UFC 203 Miocic vs. Overeem: Odds and Predictions

UFC 203 will be taking place this Saturday, September 10th at Quickens Loan Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The event is headlined by a title fight between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and veteran fighter and former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem. The heavyweight action will continue with Fabricio Werdum taking on late replacement Travis Browne in the co-main, and WWE star CM Punk will be making his MMA debut against the unbeaten Mickey Gall. Check out all of Sports Interaction’s UFC 203 betting odds for this event.

Stipe Miocic vs. Alistair Overeem

Records: Miocic 15-2-0 Overeem 41-14-1
Division: Heavyweight
UFC odds: Overeem -105 Miocic -120
Prediction: Miocic by TKO

There’s a belt on the line in this fight, and these two heavyweights are very evenly matched, which should lead to a fantastic brawl. Miocic will be using his consistently improving boxing skills to defend his title, and will also be able utilize his natural talents as a wrestler to defeat Overeem, who is the slight -105 underdog in this main card fight. Overeem is a veteran and a powerful striker, but if fight ends up on the ground, he may have a difficult time against the more athletic Miocic.

Fabricio Werdum vs. Travis Browne

Records:Werdum 20-6-1 Browne 18-4-1
Division: Heavyweight
UFC odds: Browne +190 Werdum -260
Prediction: Werdum by decision

The last time these two heavyweights fought, Browne was the odds favorite. Werdum dismantled Browne’s tactics and tired him out, and handed the 7’8″ brawler his first defeat in 3 fights. Werdum lost his championship belt to co-headliner Stipe Miocic at UFC 198 recently, so will be looking to save face after that extremely convincing win by Miocic, and take Browne out as quickly as possible. As one of the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters in the world, if he gets this fight to the mat, it’ll be close to impossible for Travis Browne to recover and get an underdog win.

CM Punk vs. Mickey Gall

Records:CM Punk 0-0-0 Gall 2-0-0
Division: Welterweight
UFC odds: CM Punk +245 Mickey Gall -355
Prediction: Gall by Submission

This will be 37-year-old CM Punk’s first MMA fight since signing with the organization in 2014 out of the WWE. It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which the older, completely inexperienced former entertainment wrestler will be able to beat the upstart Mickey Gall, who is 24 years old and the heavy -355 favorite to win. There’s been a lot of hype about this fight, and many will be tuning in just to see what happens in this bizarre matchup. That said, this is the UFC, and just about anything can happen.

Urijah Faber vs. Jimmie Rivera

Records:Faber 33-9-0 Rivera 19-1-0
Division: Bantamweight
UFC odds: Jimmie Rivera -120 Urijah Faber -110
Prediction: Faber by Decision

This is old blood versus new blood, and odds-wise, it’s a very close match up. Faber is 37 years old and coming off of a loss to Dominic Cruz at UFC 199. He’s also beaten some of the best in his weight class over his long career, and is currently ranked #2. Jimmie Rivera is an exciting young fighter with some great boxing skills, but in this case, experience may trump vitality, and Faber could pull a win out of this brawl.

Joanne Calderwood vs. Jessica Andrade

Records:Andrade 14-5-0 Calderwood 11-1-0
Division: Strawweight
UFC odds: Jessica Andrade -140 Joanne Calderwood +110
Prediction: Calderwood

Scotland’s Joanne Calderwood is coming off one of the most significant wins of her career, and the powerful striker will want to keep that momentum going against Brazilian fighter Jessica Andrade. This will be a technical fight, with both showing off their sharpened skills and fast movements they are both known for. Andrade’s best chance against Calderwood is to get her onto the mat, but if she can’t keep her there, this one should be Calderwood’s to win.

UFC 203 Prelims Card

Bethe Correia vs. Jessica Eye
Nik Lentz vs. Michael McBride
Caio Magalhaes vs. Brad Tavares
Francimar Barroso vs. CB Dollaway
Yancy Medeiros vs. Sean Spencer
Drew Dober vs. Jason Gonzalez