UFC 297: Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis fight card, start time, betting odds
The first UFC pay-per-view of the year is happening on Saturday, Jan. 20 in Toronto, Canada.
The card is headlined by a middleweight scrap between new champion Sean Strickland and the challenger, Dricus Du Plessis. The pair have built up their pairing with a heated pre-fight press conference and a cage-side brawl that saw Strickland leaping across fans to get to Du Plessis.
In the co-main event, Raquel Pennington will fight Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant bantamweight title after Amanda Nunes retired and left her 135 and 145-pound titles without a champion.
According to Draftkings, Strickland is a light betting favorite at -135. That's a big contrast to the major +500 underdog he was going into his last fight versus Israel Adesanya. Du Plessis is sitting at a moderate +110 underdog.
The co-main event odds are similar with Pennington sitting at a +145 underdog and Bueno Silva is the facorite but just slightly at -164.
Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.
