UFC Live Fights Tonight - Todays Results, Statistics, and News

The MMA (mixed martial arts) in recent years has gone from being an image of brutal fighting to becoming one of the most viewed sports in the world. No doubt the growth of MMA is directly related to the development of the sports main competition, the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). If you have any questions about how the UFC works, dont worry, Oddspedia will help you find an answer to them all.

Here on our platform, you will find all the live scores from the UFC matches, as well as statistics, upcoming fights, news , rankings and predictions. In addition, Oddspedia offers comprehensive betting information, a top-notch odds comparator service, the best bookmakers in your country and reliable tips from top UFC experts. Stay with us to find out all about the UFC and its 25 years of history!

All about UFC at Oddspedia

Ultimate Fighting Championship’s popularity grows day by day around the world. As such, our goal is to give you all the betting information for UFC events in order to satisfy your thirst for knowledge! Despite its name, the UFC is not exactly a championship, but a company that organizes fighting events around the world. Several championships in various countries are licensed with the UFC brand, following certain common standards.  

Through our website, you can analyze different statistics and different UFC data for any season you choose. We have one of the best tipster communities online to give you reliable predictions and a higher chance of winnings. The page also brings you all the latest UFC related news, aggregated from some of the biggest news outlets online.  

You can find other information here, such as the best fighters in the championship, the weight categories, the biggest UFC champions ever, among other relevant statistics. Finally, we want to host a community where our users can freely share information and, of course, have fun doing so.

History

Ultimate Fighting Championship was created in 1993 by the Brazilian Rorion Gracie and two of his jiu-jitsu students, the publicist Art Davie and the filmmaker John Milius. Before we talk about the origin of the UFC, it is necessary to take a short trip to Japan. While the challenges between fighting modalities took place in Brazil, in Japan there was also a movement towards a fighting modality that integrated the most diverse fighting styles. Led by pro-wrestling exponents like Akira Maeda and Masakatsu Funaki, the Japanese started organizing fights with real submission techniques, and in the 90s Funaki founded Pancrase, a fighting organization that allowed open-handed blows and kicks when both fighters are standing.

Returning to the Brazilian Rorion Gracie, his intention was, in fact, to publicize and promote jiu-jitsu as a martial art in the United States and in the process, attract the attention of new students. On November 12, 1993, the first edition of the UFC was held in the city of Denver, Colorado (USA). The championship brought together 8 fighters of different martial arts, such as jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing and sumo, ending with the victory of the Brazilian Royce Gracie. Over the years and decades that followed, the rules of the UFC were greatly modified. Check out all the details of this evolution below!

Rules

At the beginning of the UFC, there werent many rules like there are today, decreed by the competition promoter SEG. Initially, the UFC was regarded as a value-for-money event, and so only a few things were forbidden - fingers in the eyes, bites, trying to rip the mouth out with your fingers and other extreme actions. Today, the match rules are:

Duration of Fight - Fights that do not define the championship must have 3 rounds; Fights that define the championship must have 5 rounds; Rounds must have 5 minutes duration and, finally, between each round there must be a rest period of 1 minute.

Rules - The following faults are prohibited and punishable:

• Headbutt
• Putting your finger in the opponents eyes.
• Biting
• Pulling hair
• Blows to the groin area
• Placing your finger in orifices or cuts/wounds on your opponent
• Manipulation of the joints
• Hitting the spine or the nape of the opponent
• Hitting the throat in any way, including tightening the trachea
• Grabbing, pinching or twisting the opponents skin
• Hitting the opponents clavicle
• Kicking the head of a fallen opponent.
• Kneeling over the head of a fallen opponent
• Stepping on a fallen opponent
• Kicking the kidneys with your heel
• Throwing an opponent so they land on their head or neck
• Throwing the opponent out of the combat zone
• Holding the opponents shorts or gloves
• Spitting on your opponent.
• Engaging in an unsportsmanlike conduct that could cause some kind of injury to the opponent
• Holding the ropes or bars.
• Using abusive and inappropriate language in the combat area or from bars
• Attacking the opponent during the break
• Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the judge/referee
• Disrespecting the referees instructions
• "Stalling the fight", avoiding contact with the opponent intentionally, constantly letting the mouth guard fall, faking an injury
• Corner interference
• Throwing in the towel during the fight.

If the fighter violates some of the aforementioned rules, it may result in the deduction of 1 point in the calculation of the round score awarded by the judge.

Ways to Win - The fighter hits the tatami, indicating that he can no longer bear the blow;  

The coach throws the towel in the ring; The fighter faints or the judge decides he can no longer continue; The fighter bleeds, and the injury is not stagnant by the doctor at the set time; The fighter violates the rules listed above; Fighting time runs out.

Women in the UFC

Today, women in the UFC are already consolidated by categories in the world of martial arts. When Strikeforce was acquired by Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ronda Rousey (USA) became the first woman in the UFC. The North American woman was the organizations first heavyweight champion in 2012 and made her octagon debut on February 23, 2013. In her first fight, she beat Liz Carmouche in the first round with an arm wrench.  

Acting as inspiration, Ronda Rousey helped bring more female fighters to the UFC and started leveraging the female MMA. In 2018, Ronda became the first woman to join the UFC Hall of Fame. Two Brazilian women who are at the top of the UFC at this time are Claudinha Gadelha and the incredible Amanda Nunes both of whom fight for the straw-weight. Follow the UFC Womens Hall of Fame as well.

UFC Fixtures - All upcoming fights and events

Here on our platform you can see the full schedule of all matches and events at the UFC. Just find the calendar and you can choose the day for which you want to see the fights that will be fought. Keep in mind that the UFC schedules are according to the time zone you are in. If you want to know the schedule of any UFC match, just choose the competition or the day and well show you all the fighters in the program. Stay updated with our calendar!

