Bovada Mma
First let me clear something up. When I reference Bovada it means the US version of Bodog. What their main brand, “Bodog” did was create a specific site for US customers, Canadian customers, European customers and so on. We’ve set it up so that you will be directed to the correct site, but they are ALL the same odds, bonuses and layout. For purposes of this review assume both Bodog and Bovada are the same, as they are.
- Betting odds from the world of UFC and MMA fight events from Bovada Sportsbook. Bobby’s MLB Free Picks. 6:00 PM ET; Jordan.
- Bovada SportsInt. Pinnacle SportBet Intertops Sportsbook BetDSI FanDuel DraftKings Props; Carlos Vergara-125 -125-113 -125-121 Jacob Silva-105 -105-117 -110-101 Casey Jones +205 +163 +200 +162 +214.
I mainly use Bovada (despite it having delayed openers and sometimes zero props). BTC is super fast with them and they've never given me issues there. IIRC they added a bunch more options as well. Don't bother with credit cards there, you're more likely to get holds on your card for suspicious activity.
Ok so this review is for the Bodog / Bovada sportsbook and casino. For specific information about poker, read our review of the Bovada poker room. For specific Bovada MMA betting info scroll down to the middle of the page.
Overview of Bovada – U.S. bettors welcome
Bovada.lv is the newly re-branded website, which was formerly known as Bodog.com. Bodog offers you a wide variety of online poker games, sports betting and online casino games. Bodog is one of the only gambling websites to offer poker, sports, casinos and to also allow U.S. customers to play. Bovada has a great 50% sign up bonus for new players, and they also have a variety of very easy deposit options so you can get your money safely on the site. They are also now accepting Canadian players for the very first time in over 11 years.
Sports betting at Bodog
Bodog’s main attraction is their great online sportsbook. At Bodog you can bet on pretty much every sport imaginable. The main sports bet on are…NFL
- NFL
- College Football
- NBA
- College Basketball
- UFC and MMA fights
- MLB
- NHL
- The sportsbook offers various types of bets including singles, parlays, teasers, futures and props
Online casino at Bodog
The online casino at Bodog is one of the best available in online gambling. The graphics and smoothness of play make it very easy and fun to deposit money and start gambling. The casino is 100% fair and is regulated by an independent audior. Casino games available at Bodog are blackjack, caribbean stud, tri-card poker, craps, roulette, let em ride, pai gow poker and also slot machines. They really offer every game possible for you to gamble on.
MMA and UFC betting at Bodog
Bovada.lv offers some great lines for almost every mixed martial arts event. They always have odds up for UFC fights at least one month in advance. Lately Bodog Life has been putting up odds for Strikeforce, WEC, Dream, Bellator,etc. If you like betting underdogs, I really think they have the best lines out there. My only complaint with Bodog’s MMA betting is the $500 limit per bet. If you’re not planning on betting more than $500, then this won’t be a problem for you.
Fight leagues that always have odds at Bodog
- UFC
- Strikeforce
- Bellator
- MFC
- Dream
- Sengoku
- BAMMA
Over/Under round betting
- Yes
Prop Bets
- Yes
Minimum and maximum bet amounts
- Minimum bet amount – $1
- Maximum bet amount – $500
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Signup bonus
- 50% up to $250 for Bovada. This is a very good signup bonus, and probably the best in the sportsbook industry. The bonus for Canadians is 100% up to $100 Free Bet.
Minimum deposit amount
- $20
Deposit Options at Bovada
Bovada has a wide variety of deposit options for players to use. My favorite would have to be a prepaid Visa card, but everyone has their own way of depositing. The minimum deposit for Bodog.com is $20. Here are the deposit options…
- Visa and Mastercard
- Bank wire/Bank deposit
- E checks
- Western Union
- Check by mail
- Neteller (non U.S.)
- Moneybookers (non U.S.)
- Click2Pay (non U.S.)
Additional gambling at Bodog
Bodog also offers online poker, online casino play and a racebook. Bodog’s poker room is one of the best online poker rooms on the internet, and their new casino has pretty much every game available to gamble on. That’s my own opinion of Bodog. I highly recommend checking them out today. They are a top notch gambling site with the best customer service in the industry. You will not be disappointed.
