Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz as soon as earlier than and oddsmakers imagine he can do it once more.
On Monday, rumors began circulating that Masvidal and Diaz will face one another in a boxing match this March in Las Vegas. And whereas the combat just isn’t but official, SportsBetting.ag nonetheless dropped odds for the hypothetical matchup with Masvidal coming in as a large betting favourite.
Jorge Masvidal: -325
Nate Diaz: +250
The percentages suggest that Masvidal has a 76.5 p.c likelihood of successful the combat, with a $100 guess on Masvidal returning $30.77. Diaz, in the meantime, has a 28.6 p.c likelihood of successful, and a $100 guess would return $250.
Masvidal was a a lot smaller betting favourite over Diaz when the 2 first confronted off for the inaugural ‘BMF Championship’ — a title created by Diaz after which co-opted by UFC — at UFC 244 in 2019. Masvidal received that bout by Physician Stoppage as a consequence of a reduce on the finish of the third spherical.
After their authentic combat, Masvidal misplaced his subsequent 4 bouts within the UFC, together with two failed makes an attempt to say the welterweight title towards Kamaru Usman. He retired final April after arising quick towards Gilbert Burns; nevertheless, on Jan. 1, Masvidal introduced he was “unretired,” seemingly organising this rumored combat with Diaz.
In distinction, Diaz solely fought twice extra within the UFC following his loss to Masvidal, dropping to Leon Edwards earlier than ending his UFC profession by choking out Tony Ferguson in the primary occasion of UFC 279. After that win, Diaz left the UFC to pursue different pursuits, together with a long-rumored boxing match with Jake Paul. That combat lastly passed off this previous August, with Diaz dropping a unanimous choice.
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