UFC makes its return to Brazil on Saturday night with the UFC 237 card taking place inside the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The marquee matchup of the night will see a Brazilian native challenging for the women’s strawweight title in front of her home faithful, while two legendary Brazilian male competitors will also take to the Octagon on the undercard to make this a pretty stacked lineup of fights for us on Saturday night.
In the main event, Jessica Andrade will take a second crack at claiming the UFC women’s strawweight title when she battles reigning champion Rose Namajunas. Andrade, the home-country betting favorite heading into the weekend, challenged former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 211 in May 2017 but came out on the wrong end of a unanimous decision. Now the task gets a bit taller as she take on the woman who not only dethroned “Joanna Champion” but also emerged victorious in their rematch.
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On the undercard, Brazilian legends Anderson Silva and Jose Aldo will be in action. Silva, coming off a loss to newly-crowned interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, will look to get back in the win column in the twilight of his career as he takes on No. 10-ranked middleweight Jared Cannonier. The ex-featherweight king Aldo will be seeking his third consecutive victory as he looks to stop 30-year-old Alexander Volkanovski, who is 6-0 since making his UFC debut in November 2016.
Below you can have a look at the entire list of betting odds, via Westgate, for the UFC 237 card set to take place on Saturday.
UFC 237 odds
Favorite | Underdog | Weightclass |
---|---|---|
Jessica Andrade -130 |
Rose Namajunas +110 |
Women’s strawweight title |
Jared Cannonier -150 |
Anderson Silva +130 |
Middleweight |
Jose Aldo -140 |
Alexander Volkanovski +120 |
Featherweight |
Thiago Alves -110 |
Laureano Staropoli -110 |
Welterweight |
Diego Ferreira -170 |
Francisco Trinaldo +145 |
Lightweight |
Ryan Spann -145 |
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +125 |
Light heavyweight |
Thiago Moises -130 |
Kurt Holobaugh +110 |
Lightweight |
Irene Aldana -275 |
Bethe Correia +225 |
Women’s bantamweight |
Clay Guida -550 | BJ Penn +400 | Lightweight |
Luana Carolina -165 | Priscila Cachoeira +142 | Women’s flyweight |
Warlley Alves -145 | Sergio Moraes +125 | Welterweight |
Raoni Barcelos n/a | Carlos Huachin n/a | Bantamweight |
Talita Bernardo -450 | Melissa Gatto +350 | Women’s bantamweight |
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