@stareagle, tweeting about Forbes’ 2018 list of the world’s highest-paid athletes, which was released Tuesday. For the first time since 2010, there are no women on the list. At the top of the list is Floyd Mayweather Jr., who competed in a boxing match against UFC star Conor McGregor last August, his only sporting event of the year. In 2017, Serena Williams ranked 51st as the only woman on the list. More
Conor McGregor may have paid his fine to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his infamous bottle-throwing scene with Nate Diaz and his crew at the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference, but he’s not out of the woods yet on the issue. More
The UFC is “incredibly disappointed” that its attempt to stream Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor to paying fans didn’t work out so well. Probably not as disappointed as the people who paid $100 for a fight they didn’t get to see, but still. More
Because of sparring photos released online, Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi instantly went from being training partners to rivals. Malignaggi, in particular, has been riffing about how several issues, including McGregor’s “mistreatment” of other sparring partners. More
(This is the second installment of a three-part series on the gambling aspect of the “The Money Fight” between boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC champ Conor McGregor. Check out Part 1.)
If Conor McGregor, a man who despite a championship MMA career, has never been paid to put on boxing gloves, somehow manages to beat undefeated, five-division boxing world champ Floyd Mayweather at his own game on Aug. 26, it will go down as one of the greatest upsets in sports history. More
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will cash in big by betting on himself to beat Conor McGregor on August 26 in Las Vegas. By insisting that McGregor has a chance, Mayweather is helping move the line in McGregor’s favor, creating more line value for himself.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a sharp. No, that wasn’t a typo. Not sharp, but a sharp. That’s the highest compliment the can be bestowed upon a sports bettor. Let’s make no bones about it. Floyd Mayweather is a prolific sports bettor and isn’t shy to express it.
A sharp is a bettor that understands how the linesmakers set the lines and what influences line movement. In this case, the opening line is an educated guess of a starting point that oddsmakers believe will inspire equal action from bettors on both sides. Most of this is based on public perception along with historical data. The truth of the matter is that after the lines are available for the public to bet on it’s a waiting game to see if there’s any significant movement. At that point, two things happen. The public reacts to the line and starts placing its wager or sharps feel the line is wrong and make their move. In either case, the line will start to move. In this case, the public can be manipulated into buying into the perceived value for Conor McGregor which is currently +550 (wager $100 to win $550). From there, it’s very simple. The oddsmakers will move the line in accordance to where the money is going. The more money wagered on Conor…
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will cash in big by betting on himself to beat Conor McGregor on August 26 in Las Vegas. By insisting that McGregor has a chance, Mayweather is helping move the line in McGregor’s favor, creating more line value for himself.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a sharp. No, that wasn’t a typo. Not sharp, but a sharp. That’s the highest compliment the can be bestowed upon a sports bettor. Let’s make no bones about it. Floyd Mayweather is a prolific sports bettor and isn’t shy to express it.
A sharp is a bettor that understands how the linesmakers set the lines and what influences line movement. In this case, the opening line is an educated guess of a starting point that oddsmakers believe will inspire equal action from bettors on both sides. Most of this is based on public perception along with historical data. The truth of the matter is that after the lines are available for the public to bet on it’s a waiting game to see if there’s any significant movement. At that point, two things happen. The public reacts to the line and starts placing its wager or sharps feel the line is wrong and make their move. In either case, the line will start to move. In this case, the public can be manipulated into buying into the perceived value for Conor McGregor which is currently +550 (wager $100 to win $550). From there, it’s very simple. The oddsmakers will move the line in accordance to where the money is going. The more money wagered on Conor…
UFC President Dana White told reporters Wednesday he thinks a 50-50 purse split for the proposed boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be “pretty fair.” More
For months, Floyd Mayweather has been teasing his return to the ring for a showdown with UFC superstar Conor McGregor and now that appears closer to reality than ever before. More
UFC president Dana White is ready to either get the deal done for Conor McGregor to face off with Floyd Mayweather, or he’s walking away from the negotiating table altogether. More