LAS VEGAS — When the UFC put on its first show on May 9 after a nearly two-month layoff caused by the coronavirus pandemic, UFC 249 was hyped as one of the strongest top-to-bottom cards the company had ever promoted.
But it hasn’t been able to hold a candle in terms of betting action to UFC 251, which will be held at Flash Forum on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. According to Jeff Stoneback, the director of trading at MGM Resorts, UFC 251 has been its most heavily bet UFC event since the promotion returned from the lockdown.