UFC Utica betting odds: Rivera & Moraes at pick’em odds

Check out the betting odds for Friday’s UFC Utica card, where we have pick’em odds for Jimmie Rivera vs. Marlon Moraes in the main event.

UFC Fight Night: Utica is set to go down this Friday night, and Bloody Elbow is here to provide you with the betting odds. The marquee matchup will involve a Top-5 bantamweights pick’em bout, with the #5 Marlon Moraes being found on both sides of the line, from -115 up to +101, and the #4 Jimmie Rivera clocking in around -110. Rivera opened up as the standalone favorite at -190, and Moraes started out as a +150 underdog, but that line has tightened into the pick’em realm. The co-main event of the evening has the undefeated Gregor Gillespie (-380) strongly favored over the 11-1 Vinc Pichel (+340).

Along with Gillespie, Belal Muhammad is the card-high betting favorite, clocking in at -380 to Chance Rencountre and his dog tag of +340. Other sizable betting favorites include David Teymur (-290) over Nik Lentz (+260), Nathaniel Wood (-260) over Johnny Eduardo (+240), and Des Green (-295) over Gleison Tibau (+265). Aside from the main event, UFC Utica is in store for another pick’em fight, as Jodie Esquibel can be had at both plus and minus odds, from -112 up to +105, with Jessica Aguilar sitting around -110.

Friday’s UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes main card will air live on FS1 at 10:00 P.M. ET with the prelims starting at 8:00 P.M. ET on the same station. The Exclusive Fight Pass prelims will begin at 6:30 P.M. EDT.

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Jimmie Rivera vs. Marlon Moraes: Bantamweight

Jimmie Rivera started out as a substantial -190 betting favorite, and quickly dropped down to a tag of -130, before falling even further to his current line of -110. At +150, Marlon Moraes opened up as an underdog for the second time in his professional career, the first of which being +265 dog against Miguel Torres at WSOF 1 back in 2012. The betters jumped all over Moraes at dog odds, quickly shifting his line down to -110, and he is currently teetering from -115 up to +101.

Jessica Aguilar vs. Jodie Esquibel: Strawweight

Once revered as the world’s greatest strawweight, Jessica Aguilar opened up as a strong betting favorite at -215, but has steadily trickled down to a pick’em line of -110. Jodie Esquibel began her UFC Utica betting life at +165, but the sports gamblers has shown her some attention, sending her line down to around +100. It should be noted that Esquibel can be had from -112 up to +105.

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