{"id":220230,"date":"2017-01-30T13:34:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=220230"},"modified":"2017-01-30T13:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:34:32","slug":"opening-odds-favor-tj-dillashaw-take-bantamweight-title-cody-garbrandt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/opening-odds-favor-tj-dillashaw-take-bantamweight-title-cody-garbrandt\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening odds favor TJ Dillashaw to take the bantamweight title from Cody Garbrandt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year, in the co-main event of UFC 207, Cody Garbrandt wrested the UFC bantamweight title from the waist of Dominick Cruz with<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-207-results-dominick-cruz-vs-cody-garbrandt\/\"> a surprisingly dominant unanimous decision win<\/a>. Several weeks thereafter, we learned that Garbrandt would <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/report-garbrandt-dillashaw-tuf-25\/\">coach the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter against former teammate TJ Dillashaw<\/a>, which of course implies that he will defend his title against the same man sometime later in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Though the date and location of this Garbrandt vs. Dillashaw bantamweight title showdown have not yet been confirmed, the opening odds have now been released.<\/p>\n<p>These opening lines, which come from Nick Kalikas of MMAOddsBreaker.com (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/18585644\/tj-dillashaw-favorite-win-back-bantamweight-belt\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN.com<\/a>), identify Dillashaw as a -130 favorite. This means that a successful bet of $130 on Dillashaw will earn you $100. Garbrandt, meanwhile, has opened at\u00a0plus-100, or even.<\/p>\n<p>Kalikas explained the reasoning behind these opening odds to ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Both Garbrandt and Dillashaw are athletic, have great foot movement, excellent striking and are in their physical primes,&#8221; he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Garbrandt put on the performance of a lifetime in dethroning Cruz, but Dillashaw has been nothing but impressive since losing a razor thin decision to Cruz one year ago. Dillashaw is the more high-profile fighter, so I&#8217;ll be opening him as a -130 favorite, but don&#8217;t count Garbrandt out, as he&#8217;s thrived as an underdog three times in the UFC already.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to his title win over Cruz, Garbrandt went 5-0 in his first five bouts with the UFC, stopping Marcus Brimage, Augusto Mendes, Thomas Almeida and Takeya Mizugaki with strikes, and decisioning Henry Briones.<\/p>\n<p>Dillashaw, meanwhile, rebounded from his title loss to Cruz with decision defeats of top-5 opposition in Raphael Assuncao, and more recently, John &#8220;Hands of Stone&#8221; Lineker.<\/p>\n<p>Are you surprised by these opening odds? Do you think TJ Dillashaw is the rightful favorite, or is Cody Garbrandt being underestimated? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/30\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year, in the co-main event of UFC 207, Cody Garbrandt wrested the UFC bantamweight title from the waist of Dominick Cruz with a surprisingly dominant unanimous decision win. Several weeks thereafter, we learned that Garbrandt would coach the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter against former teammate TJ Dillashaw, which of course implies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":214734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10166,10185],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opening odds favor TJ Dillashaw to take the bantamweight title from Cody Garbrandt | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After coaching against each other on The Ultimate Fighter, Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw are expected to fight for the bantamweight title later this year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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