Madison Square Garden in New York City will play host to UFC 281 this Saturday (November 12th) with two titles swaying in the balance on the PPV main card. The night’s marquee matchup will see the UFC’s reigning middleweight king, Israel Adesanya, defend his throne against a familiar foe in Alex Pereira. The co-main event is getting the UFC’s strawweight queen, Carla Esparza, pitted against a former 115-pound champion in Weili Zhang. Before any of that, though, let’s go take a look at the betting odds for these title tilts.
Despite already owning a pair of kickboxing losses to Alex Pereira, Israel Adesanya is favored to retain his status as supreme ruler of 185-pounds.