UFC 259 Betting: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Main Card Betting Info, Odds and Picks

History beckons on Saturday night when Israel Adesanya faces Jan Blachowicz for the UFC light heavyweight championship.  With a win, Adesanya would become the fourth man to be a champion in two divisions simultaneously.  However, Blachowicz is the defending champion and a dangerous UFC betting dog.  Meanwhile, a women’s featherweight title bout between Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson will also take place.  Nunes is the defending champion, but Anderson is a past Invicta featherweight champ.  And then Petr Yan will defend his bantamweight title against Aljamain Sterling. That’s three title bouts on Saturday!

Jan Blachowicz, age 38, is the defending UFC light heavyweight champion.  Also known as the Prince of Cieszyn, Blachowicz has a career record of 27 wins and eight losses.  He has won four consecutive fights and eight of his last nine.  Last time out for Blachowicz was a second-round technical knockout win over Dominick Reyes.  Blachowicz won the UFC light heavyweight championship.  Accordingly, this will be his first title defense fight.

Namely, Israel Adesanya, age 31, has a career sportsbook record of 20 wins and no losses.  Adesanya also goes by The Last Stylebender and is the defending UFC middleweight champion.  Adesanya has successfully defended his championship on three occasions.  Initially, he defeated Kelvin Gastelum for the UFC middleweight title by unanimous decision on April 13, 2019.  In his last bout, he defeated Paulo Costa in a second-round technical knockout.

Amanda Nunes, age 32, is champion of the UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight divisions.  She is the first woman to be a two-division champion.  On the whole, she is considered the greatest women’s fighter of all time for UFC bets.  Nunes has a career record of 20 wins and four losses.  She has not lost a fight since September of 2014.  Last time out was a unanimous decision win over Felicia Spencer.  At stake was the UFC women’s featherweight title.

Megan Anderson, age 31, is a former Invicta FC featherweight champion.  In sum, her career record is 11 wins and four losses.  Anderson is riding a two-fight winning streak.  Previously she defeated Normal Dumont Viana in a first-round knockout.  Since jumping to the UFC, she has three wins and two losses.

Petr Yan, age 28, has a career record of 15 wins and one loss.  Last time out, he won the UFC bantamweight title against Jose Aldo.  Yan scored a fifth-round technical knockout.  Additionally, Yan hasn’t lost a fight since March of 2016.

To summarize, Aljamain Sterling, age 31, has a record of 19 wins and three losses.   Sterling has won five bouts in a row.  He is coming off a first-round submission win over Cory Sandhagen.

On the whole, Aslam Makhachev has a career record of 18 wins and one loss.  And then Drew Dober has a career mark of 23 wins and nine losses.

Thiago Santos brings an MMA betting record of 21 wins and eight losses.  By contrast, Aleksandar Rakic brings a mark of 13 wins and two losses.  Both fighters are on a quest for a shot at the light heavyweight championship.

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In this situation, Jan Blachowicz makes for a tremendous value.  It’s not often you can get a defending champion as an Online sportsbook dog.  Further, Petr Yan is a substantial value as a defending champion at even money.  Finally, Thiago Santos is a dangerous dog with a higher rating in his matchup.

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Jan Blachowicz, Petr Yan, and Thiago Santos