Betting: UFC Rodriguez vs. Waterson Odds

Minty Bets is joined by Kevin Iole to preview the Women's Flyweight Main Event between Marina Rodriguez vs. Michelle Waterson from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Sat. May 8.

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MINTY BETS: New users get a risk-free first bet up to $600. Go to betmgm.com/yahoo and sign up today. We've got a UFC Fight Night this Saturday, May 8, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event is headlined by Marina Rodriguez, a minus-200 favorite, versus Michelle Waterson, a plus-165 underdog. Here with me is Kevin Iole to give us his best bet for the fight. Kevin, what do you think?

KEVIN IOLE: Well, Minty, you know, they took this on short notice. It was supposed to be Cory Sandhagen in this fight against TJ Dillashaw. Dillashaw suffered a cut, so these two women stepped up and took the fight on a five-round main event. So that tells me that they're not going to be in the kind of condition they need to be in to go five full rounds.

So my number one play here is, I think this fight is going to go shorter than the distance, so I think it's going-- I'm going to play under the distance here. As to who I think will win-- they both lost last year to Carla Esparza. Both lost by split decision. They fought a lot of similar people. There's a lot of similarities here. They're both strikers.

I kind of lean toward Rodriguez, though, I think she's a little bit better in that stand-up game. I think it's going to be a stand-up fight here. So, Minty, I really like this fight to go under the distance, whatever that might be, and I like to see Rodriguez win this fight by TKO.

MINTY BETS: All righty. Thank, you, Kevin.

KEVIN IOLE: Thanks, Minty.