{"id":302812,"date":"2019-02-21T09:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=302812"},"modified":"2019-02-21T09:08:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:08:48","slug":"israel-adesanya-opens-as-betting-favorite-over-kelvin-gastelum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-opens-as-betting-favorite-over-kelvin-gastelum\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya opens as betting favorite over Kelvin Gastelum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Israel Adesanya has opened as a slight betting favorite against Kelvin Gastelum for their interim middleweight title fight at UFC 236. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oddsmaker Nick Kalikas of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/record.clickswagger.com\/_Uhr-OIndqLdgZImVJCQ71GNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\">BetDSI <\/a>opened \u201cStylebender\u201d as a -185 favorite (bet $185 to win $100) against Gastelum +155 (bet $100 to win $155) ahead of their clash on Apr. 13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kalikas explained his decision on the odds on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaoddsbreaker.com\/news\/138973-ufc-236-kelvin-gastelum-vs-israel-adesanya-opening-betting-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMAOddsBreaker<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStylistically, if Adesanya can keep this fight standing, he clearly has an advantage with his elite kickboxing background and striking skill-set. Gastelum has power on the feet and presents issues as a southpaw, but he\u2019s almost certainly needs to take this fight to the floor to win it. It\u2019s easy to assume that this is a great stylistic matchup for Adesanya, but perhaps we are underestimating Gastelum here. Gastelum has faced some of the best fighters in the world at middleweight as an undersized 185-pounder and has performed well. That being said, Adesanya is on a crazy rise right now has a tremendous amount of support from the betting public so I\u2019m going to open him as a -185 betting favorite with the comeback on Gastelum being\u00a0+155.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel Adesanya (16-0) is coming off a unanimous decision win over former middleweight champion at UFC 234, which pushed his UFC record to 5-0. The 29-year-old made his UFC debut in Feb. 2018 and has since defeated Rob Wilkinson, Marvin Vettori, Brad Tavares, Derek Brunson and Silva. Adesanya has opened as a betting favorite in all of his UFC fights, but the matchup against Silva was the largest by a margin as he opened at -400 when that matchup was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelvin Gastelum (15-3, 1 NC) was slated to face middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 234 before a last minute hernia injury forced the Aussie off the card. Prior to that, Gastelum earned a split decision over Ronaldo Jacare Souza at UFC 224 and knocked out former champion Michael Bisping at \u00a0UFC Fight Night 122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UFC 236 takes place Apr. 13 on pay-per-view and a location has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think off the odds for this Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum fight? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 2\/21\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya has opened as a slight betting favorite against Kelvin Gastelum for their interim middleweight title fight at UFC 236. Oddsmaker Nick Kalikas of BetDSI opened \u201cStylebender\u201d as a -185 favorite (bet $185 to win $100) against Gastelum +155 (bet $100 to win $155) ahead of their clash on Apr. 13. Kalikas explained his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54468,"featured_media":301332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,10397,39610,41796],"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>Israel Adesanya opens as betting favorite over Kelvin Gastelum | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-opens-as-betting-favorite-over-kelvin-gastelum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel Adesanya opens as betting favorite over Kelvin Gastelum | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israel Adesanya has opened as a slight betting favorite against Kelvin Gastelum for their interim middleweight title fight at UFC 236. 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