UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier II Odds, Betting Guides for All 13 Fights

UFC 236 takes place Saturday night in Atlanta, and you can watch the five-fight main card live on ESPN+. The card is ripe with exciting struggles throughout the night, but a vast majority of fans will probably be most-interested at the event’s closing two conflicts for the interim middleweight and lightweight names.
We already have you covered with in-depth betting analysis on the main and co-main event…
Max Holloway & Dustin Poirier Rematch for Lightweight Gold
Can Kelvin Gastelum Steal Israel Adesanya’s Spotlight?
… but that does not mean we can’t learn a thing or two on the night’s additional 11 fights!
What follows is a short breakdown on every matchup at UFC 236 in an effort to learn enough about every fighter to make a more educated bet on these if your heart needs.
UFC 236
Interim Lightweight Title Fight: Max Holloway (-205) vs. Dustin Poirier (+165)
Poirier has been on a war path since returning to light-weight April, 2015. Overall, he’s won eight of the last 10 fights and suffered only 1 loss (KO to Michael Johnson) and one no contest in his first battle against Eddie Alvarez. Poirier ranks first among active UFC lightweights in dramatic differential per minute at +2.69.
The two Poirier (7.11 strikes per second ) and Holloway (6.9) ranking among the top-five highest-volume strikers in the total UFC. Holloway’s quantity is like an avalanche that becomes more-and-more overwhelming as the fight continues.
Holloway’s last fight was arguably the finest championship performance in UFC history. Overall, his 290 significant strikes at a struggle broke the UFC tournament album.
Holloway opened the week as a -230 favorite, but activity has arrived in greatly on Poirier ever since.
Interim Middleweight Title Fight: Kelvin Gastelum (+150) vs. Israel Adesanya (-185)
Gastelum was able to record at least one knockdown against former winners Jacare Souza, Michael Bisping, Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort throughout his hellacious run through the middleweight division. His constant barrages of one-two mixtures have been hard for just about all his opponents do deal with during his career.
Israel’The previous Stylebender’ Adesanya is a former Glory Kickboxing winner that has rung up a 16-0 record to begin his own mixed martial arts career. He will not want anything to do with Gastelum — a country championship wrestler in high school — about the floor, but we’ve yet to see someone come close to out-classing Adesanya around the toes throughout his five UFC wins.
Adesanya started the week as a -175 favored, but has since transferred to -185 supporting the public’s support.
Light Heavyweight Fight: Eryk Anders (-200) vs. Khalil Rountree (+160)
Anders played linebacker under Nick Saban in Alabama from 2006-2009 before starting his mixed martial arts profession. All three of Anders’ livelihood losses have come in his last four fights, but these were just two split-decision losses along with a single TKO reduction via referee stoppage during his short-notice light heavyweight introduction against Thiago Santos, who will fight Jon Jones to the division’s championship in July.
Rountree recorded the biggest success of his career at UFC 226 against long-time championship kickboxer Gokhan Saki, but has been pumped out by increasing contender Johnny Walker past November. Rountree’s career striking differential of -0.99 has made it tough for him to win fights by any way aside from a finish, and he’s consequently lost both of his career UFC fights that have made it beyond the first round.
Welterweight Fight: Alan Jouban (-120) vs. Dwight Grant (-110)
Jouban will be giving up a five-inch advantage benefit to Grant. This is uncharted territory for Jouban throughout his 11-fight UFC profession, but he is 3-1 in conflicts with a reach advantage of three or more inches. Meanwhile, the Grant is 1-1 in the UFC with a success over Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (75-inch reach) plus a split-decision loss to Zak Ottow (72-inch achieve ).
The x-factor in this struggle could wind up being quantity. Jouban finds himself one of the top-10 welterweights in UFC history in knockdowns landed (No. 4), significant strike accuracy (No. 7), strikes landed per second (No. 3) and striking differential (No. 4).
Light Heavyweight Fight: Ovince Saint Preux (-110) vs. Nikita Krylov (-120)
Krylov has quite literally had a struggle go to the judges in 30 career MMA fights. This includes 10 fights within the Octagon, which have featured three wins by TKO/KO and three by submission compared to three losses by submission as well as one by TKO.
This is in fact a rematch from UFC 171, when OSP defeated Krylov by first-round submission. The end featured Saint Preux’s signature entry: The Von Flue choke.
UFC 236 Prelims
Lightweight Fight: Jalin Turner (-140) vs. Matt Frevola (+110)
Turner boasts massive height (6-foot-3 vs. 5-foot-9) and attain (77 inches vs. 71) benefits over Frevola, although that advantage could be mitigated when the latter fighter is able to instigate his takedown-heavy assault. Turner was last observed starching Callan Potter in just 53 seconds back at UFC 234 in February.
Flyweight Fight: Wilson Reis (+130) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (-160)
Reis is currently the UFC’s No. 4 ranked flyweight ahead of his departure with fifth-ranked Alexandre Pantoja. Although Reis has lost three of his last four fights, they’ve come from a high-level competitors such as John Moraga, current flyweight champion Henry Cejudo and former winner Demetrious Johnson. The two Reis (12:08) and Pantoja (11:58) have average combat times that could indicate we’ll see this battle last to the third round.
Welterweight Fight: Max Griffin (-105) vs. Zelim Imadaev (-125)
Imadaev opened the week with -115 odds. Public support has come in on the undefeated Russian, who has won all eight of the fights by TKO or KO. He is making his debut inside the octagon against Max Griffin, who has dropped four of his last six fights dating back to August, 2016. There is a bit of terrible blood , as Griffin sparred with Imadaev once upon a time and had this to say about his competitor…
“He’s an ass, guy. He’s not a fantastic man… I really don’t like the man… I’m looking forward to showing him what it’s like.”
Bantamweight Fight: Boston Salmon (-150) vs. Khalid Taha (+120)
Boston’Boom Boom’ Salmon has only lost once in seven seven career conflicts (by split-decision). Salmon won his final fight against Ricky Turcios about the debut episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. He’ll maintain a four-inch height benefit of Taha, who has lost two of his last 3 fights. Backing Salmon at his ancient -135 chances was one of my favorite stakes on the card, but he offers a little bit of value at his current -150 chances.
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UFC 236 Early Prelims
Welterweight Fight: Curtis Millender (+115) vs. Belal Muhammad (-145)
Millender fought just last month at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos, ultimately losing by entry (rear-naked choke) into Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. Muhammad continues to be active, as he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Geoff Neal back in January at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw. Millender boasts three and four inch height and reach advantages, respectively, though Muhammad has been much more of a takedown hazard during his UFC career.
Bantamweight Fight: Montel Jackson (-550) vs. Andre Soukhamthath (+375)
Jackson opened the week as a -500 favorite, but has since moved even higher. He is the biggest favorite on the card. Soukhamthath is 13-6 as a professional and is being fed to Jackson, who has dropped only once in eight career bouts.
Girls Strawweight Fight: Lauren Mueller (+145) vs. Poliana Botelho (-175)
Both of these women have high striking rates and don’t waste their time getting started. This is very true for Botelho, who notched the third-fastest finish in the history of this UFC women’s branch back in May, 2018.
Bantamweight Fight: Brandon Davis (-170) vs. Randy Costa (+140)
Costa is undefeated in four professional conflicts, while Davis is just 9-5. Both fighters are making a debut of sorts, as Costa will probably be within the octagon for the first time in his career, while Davis has apparently never fought 135 lbs.
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