UFC 271 comes to you live from Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday, February 12th. We break down the odds over at DraftKingsSportsBook.
UFC 271 comes to you live on Saturday, February 12th from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The initial starting card has six scheduled fights scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM. ET on ESPN+. The preliminary card will tentatively start at 8:00 PM. ET will air on ESPN/ESPN+ and will consist of four fights. The main card is only available at PPV and should start at around 10:00. ET. The five-match main card is highlighted by a middleweight title fight between champion Israel Adesanya and challenger Robert Whitaker.
If it looks like we've seen this middleweight matchup before, it's because it's a rematch of UFC 243 in October of 2019. In that fight, Adesanya successfully defended her title with a second-round KO/TKO. Since that defeat, Whitaker has won three straight unanimous decision wins to return to the title picture for the event.
Elsewhere on the main card, Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuiwasa meet in a heavyweight fight that will help Tuiwasa leap up the rankings and could help her future title chances. Lewis is a veteran in the weight class and in every fight, he seeks to prove that he still deserves to be considered a top dog.
For the preliminary card, the highlight will be the flyweight matchup between Roxanne Modafari and Casey O'Neill. The former has fighting experience with 45 fights to his professional record and is currently ranked as the #12 flyweight. O'Neill may be inexperienced, but he keeps his flawless 8-0 record on the line as a #15 flyweight.
Below is a detailed rundown of the betting odds for each fight on the DraftKings Sportsbook.
UFC 271. opening odds for
main card
Israel Adesaniya, Middleweight Champion: -280
#1 Robert Whitaker: +225
#3 Derrick Lewis, Heavyweight: -180
#11 Tai Tuiwasa: +155
#3 Jared Cannonnier, middleweight: -170
#4 Derek Brunson: +150
Kyler Phillips, Bantamweight: -400
Marcelo Rojo: +300
Bobby Green, Lightweight: -145
Nasrat Haqparast: +125
initial card
Andrei Arlovsky, heavyweight: -140
Jared Vandera: +120
#12 Roxanne Modafari, Women's Flyweight: +280
#15 Casey O'Neill: -365
#4 Alex Perez, Flyweight: -380
#9 Matt Schnell: +290
William Knight, Light Heavyweight: +145
Maxim Grishin: -165
initial starting card
Mana Martinez, Bantamweight: +240
Ronnie Lawrence: -305
Alexander Hernandez, Lightweight: +155
Renato Moikano: -180
Carlos Ulberg, Light Heavyweight: -235
Fabio Charante: +190
AJ Dobson, Middleweight: -115
Jacob Malcon:-105
Douglas Silva de Andrade, bantamweight: +175
Sergei Morozov: -210
Jeremiah Wells, Welterweight: -235
Mike "Blood" Diamond: +190