Jon Jones, Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino Remain Clear Favourites To Win
Published on December 28th, 2018 1:26 pm ESTWritten By: Dave Manuel
UFC 232 is just around the corner, as it will be taking place at the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The event features two title fights - Jon "Bones" Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson for the Light Heavyweight title, and Amanda Nunes vs Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino for the Featherweight title.
The event has been mired in an atypical amount of controversy.
Originally, UFC 232 was slated to take place in Las Vegas, but the event was moved to Los Angeles with a week left before the card after it was revealed that Jon Jones still had a trace amount of steroids in him. The UFC and various "experts" contended that this was still left over from a long time ago and that Jones shouldn't be punished again for something that has lingered in his system. The UFC contended that Las Vegas officials couldn't have cleared Jones in time to fight this weekend, so that CSAC agreed to sanction the card and everything was moved to the Forum in Los Angeles on short notice.
Despite what you think about the decision to move the card to Los Angeles, UFC 232 is a great looking card with a number of intriguing fights. You have Jon Jones trying to reclaim his spot at the top of the fighting world, and you have Cyborg and Nunes battling in one of the most important female fights of all time.
Despite all of the controversy, Jones and Cyborg remain clear favourites to win. The rest of the main card is very close, as the Condit/Chiesa, Anderson/Latifi and Volkanovski/Mendes fights are all essentially coin flips.
There are also a number of intriguing preliminary fights, including Cat Zingano vs Megan Anderson, BJ Penn vs Ryan Hall and Andrei Arlovski vs Walt Harris.
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Here are the full betting odds for this card:
Source: Bet365
Time Stamp: December 28th, 2018 1:04 pm EST
Odds Subject to Change
Alexander Gustafsson, +248
Jon Jones, -270
Amanda Nunes, +205
Cristiano Justino, -225
Carlos Condit, +135
Michael Chiesa, -145
Corey Anderson, +125
Ilir Latifi, -135
Alex Volkanovski, +125
Chad Mendes, -135
Andrei Arlovski, +155
Walt Harris, -175
Cat Zingano, -140
Megan Anderson, +130
Douglas Silva De Andrade, +265
Petr Yan, -295
BJ Penn, +355
Ryan Hall, -400
Andre Ewell, +105
Nathaniel Wood, -115
Bevon Lewis, -120
Uriah Hall, +100
Curtis Millender, -140
Siyar Bahadurzada, +120
Brian Kelleher, +145
Montel Jackson, -155
