The UFC is heading to Brooklyn for its first card of 2019 and its very first card on ESPN following a seven-year deal with Fox Sports. The event is headlined by a champion vs champion battle as bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw is dropping down to the flyweight division to take on Henry”The Messenger” Cejudo. Dillashaw is seeking to become the seventh fighter to acquire belts in two different weight classes and is a -230 favorite with Cejudo coming back in +180.
Shark Bites
T.J. Dillashaw is averaging 5.38 significant strikes every second.
Henry Cejudo won gold . Five of T.J. Dillashaw’s past seven wins have come through knockout.
Odds Analysis
This is Cejudo’s second right fight as an underdog after he shut as a big +350 puppy contrary to Demetrious”Mighty Mouse” Johnson, arguably the pound-for-pound best at the moment. The former Olympian outwrestled DJ en route to some success to become the flyweight champion.
However, it makes sense for Dillashaw to be favored because he’s the man dropping down in weight. This is the fifth time ever that the UFC has had two sitting winners endure toe-to-toe along with the fighter that has made the burden class move is 3-1 in the previous four fights, with B.J. Penn’s loss to GSP in 2009 being the only defeat. That being said, Dillashaw is the first to drop down in weight to battle for another belt, as B.J. Penn, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes all moved up in weight since they appeared to secure two straps at the exact same time.
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