{"id":757978,"date":"2017-10-15T11:07:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T11:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=757978"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:11:59","slug":"conor-mcgregor-opens-as-favorite-over-tony-ferguson-fox11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/conor-mcgregor-opens-as-favorite-over-tony-ferguson-fox11\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor Opens as Favorite Over Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_727365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-727365\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img alt=\"Conor McGregor Opens as Favorite Over Tony Ferguson\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-727365\" src=\"https:\/\/thebloguin.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/810961304.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/810961304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/810961304-555x370.jpg 555w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/810961304-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/810961304-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-727365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LAS VEGAS, NV &#8211; JULY 9: Tony Ferguson in the audience during the UFC 213 event at T-Mobile Arena on July 9, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rey Del Rio\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While a UFC Lightweight Title unification bout between Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson is the logical fight for the UFC to book, it is still speculative in nature at this point.\u00a0 But that hasn&#8217;t stopped the punters from placing bets on the fight.\u00a0 Unibet has opened its line for McGregor-Ferguson, and the reigning champ is favored over the reigning interim champ.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is currently a -162 favorite over Ferguson, meaning that he is expected to win the fight 62% of the time.\u00a0 Fairly close odds for a fight that should be fairly competitive.\u00a0 If it ever happens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; While a UFC Lightweight Title unification bout between Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson is the logical fight for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":733907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12504,543583741],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - 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