UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier II Odds, Betting Guides for All 13 Fights

UFC 236 occurs Saturday night in Atlanta, and you’ll be able to watch the five-fight principal card live on ESPN+. The card is ripe with fascinating fights through the night, but a vast majority of fans will probably be most-interested at the event’s final two conflicts for its interim middleweight and lightweight titles.
We already have you covered with comprehensive betting analysis on the primary and co-main occasion…
Max Holloway & Dustin Poirier Rematch for Lightweight Gold
Can Kelvin Gastelum Steal Israel Adesanya’s Spotlight?
… but that does not mean we can’t find out a thing or two about the night’s extra 11 struggles!
What follows is a brief breakdown on each matchup in UFC 236 in a bid to discover enough about every fighter to produce a more educated wager on these if your heart desires.
UFC 236
Interim Lightweight Title Fight: Max Holloway (-205) vs. Dustin Poirier (+165)
Poirier has been on a war path since returning to light-weight April, 2015. Overall, he has won eight of the last 10 fights and suffered only one loss (KO into Michael Johnson) along with one no competition in his first fight against Eddie Alvarez. Poirier ranks first among busy UFC lightweights in dramatic differential per minute at +2.69.
The two Poirier (7.11 strikes per minute) and Holloway (6.9) ranking among the top-five highest-volume strikers in the total UFC. Holloway’s volume is like an avalanche that becomes more-and-more overwhelming as the fight continues.
Holloway’s last fight was arguably the best championship performance in UFC history. In general, his 290 significant strikes at a fight broke the UFC championship album.
Holloway opened the week as a -230 favorite, but activity has come in greatly on Poirier ever since.
Interim Middleweight Title Fight: Kelvin Gastelum (+150) vs. Israel Adesanya (-185)
Gastelum managed to record a minumum of one knockdown against former champions Jacare Souza, Michael Bisping, Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort during his hellacious run through the middleweight division. His constant barrages of one-two mixtures have been hard for practically all of his opponents do deal with throughout his career.
Israel’The Last Stylebender‘ Adesanya is a former Glory Kickboxing winner that has rung up a 16-0 record to begin his mixed martial arts profession. He will not need anything to do with Gastelum — a state championship wrestler in high school — about the floor, but we’ve yet to see someone come close to out-classing Adesanya on the toes throughout his five UFC wins.
Adesanya opened the week as a -175 favorite, but has since moved up to -185 behind the public’s support.
Light Heavyweight Fight: Eryk Anders (-200) vs. Khalil Rountree (+160)
Anders played linebacker under Nick Saban in Alabama from 2006-2009 before starting his mixed martial arts career. All three of Anders‘ career losses have come in his last four fights, but these were two split-decision losses along with a single TKO loss via referee stoppage throughout his short-notice light heavyweight debut against Thiago Santos, who will fight Jon Jones for the division’s championship in July.
Rountree listed the biggest success of his career at UFC 226 against long-time championship kickboxer Gokhan Saki, but was subsequently knocked out by increasing contender Johnny Walker last November. Rountree’s career striking differential of -0.99 has made it hard for him to win fights by any way aside from a conclusion, and he’s accordingly lost both of his career UFC fights who have made it beyond the first round.
Welterweight Fight: Alan Jouban (-120) vs. Dwight Grant (-110)
Jouban will probably be providing up a five-inch reach advantage to Grant. This is uncharted territory for Jouban throughout his 11-fight UFC profession, but he’s 3-1 in fights with a reach benefit of three or more inches. Meanwhile, the Grant is 1-1 at the UFC with a victory over Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (75-inch reach) and a split-decision reduction to Zak Ottow (72-inch reach).
The x-factor in this fight could end up being volume. Jouban finds himself among the top-10 welterweights in UFC history in knockdowns landed (No. 4), important strike accuracy (No. 7), strikes landed per minute (No. 3) and striking differential (No. 4).
Light Heavyweight Fight: Ovince Saint Preux (-110) vs. Nikita Krylov (-120)
Krylov has literally never had a fight go to the judges in 30 career MMA fights. Including 10 fights inside the Octagon, which were featured three wins by TKO/KO and three by entry compared to three losses by submission as well as one by TKO.
This is actually a rematch from UFC 171, when OSP defeated Krylov by first-round submission. The end featured Saint Preux’s signature submission: The Von Flue choke.
UFC 236 Prelims
Lightweight Fight: Jalin Turner (-140) vs. Matt Frevola (+110)
Turner boasts enormous height (6-foot-3 vs. 5-foot-9) and reach (77 inches vs. 71) advantages over Frevola, although that advantage could be mitigated if the latter fighter is able to instigate his takedown-heavy attack. Turner was last observed starching Callan Potter in only 53 seconds back in UFC 234 in February.
Flyweight Fight: Wilson Reis (+130) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (-160)
Reis is currently the UFC’s No. 4 ranked flyweight before his bout with fifth-ranked Alexandre Pantoja. Although Reis has dropped three of his past four fights, they have come from a high-level competitors like John Moraga, current flyweight champion Henry Cejudo and former champion Demetrious Johnson. The two Reis (12:08) and Pantoja (11:58) have typical fight times that would indicate we’ll see this battle last to the third round.
Welterweight Fight: Max Griffin (-105) vs. Zelim Imadaev (-125)
Imadaev opened the week with -115 chances. Public support has come in on the undefeated Russian, who has won all eight of his struggles by TKO or KO. He is making his debut inside the octagon against Max Griffin, who has lost four of his last six fights dating back to August, 2016. There is a little bad blood , as Griffin sparred with Imadaev once upon a time and had this to say about his opponent…
„He’s an ass, guy. He’s not a good guy… I really don’t like the man… I am excited about showing him what it’s like.“
Bantamweight Fight: Boston Salmon (-150) vs. Khalid Taha (+120)
Boston’Boom Boom‘ Salmon has only lost once in seven career fights (by split-decision). Salmon won his last fight against Ricky Turcios on the debut episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. He’ll maintain a four-inch height benefit of Taha, who has dropped two of his last 3 fights. Backing Salmon at his ancient -135 chances was among my favourite bets on the card, but he still offers a little bit of worth at his present -150 odds.
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UFC 236 Historical Prelims
Welterweight Fight: Curtis Millender (+115) vs. Belal Muhammad (-145)
Millender fought just last month at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos, finally losing by submission (rear-naked choke) to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. Muhammad has also been active, as he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Geoff Neal back in January at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw. Millender boasts three and four inch height and reach advantages, respectively, though Muhammad continues to be much more of a takedown hazard during his UFC career.
Bantamweight Fight: Montel Jackson (-550) vs. Andre Soukhamthath (+375)
Jackson opened the week as a -500 favored, but has since moved higher. He is the largest favorite on the card. Soukhamthath is 13-6 as a professional and has been fed to Jackson, who has dropped just once in eight career bouts.
Women Strawweight Fight: Lauren Mueller (+145) vs. Poliana Botelho (-175)
Both these girls have high striking prices and do not waste their time getting started. This is very true for Botelho, who notched the third-fastest finish in the history of the UFC women’s branch back in May, 2018.
Bantamweight Fight: Brandon Davis (-170) vs. Randy Costa (+140)
Costa is undefeated in four professional fights, while Davis is just 9-5. Both fighters are making a debut of sorts, as Costa will probably be inside the octagon for the very first time in his career, while Davis has apparently never fought at 135 lbs.
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