UFC 98 ODDS AND BETTING TIPS FROM PADDY POWER

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has released the odds for the widely-anticipated UFC 98 featuring matches between Rashad Evans and Lyoto Machida, Matt Hughes and Matt Serra and Drew McFedries vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam. This one is shaping up to be a real classic and I'm anticipating a much better main event than UFC 97's. Paddy Power has a number of different markets on this one, you can back Fight of the Night, KO of the Night, and Submission of the Night. As it currently stands, Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra is listed as the 4/1 favourite as Fight of the Night. Rashad Evans vs Lyoto Machida is at 9/2 next to the Drew McFedries vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam bout. Lyoto Machida is backed for KO of the night at 7/1 with Matt Hughes and Drew McFedries both listed at 17/2. Pat Barry is at 9/1 while Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Sean Sherk are both available at 11/1. Brock Larson is the favourite to win submission of the night with Krzysztof Soszynski at 9/2, Dan Miller at 6/1 and Sean Sherk at 10/1. For the top four fights of the evening, Paddy Power has method of victory betting available. Sean Sherk is favoured to win his battle with Frank Edgar on points at 5/6. The next mostly likely outcome is Edgar on points at 11/4. Clearly, they think one will go the distance and you can back that 8/15 for the yes and 11/8 for the no. Dan Miller is also favoured for a points win in his battle with Chael Sonnen. Miller is a pretty heavy favourite in this one, carrying an outright price of ½ to Sonnen's 6/4. Matt Hughes and Matt Serra is shaping up to be a classic and Hughes goes in as a pretty big favourite. Not much value no matter what the margin, with a KO at 5/2, points at 2/1 and Submission at 9/2. Serra's best chance is a points win at 7/2. Lyoto Machida vs Rashad Evans has Machida at nearly evens to win on points at 6/5. The KO is listed at 3/1 and the submission is 9/1. Evans best chance seems to be on points, as he carries a price of 11/4. VERDICTSean Sherk vs Frank Edgar- Sherk on Points @ 5/6Dan Miller vs Chael Sonnen- Miller by KO @ 10/3Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra- Hughes by KO @ 5/2Lyoto Machida vs Rashad Evans- Machida by KO @ 3/1