Lyoto Machida is a 2-1 sports betting favorite against Mauricio Rua at UFC 113 on Saturday, May 8th. That bout is the highlight in sports betting online of the 11 fights on the card. Here is a look at the main bout between Machida and Rua and the odds for the other main event fights.
Sports betting odds list a number of very competitive fights for UFC 113. Also on the main card it is Kimbo Slice facing Matt Mitrione, Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens, Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley and Patrick Cote vs. Alan Belcher. Kimbo Slice is a very slight -125 favorite against Mitrione in their bout. Koscheck is a -265 favorite against Daley; Stout is a 2-1 favorite against Stephens while Belcher is -120 against Cote.
The preliminary card has six bouts. It will be Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor, John Salter vs. Jason MacDonald, Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet, Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Mike Guymon, T.J. Grant vs. Johny Hendricks and Tim Hague vs. Joey Beltran. UFC 113 sports betting online odds are on the board right now at the sportsbook. The eleven bouts on the UFC 113 card will be held at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday, May 8th.
The feature bout in UFC 113 has Machida and Rua in a rematch from their fight last October in UFC 104. Machida won that bout by unanimous decision in sports betting but it was an unpopular decision with many of the fans. That was one of the few fights in the career of Machida’s where he was actually challenged. Rua has great respect for Machida. “I think Lyoto is a great fighter and a great guy, a very well-rounded guy,” Rua said. “Fans aren’t always happy with the way a fight ends, but it’s not always easy to do whatever you want. Lyoto is a great fighter and I will just do my best.”
Machida believes that he won the first fight even though many of the fans did not think so. “After analyzing the fight and thinking about the fight, I still feel the judges made the right choice. I never underestimated Shogun. I knew he was a tough fighter.” Machida said, “I never underestimate anybody. A fight is a fight and you never know what is going to happen until you start fighting.”