The UFC was the first major sport to return to action during the coronavirus pandemic, and gamblers across the globe rewarded that.
According to Bovada, UFC 249 from this past Saturday night in Jacksonville, Fla., ended up as one of the most heavily bet events in the history of the promotion. The online sportsbook said UFC 249 had 15 percent more total bets than UFC 229, which featured the title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.
That card is the highest selling pay-per-view in UFC history, and yet, UFC 249 ended up receiving more bets.