In a long-awaited moment, this weekend's UFC main card (and even preliminaries) will air live on ESPN. Trendy restaurants and lounges around the country who normally refuse to put "combat sports" on their bar TVs, will suddenly be forced to rethink their position. You can't turn off ESPN at a bar!
And so, a very large television audience, perhaps the largest ever, will witness a heavyweight showdown between a former champion and a former championship contender to help solidify the division's title picture. And it wouldn't be an intriguing MMA matchup without a significant stylistic contrast.
Let's look at the stats and decide where the betting value might be.