Ngannou Favored to Beat Miocic for Heavyweight Title at UFC 260 Betting

Above all, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic holds an impressive distinction.  Miocic has the best UFC betting record for heavyweight title defense bouts in history.  Yet, he’s not favored in Saturday’s championship fight against Francis Ngannou.  Although Miocic won their first bout.  Saturday’s main card features five bouts.  But the heavyweight championship is a draw to itself.  Ngannou brings considerable momentum to the octagon Saturday night.  But Miocic has a record that causes a lot of gamblers to have faith in the champ.  Gamblers are long to forget a fighter that has won on the biggest UFC stages.

Stipe Miocic is the current UFC heavyweight champion.  Miocic has a career Bitcoin sportsbook record of 20 wins and three losses.  In a strange scheduling quirk, Miocic is coming off three consecutive fights against Daniel Cormier.

Following his unanimous decision win over Francis Ngannou on January 20, 2018, Miocic was stunned.  On July 7, 2018, Daniel Cormier beat him in a first-round knockout.  Miocic lost his heavyweight championship belt.  After he successfully defended his title three consecutive times.  Those three successive wins were a UFC record.  Next, he exacted revenge on Cormier in a fourth-round technical knockout on August 17, 2019.  Miocic then cemented his title with a unanimous decision win over Cormier on August 15, 2020.

Late on, Francis Ngannou has won four bouts in a row.  His career record is 15 wins and three losses.  Following his loss to Miocic, Ngannou was defeated in a unanimous decision against Derrick Lewis.  That fight was on July 7, 2018.  From this point, Ngannou has found his way.  Last time out for Ngannou was a first-round win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik on May 9, 2020.  His four consecutive wins have earned another championship opportunity for Ngannou.

Tyron Woodley has a UFC bets record of 19 wins and six losses.  Correspondingly Woodley has lost three fights in a row.  On September 19, 2020, Woodley lost a fifth-round technical knockout to Colby Covington.  In particular, Woodley is a former UFC welterweight championship.  He lost his title belt to Kamaru Usman by unanimous decision on March 2, 2019.

Compared to Woodley is Vicente Luque’s record of 19 wins and seven losses.  Luque has won two straight fights.  He is coming off an August 1, 2020, second-round knockout win over Randy Brown.

Overall, Sean O’Malley has a Sportsbook record of 12 wins and one loss.  O’Malley is coming off the initial defeat of his career.  Marlon Vera beat him in a first-round knockout on August 15, 2020.

Thomas Almeida enters this fight with a ledger of 22 wins and four losses.  Of major concern is that he‘s lost four of his last five bouts.  Including three in a row.  Last time out for Almeida was a unanimous decision loss to Jonathan Martinez on October 18, 2020.

Gillian Robertson has a career MMA betting record of nine wins and five losses.  By contrast, Mirada Maverick has eight wins and two losses.

Jamie Mullarkey has a mark of 12 wins and four losses for his career.  Meanwhile, Khama Worthy has 16 wins and seven losses.

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On this occasion, Francis Ngannou brings considerable Online sportsbook credibility.  Miocic’s loss to Cormier proves that he is not unbeatable.  Ngannou has been preparing three years for a revenge shot.  In the same way, he has found a new gear for this title bout.

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