GEORGE ST-PIERRE HEAVY FAVOURITE TO BEAT JOSH KOSCHECK ON ULTIMATE FIGHTER

Things certainly seem to be looking up for high-profile Canadian MMA fighter George St-Pierre. On the day when he gets written up in the FASHION section of the New York Times for being such a cultural icon, he also gets some even more beneficial news- he’s a heavy favourite to beat out Josh Koscheck in their widely-anticipated match-up on the Ultimate Fighter.
UFC betting odds are generally released quite far in advance and we’ve just seen the odds released by popular Irish bookmaker Paddy Power- who have odds out for the Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort fight in January 2011.
Currently, George St-Pierre’s odds to beat Josh Koscheck are trading at a slim 1/5 price tag with the Irish bookie. This means that a £100 wager would pay out a total of £120 all-told. St-Pierre is a justifiable favourite here and his career is still very much in the ascendency.
Josh Koscheck’s odds are listed at a 3/1 price to beat St-Pierre. Since there is only outright betting available you sort of have to use your imagination on the method of victory betting. Expect to see additional markets open up once we’re about three weeks out from the fight. Just based on logic you can get a fairly good prediction of what the odds will be.
George St-Pierre will likely be favoured to win by decision and I would suspect a price of 6/4 or even-money would likely be the listing. A submission win or KO victory would likely pay in the neighbourhood of 5/1-7/1. Koscheck has the advantage of being able to win fights by a variety of methods but his odds will likely be quite long as he isn’t favoured to win and the fact that he has no favoured way to win fights makes him a trickier wager.
If you’re betting on Josh Koscheck you should just back him outright.
The previous St-Pierre vs Koscheck fight ended in a unanimous decision victory to the Quebec-based fighter at UFC 74: Respect and it looks like fight fans will be expecting things to go a similar way on the Ultimate Fighter Finale.
If you’re looking to back an accumulator to give you some enhanced value heading into the St-Pierre vs Koscheck fight- try backing the winners of some of the upcoming UFC events with St-Pierre. You can get Frank Mir x Dan Hardy x Lyoto Machida x Matt Hughes x Brock Lesnar x St-Pierre at a very respectable 9.88 price.