Missed a UFC event or an eagerly anticipated UFC fight because you lost track of the dates? Well, Oddspedia makes keeping track of any and every UFC event easy, as below we’ve provided you with a continually updating UFC Fight Schedule of all the latest as well as upcoming events hosted by the premier MMA promotion in the world.

UFC’s first event, UFC 1, happened on November 12, 1993. Each UFC event includes conflicts. Traditionally, every event starts off with a preliminary card followed with a principal card, together with the last fight being known as the principal event.

UFC events are separated into seven different formats:

• “Numbered” events, currently broadcasting on pay-per-view, with some exceptions
• “UFC on ESPN” occasions, currently airing on ESPN
• “UFC on Fox” occasions, previously aired on Fox
• “Fight Night” occasions, previously aired on Spike, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports two or UFC Fight Pass. Currently airing on ESPN+
• “The Ultimate Fighter Finale” events, previously aired on Spike, FX, Fox Sports 1 or 2 UFC Fight Pass. Will start on ESPN+ in 2019
• “UFC on FX” events, previously aired on FX
• “UFC on Fuel TV” events, formerly aired on Fuel TV
• “UFC Live” occasions, previously aired on Versus

Most of these”numbered” events have happened on pay-per-view, but there have been several exceptions for reasons like tape-delay. Occasions like UFC 72, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K., were marketed on pay-per-view, but due to tape-delay, buy rates were not as large as events that aired during a traditional starting time.

UFC Betting

UFC bets become more and more popular every day around the world. Anyone looking for open markets for UFC matches well in advance will only find odds for the winner of the match (moneyline). Only the bigger fights, those that usually stay for the end of the night, can have other betting options. Lets list the main ones here, because there are more ways to profit from a fight than just choosing the winner. 

Fight Winner - The most common and simple bet in UFC fights is on the winner of the fight, also known as Moneyline. Each fight will have a winner and a loser, and all you have to do is decide which fighter you believe will win the fight. To find out which fighter is the favourite, just check out the odds/quotes of the fight. The fighter with the lowest odds is the favourite.

Per Round - the objective of the bet is to predict in which round the fight will end. Punters must guess whether the fight will exceed a certain number of rounds or if it will end earlier. The bookmaker selects a total number of rounds, after which bettors must select whether they think the total number of rounds in the fight will be above or below that number. For example, a fight with five rounds will usually have a total line of 4.5.

Victory Method - Here, youll give your guess on how a fight will end. The options are: knockout, submission or decision by the judges. Analysing whether a fighter is strong or weak can help decide the final result. For example, when both fighters are weak, it is possible that the decision will involve the judges decision. On the other hand, fighters with a knockout record will try to close the fight as quickly as possible.

Props - These are special bets, i.e. the more lively the fight, the more options for props, everything depends on the atmosphere created on top of the main fight of an event. Some props options are: total punches taken by one of the fighters, which fighter will have the longest entry time, how many pay-per-view packs will be sold, if one of the fighters will use an illegal punch, what the nights fight will be, and so on. UFC betting brings a lot of props, and experienced bettors can make a lot of money out of it.

Long-term wagers - Fights that have not yet been established are considered a long-term wager in the UFC. Punters can invest in a bet on who will win a fight whose date has not yet been set. If you hit a long-term bet, you will be entitled to a very generous payout.

In this section, we also show you the best bookmakers in the UFC, alongside the best bonuses and promotions for the matches. And, of course, we offer betting forecasts for the UFC.  All your betting needs satisfied in one place!

Odds Comparison

Oddspedia is the best UFC odds comparison site, not restricted only to finding a bookmaker with good odds/shares, but to understand the mechanics of competitions and competitors. With this knowledge, gamblers can find the type of bet most likely to happen and with the most favorable odds.

To make bettors comfortable and provide them with a good flow of information, Oddspedia collects previous match and tournament odds, as well as current standings, scores and several additional details. Our task is to help you get the most out of this sport. With the data Oddspedia provides, you will be able to easily follow the fights of the most famous fighters like the Brazilian José Aldo.

UFC Live Betting - Everything you need to know

Oddspedia offers an odds comparator where you can see in real time which bookmaker offers more money for your bets. One of the positive sides of making your bets online is that you can place live bets. Watching UFC live is the first step to that. By tuning into the competition, you can understand each fighter movement in the ring.

All you need to do is press "Live" and you will find all the UFC fights at the moment. The bookmakers update the odds at the moment, so we advise you to be quick when betting, as odds change quickly depending on the dynamics of the game.  

The competition has several categories and great possibilities for profitable bets. The idea is for you to place bets on the market that best suits your strategy. Of course, odds make the difference in any scenario, so making the comparison between bookmakers is very effective in most cases.

UFC Betting Sites - Exclusive Bonuses and Promotions

When it comes to the UFC bookmaker, its imperative to be vigilant. Despite a great diversity of online gambling operators, not all are reliable.

Whether it’s in terms of security or promotions and bonuses for UFC betting, there are certain bookmakers that will simply be better choices than others, allowing you to place bets on UFC matches more confidently there.

Here we analyze all the bookmakers and bring you their offers, as well as the exclusive bonuses for Ultimate Fighting Championship. Depending on the region you are in, we’ll suggest a few bookmakers with the best odds at the moment, ensuring that you maximize your winnings for each bet.

When in doubt, create an account at several different bookies in order to explore and test them. See which one is the safest, with the best service and the best odds for the markets you’re interested in. Do not hesitate to search more about them! Here at Oddspedia, you can find relevant information about the top bookmakers in the world.

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