UFC odds slightly favor Stefan Struve on Saturday as he faces Paul Buentello in UFC 107 from Memphis, Tennessee. That fight is one of eleven on the UFC 107 betting schedule. Five of the bouts are on the main card including this one between Buentello and Struve and the headliner between BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez.
UFC have the veteran Buentello coming into this bout with a record of 27-10 including 3-1 in the UFC. Struve is 17-3 and 2-1 in UFC odds. Buentello is the 35-year old veteran while Struve is the 21-year old newcomer. Struve is coming off a win in UFC odds in UFC 104 as he defeated Chase Gormley. Buentello was victorious in his last bout against Kiril Sidelnikov.
When you analyze this bout in UFC it is easy to like Struve simply because he is bigger. Struve is going to have a big edge in terms of reach but sometimes that is not enough to win in UFC odds. Buentello is a veteran fighter and he may be able to overcome the reach disadvantage. The problem for Buentello is that he really hasn’t fought anyone of late. Struve is a step up in competition and it is unclear whether or not Buentello is good enough to win this fight in UFC 107 betting.
The marquee fight in UFC on Saturday has a lightweight championship bout between title holder BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez. That fight is on the televised portion of the UFC 107 betting card as is the one between Buentello and Struve. Also on the TV portion of the card in UFC odds is the bout between Jon Fitch and Mike Pierce, the fight between Frank Mir and Cheick Kongo and the bout between Kenny Florian and Clay Guida. Penn is favored over Sanchez, Fitch over Pierce, Mir over Kongo and Florian over Guida.
Six bouts in UFC odds are on the undercard for Saturday night. There are two middleweight bouts in UFC odds as Alan Belcher fights Wilson Gouveia and Rousimar Palhares goes up against Lucio Linhares. There is one lightweight bout as Matt Wiman faces Shane Nelson in UFC . Three fights are highlighted in UFC 107 betting odds in the welterweight division. It is Johny Hendricks against Ricardo Funch, Edgar Garcia vs. DaMarques Johnson and TJ Grant vs. Kevin Burns.