Bellator 269: Fedor vs. Johnson takes place on Saturday, October 23 at VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the event, and MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin takes a look at the opening odds below.
Bellator 269 Odds
Tim Johnson -150
Fedor Emelianenko +120
Vitaly Minakov -400
Said Sowma +300
Usman Nurmagomedov -700
Patrik Pietila +450
Anatoly Tokov -400
Sharaf Davlatmurodov +300
Kirill Sidelnikov -300
Rab Truesdale +240
Vladimir Tokov -500
Aymard Guih +375
Darina Mazdyuk -260
Katarzyna Sadura +200
Irina Alekseeva -170
Stephanie Page +140
Nikita Mikhailov -300
Brian Moore +240
Grachik Bozinyan -185
Alexey Shurkevich +155
Aleksandr Osetrov -200
Aiden Lee +170
Gadzhi Rabadanov -400
Alexander Belikh +300
Here are my initial thoughts on the Opening Odds For Bellator 269:
- The main event of Bellator 269 features heavyweight MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko taking on Tim Johnson. At age 45, Emelianenko is one of the oldest fighters on the Bellator roster, but he is still winning fights. Heading into this fight, Emelianenko has won three of his last four bouts, including a knockout win over Quinton Jackson in December 2019. As for Johnson, he has also won three of his last four fights, including a decision defeat to Emelianenko’s younger teammate Valentin Moldavsky in his last outing. Johnson is an underrated heavyweight who packs a punch, but he is going in there against an absolute legend in Emelianenko, and I don’t agree with Johnson opening as the favorite here. Even though Emelianenko is getting up there in age, he is still one of the all-time greats, and the early money has come in on the legend.
- As for the co-main event, it appears to be a mismatch as former Bellator heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov fights Said Sowma. Minakov has only lost one fight in his entire career and he is coming off of a KO win over Johnson in his last fight in August 2019. As for Sowma, he KOed Ronny Markes in his last fight, but this is a big step up in competition. As such, you see Minakov open as the big favorite here, and for good reason.
