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Ticket sales and hotel rates are down for the rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor at UFC 202.
Betting action should only increase ahead of the fight tonight at T-Mobile Arena. Sports books took a healthy number of bets on UFC 196 in March, though the line on McGregor vs. Diaz was so large that it tempered overall volume.
McGregor was more than a 5-to-1 favorite before he got upset via second-round submission to Diaz. Escalated odds won’t be an issue in the second welterweight bout between the two.
McGregor is currently a narrow minus-125 (risking $1.25 to win $1) favorite with Diaz coming back at plus-105 (risking $1 to win $1.05). Most sports books had the fight as a straight pick’em for weeks before money started to come in on the McGregor.
The line is reminiscent of McGregor’s last fight before Diaz. He was in a pick’em against Jose Aldo in a fight that potentially set a record — the Nevada Gaming Control Board doesn’t tabulate the actual numbers — for the most wagered UFC bout ever.
Late money came in on Aldo, who lost by first-round knockout, to make McGregor a slight underdog at fight time. It remains to be seen what kind of last-second movement could happen ahead of tonight’s UFC 202, but the Sun’s picks panel has come to a surprising consensus on the main event.
Check below for picks from Las Vegas Sun’s Ray Brewer (68-43 year to date), ESPN Radio’s Steve Cofield (68-43), KSNV’s Randy Howe (68-43) and Las Vegas Sun’s Case Keefer (56-55) as well as odds and a breakdown of every fight.
Case Keefer can be reached at 702-948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.
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