Bovada Mma Betting
In the world of sports betting the first thing you will need to learn is to read and understand the odds. There are three traditional ways that online sports betting sites display odds. They include American, Decimal, and Fractional.
Regardless of how the odds are displayed, they’ll always mean the same thing. Watching the UFC, the odds format they talk is American Odds or Vegas Odds. Essentially what they are is the percentage of one outcome against another.
You can use our UFC Odds Calculator to work out percentages yourself.
We have a live odds tool on our site that you’ll notice on lots of our pages. We post live odds in American and Decimal format, but we don’t list live odds in the Fractional format.
The reason we don’t list live odds using Fractions on our site is that we don’t want to confuse bettors. Fraction odds are becoming more extinct every year, and many online sportsbooks have stopped posting odds using fractional odds entirely.
The betting odds are one of the most important factors in deciding on whether to bet on a game or not. If you study a UFC fight and determine that Jon Jones has a 60% chance of beating Mauricio Rua, then you’re going to need to find out if the odds are better than that.
Using our 60% example, we need to check to see if the odds are going to allow us to be profitable if Jones does win 60% of the time in this fight. You can use our betting calculator to check what the odds mean in percentage terms.
To break even betting on an outcome that is predicted to hit at a 60% rate you need to be getting odds of -150. If you’re getting better odds, i.e., -150 to a positive number (+100), then it’s a +EV bet to make, and you should place the bet.
We’re going to explain how to read the three different types of betting odds below, so make sure you check out both the American and Decimal formats if you don’t know how to read them yet.
American Betting Odds Explained
- Jon Jones -205 vs. Mauricio Rua +165
American odds are shown using whole numbers above 100, and they can have a positive or negative value. When the odds have a negative value, the odds will be presented with a (-) in front of the number whereas when the odds have a positive value they will have a (+) sign in front of the odds.
To understand how much you can make you need to remember one rule. When the odds are positive (+), the number reflects how much you’ll make on a $100 wager whereas if the odds are negative (-), the number reflects how much you need to bet to win $100 profit.
If you bet on Jones at -205 you need to risk $205 to win $100 profit and if you bet on Rua to win you’d win $165 profit for every $100 you bet.
The fighter with the negative value is ‘usually’ considered the favorite, and if both fighters have a negative value, then the fighter with the higher number is the favorite.
E.g:
- Fighter A: -105
- Fighter B: -109
Fighter B is considered the favorite in this matchup.
It’s rare for two fighters in MMA to both have negative value odds, but it does happen when two extremely evenly matched fighters fight against each other.
Decimal Betting Odds Explained
- Jon Jones 1.49 vs. Mauricio Rua 2.65
Decimal odds are used in most countries outside of North America, so we include decimal odds on our site for punters. Decimal odds are also known as European odds.
Bovada Ufc Bets
To understand decimal odds you always need to remember that your stake and profit are included in the odds. For instance, Jon Jones is favored to win the fight at 1.49 odds. If you bet $100 on Jones at 1.49, you’d win $149 back, which includes your stake and profits.
You’d win your $100 back plus make $49 profit.
If you bet on the underdog Rua in the fight for $100 at odds of 2.65 you’d win back $265, which includes your $100 stake plus $165 in profit.
To find out how much you can win using decimal odds you multiply the odds by how much you want to bet.
Fractional Betting Odds Explained
- Jon Jones 49/100 vs. Mauricio Rua 33/20
We want to say that we believe fractional odds are going to become less used, and therefore we don’t recommend using them unless you’re betting on horses.
If you’re betting on MMA, you should use Decimal odds, as every bookie offers Decimal odds and they’re easy to use when trying to figure out your profit.
If you need to be able to read fraction odds, they’re simple. The 1st number in the fraction is how much you’re paid out based on the 2nd number, which is how much you need to stake.
For instance, if you bet on Jones at 49/100 odds you need to calculate 49/100 x “Wager Amount” to come up with how much you’ll make. If you bet $100 (49/100 x $100 = $49) you’d make $49 plus receive your $100 stake back.