Ronda Rousey vs Cris Cyborg is getting as much traction as Mayweather-Pacquiao but 10 lbs is stopping the fight from happening. That doesn’t mean that sports books in Vegas aren’t already drooling over the possibility of the two fighting. There’s no one willing to take bets on the fight yet but one sports book is setting the line for the fight already.
The Golden Nugget sports book director, Tony Miller, told Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review Journal that he’s comfortable being the first to post odds on Rousey-Cyborg.
“The reason I’m putting it up is because Rousey is one of the hottest topics in sports right now, especially after that fight on Saturday,” Miller said. “I think it’s going to be probably the biggest fight in UFC history and I want to get a jump on it.”
Miller went onto discuss why he felt the need to set odds for hypothetical fight:
“I know it’s a hypothetical, but i think it’s such a huge fight,” Miller said. “I’m not sure if the general public knows much about Cyborg, but we’ll hear a lot about it the next couple of months and as people learn more about how good she is and how tough she is, it’s only going to get bigger.”
The Golden Nugget is starting Ronda out as a minus-300 favorite, while Cyborg will open up as a plus-250 underdog.
The only thing left is for Dana White to make this fight happen. It seems like the two are on a crash course for UFC 200 next summer.