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There a couple significant betting favorites for Most Valuable Promotions’ first-ever MMA card.
Ronda Rousey is favored against Gina Carano. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog. com There a couple significant betting favorites for Most Valuable Promotions’ first-ever MMA card .
The May 16 event takes place at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and is headlined by a women’s featherweight clash pitting Ronda Rousey against Gina Carano . According to online oddsmaker BetOnline , Rousey is listed as a considerable -500 favorite, while Carano checks in as a +375 underdog. Rousey hasn’t competed since a knockout loss to Amanda Nunes in December 2016, while the 43-year-old Carano has been inactive since August 2009, when she suffered a TKO loss to Cristiane Justino under the Strikeforce banner.
The biggest favorite among the MVP card’s three featured bouts is Francis Ngannou , who will take on Philipe Lins in the evening’s co-headliner. The former UFC heavyweight king is a -1200 favorite over Lins, who is a +800 underdog. “The Predator” will be making his first MMA appearance since October 2024, when he defeated Renan Ferreira in Professional Fighters League competition.
Lins, meanwhile, hasn’t competed since exiting the UFC on a four-fight winning streak in March 2024. The closest odds on MVP “Rousey vs. Carano” can be found for the third bout of the triple feature: a welterweight duel pitting Nate Diaz against Mike Perry .