With mixed martial arts (MMA) becoming an increasingly popular sport, betting on its fights has become an enjoyable pastime among fans. Before placing bets on an upcoming fight, however, it’s essential to understand how MMA betting works and to maximize your experience when wagering on fights. This article is here to help get you started with betting MMA matches and make the most of your wagering experience.
As opposed to traditional sports, MMA matches don’t follow a fixed schedule and bettors cannot place futures wagers; instead a specific date for each fight must be agreed upon between promotions, fighters and bettors; this can make calculating odds for particular fights more complex; nonetheless they still provide an indication of the likelihood that certain fighters will prevail in an encounter.
Calculating odds for an MMA fight requires the expertise of both mathematicians and statisticians working as a team. Their consideration of multiple factors including previous fight results, fighter form, weather forecasts and each fighter’s strengths and weaknesses feed into algorithms which generate the odds you see at sportsbooks websites and apps.
Moneylines aren’t your only options in MMA betting – other props can yield greater returns such as method of victory and round betting. Method of victory wagers focus on whether a fighter will win by knockout, submission or points decision while round betting allows you to pick exactly when a fight will end in any given round.
Beside traditional betting on fight outcomes, another popular MMA bet involves over/under rounds totals. This wager predicts how many rounds a fight will span; its calculation involves multiplying this total with oddsmakers’ over/under, with any bet that exceeds this figure winning their bet.
Betting on knockout/TKO results is an enjoyable and profitable way to increase your payouts, but beware: fighters may suffer psychological trauma following a knockout loss that alters their fighting style or causes them to be more cautious inside the octagon, impacting performance negatively. This is particularly relevant when switching up or down weight classes between fights as this process can drain fighters before even entering the octagon!
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