{"id":275751,"date":"2018-05-05T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275751"},"modified":"2018-05-05T13:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T20:39:20","slug":"betting-odds-fedor-emelianenko-vs-chael-sonnen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/betting-odds-fedor-emelianenko-vs-chael-sonnen\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting Odds: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chael Sonnen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Betting Odds: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chael Sonnen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko (37-5 MMA) will square off with former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen (30-15-1 MMA) in semi finals of Bellator&#8217;s Heavyweight Grand Prix event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Last Emperor&#8221; has opened as the early favorite against &#8220;The American Gangster&#8221; according to the always reliable Jed Goodman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Opening Chael\/Fedor line:<\/p>\n<p>Chael +150<br \/>Fedor -200<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lVdC7K9nQu\">pic.twitter.com\/lVdC7K9nQu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/992178343150665728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fedor was pegged as the -200 favorite for his highly anticipated showdown with Sonnen, while Chael is listed as a +<br \/>\n150 underdog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-198-results-frank-mir-vs-fedor-emelianenko\/\">Fedor Emelianenko returned to action at last weekend&#8217;s Bellator 198 event where he scored a first-round knockout victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fedor has now won six of his past seven fights, his lone loss in that time coming at the hands of Matt Mitrione. <\/p>\n<p>During his current 6-1 streak, Emelianenko has scored wins over notable veterans Jeff Monson, Pedro Rizzo, Fabio Maldonado and the aforementioned Frank Mir.<\/p>\n<p>As for Sonnen, &#8220;The American Gangster&#8221; was last seen in action at January&#8217;s Bellator 192 event in Inglewood, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over former UFC light heavyweight title holder Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to defeating &#8220;Rampage&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/bellator-nyc-results-chael-sonnen-defeats-wanderlei-silva-highlights\/\">Chael was coming off a unanimous decision victory over bitter rival Wanderlei Silva at Bellator 180 in June of 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you expect to emerge victorious when Chael Sonnen and Fedor Emelianenko take to the Bellator MMA cage later this year? 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