rounds
Nina Ansaroff +500
Tatiana Suarez -800
Heavyweight 3 Rounds
Blagoy Ivanov +105
Tai Tuivasa -135
Bantamweight 3 Rounds
Jimmie Rivera +300
Petr Yan -400
– Raphael Esparza is a writer/handicapper from Doc’s Sports Service and his is an Oddsmaker Consultant for MyBookie.ag. Like and follow him @VSIDocsports and his Entertainment odds @BetCelebs.
