UFC Fight Night Philadelphia betting preview

UFC fans and bettors should enjoy this Saturday’s Fight Night card from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia as there is no UFC event the following weekend, which has been a rarity so far in 2019 with the new ESPN deal.

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

This will be the third all-time UFC event in Philadelphia and first since UFC 133 back in 2011. It’s headlined by a lightweight bout between Edson Barboza (20-6) and Justin Gaethje (19-2). Barboza is priced at -140 and Gaethje at +110.

Barboza is a 33-year-old from Brazil, perhaps the most MMA-mad country in the world and chock full of legends of the sport. Khabib Nurmagomedov is the lightweight champion and Barboza is ranked No. 6. He lost as a +340 underdog to Khabib by unanimous decision in December 2017 before the Russian was the champion. Barboza followed with a fifth-round TKO loss to Kevin Lee before bouncing back as a slight underdog and beating Dan Hooker by third-round knockout in December of last year. A total of 12 of Barboza’s victories are by KO or TKO.