UFC Fight Night Odds Today: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. Predictions, Betting Lines & Baku Card Info

Fight Night from Baku, Azerbaijan, today features Top 10 light heavyweight contenders in the main event of UFC on ABC 8.
UFC Fight Night Odds: Today's Hill vs. Rountree Jr. Betting Lines, Picks & Baku Card Info
Pictured: Khalil Rountree Jr. fights Alex Pereira in a light heavyweight title bout. Photo by Stephen R. Sylvanie via Imagn Images.

Fight Night, Fight Afternoon. Tomayto, tomahto. Whatever you want to call it, the action gets started in just a few hours.

Light heavyweight No. 4 contender Jamahal Hill and No. 7 Khalil Rountree Jr. headline the main event of UFC on ABC 8 from Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. The co-main features a lightweight clash between No. 11 Rafael Fiziev and up-and-comer Ignacio Bahamondes.

We have up-to-date UFC Fight Night odds from our best sports betting sites, with a quick-hit prediction, some wild betting insights, and weigh-in results below.

📊 UFC Fight Night odds: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. - Main Card

🥊 Jamahal Hill (12-3) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. (14-6)

  • No. 4 light heavyweight contender Hill enters off two losses, following up losing his title to Alex Pereira (April 2024) with a loss to Jiri Prochazka (January)
  • No. 7 light heavyweight contender Rountree Jr. dropped a title bout to Alex Pereira last time out (fourth round KO/TKO, Oct. 2024)

🩸 Quick pick: Hill by KO/TKO or DQ (+200)

🥊 Rafael Fiziev (12-4) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (17-5)

  • No. 11 lightweight contender Fiziev has dropped three straight bouts (two in 2023, and then by unanimous decision to Justin Gaethje in March)
  • Bahamondes enters on a three-fight win streak: first round KO/TKO vs. Christos Giagos (April 2024), first round KO/TKO vs. Manuel Torres (Sept. 2024), first round submission vs. Jalin Turner (March)

  🩸 Quick pick: Bahamondes moneyline (-130)

🥊 Curtis Blaydes (18-5) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (12-2-1)

  • No. 5 heavyweight contender Blaydes lost to Tom Apsinall for the interim heavyweight championship in his last fight (July 2024)
  • Kuniev is making his UFC debut; the Russian fighter recorded a first-round KO/TKO over Hugo Cunha in Dana White's Contender Series last time out (August 2024)
  • This fight has been rescheduled a number of times, originally slated for February (UFC Fight Night 252), then March (UFC 313), then May (UFC Fight Night 256)

  🩸 Quick pick: Under 2.5 rounds (-125)

🥊 Tofiq Musayev (22-5) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (13-2-1)

  • Musayev is making his UFC debut, most recently fighting in Bellator and Rizin FF in 2023
  • Orolbai is 2-1 in the UFC, losing a split-decision to Mateusz Rebecki in October

  🩸 Quick pick: Orolbai moneyline (-160)

🥊 Nazim Sadykhov (10-1-1) vs. Nikolas Motta (15-5)

  • Sadykhov hasn't suffered a loss since his pro debut at Ring of Combat 66 in 2018, going 3-0-1 since making the leap to the UFC
  • Five of Motta's six UFC fights have stopped inside the distance, going 2-2 via KO/TKO with one no contest

  🩸 Quick pick: Sadykhov by KO/TKO or DQ (+120)

🥊 Muhammad Naimov (12-3) vs. Bogdan Grad (15-2)

  • Naimov is 4-1 since making the leap to the UFC, winning his last bout over Kaan Ofli by unanimous decision in February
  • Grad won his UFC over Lucas Alexander via second round KO/TKO in February

  🩸 Quick pick: Naimov moneyline (-275)

👀 UFC Fight Night: Azerbaijan betting insights

Here are the UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. betting insights from BetMGM:

Fighters Opening Odds Current Odds % Bets % Handle
Jamahal Hill +135 -105 64% 80%
Khalil Rountree -160 -115 36% 20%
Rafael Fiziev -135 +110 N/A N/A
Ignacio Bahamondes +110 -135 N/A N/A
Myktybek Orolbai -170 -155 35% 14%
Tofiq Musayev +140 +130 65% 86%
Curtis Blaydes -275 -250 26% 8%
Rizvan Kuniev +220 +200 74% 92%
Nazim Sadykhov -400 -450 43% 75%
Nikolas Motta +310 +350 57% 25%
Muhammad Naimov -200 -300 28% 75%
Bogdan Grad +165 +240 72% 25%
Tagir Ulanbekov -275 -450 38% 48%
Azat Maksum +220 +340 62% 52%
Ismail Naurdiev +185 +155 64% 35%
JunYong Park -225 -190 36% 65%
Daria Zhelezniakova +200 +240 64% 38%
Melissa Mullins -250 -250 36% 62%
Mohammed Usman +165 +135 52% 39%
Hamdy Abdelwahab -200 -175 48% 61%
Seokhyeon Ko +375 +375 82% 71%
Oban Elliott -500 -500 18% 29%
Irina Alekseeva -225 -275 33% 94%
Klaudia Syguła +185 +225 67% 6%

📊 UFC Fight Night odds: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. - Prelims

🥊 Seokhyeon Ko (11-2) vs. Oban Elliott (12-2)

  • Seokhyeon Ko is making his UFC debut off a Dana White's Contender Series unanimous decision over Igor Cavalcanti (Sept. 2024)
  • Elliott has rattled off three straight wins since making the leap, with two decision victories and a first-round KO/TKO Bassil Hafez (November)

  🩸 Quick pick: Elliott moneyline (-450)

🥊 Ismail Naurdiev (24-7) vs. JunYong Park (18-6)

  • Naurdiev picked up a unanimous-decision victory over Bruno Silva at UFC 308 in October, his first UFC fight since 2020
  • Park has gone to the judges in his last two fights, both split decisions (1-1), which came on the heels of three straight submission victories

  🩸 Quick pick: Naurdiev moneyline (+150)

🥊 Daria Zhelezniakova (9-2) vs. Melissa Mullins (7-1)

  • Zhelezniakova started her UFC with a unanimous decision win over Montserrat Rendon last March, but followed up with a first round submission loss to Ailin Perez in September
  • Mullins is also 1-1 over her last two fights, both second-round KO/TKO finishes, most recently beating Klaudia Sygula in November

  🩸 Quick pick: Mullins moneyline (-250)

🥊 Irina Alekseeva (5-2) vs. Klaudia Sygula (6-2)

  • Alekseeva hasn't taken the walk to the Octagon since 2023 when she suffered a unanimous decision loss to Melissa Mullins
  • Sygula took a KO/TKO loss at the hands of Melissa Mullins in her UFC debut in November

  🩸 Quick pick: Alekseeva moneyline (-275)

🥊 Tagir Ulanbekov (16-2) vs. Azat Maksum (15-1)

  • Ulanbekov has won three straight fights, including a unanimous-decision win over Clayton Carpenter in January
  • Maksum has been to the judges in both of his UFC fights, taking a split-decision over Tyson Nam (July 2023) and losing via unanimous decision to Charles Johnson (Feb. 2024)

  🩸 Quick pick: Fight to go the distance? Yes (-200)

🥊 Hamdy Abdelwahab (6-0) vs. Mohammed Usman (11-4)

  • Abdelwahab's UFC debut victory was overturned due to a failed drug test which resulted in a two-year suspension, he won his return fight in Feb. 2025 (split decision vs. Jamal Pogues)
  • Usman lost both his bouts in 2024 via unanimous decision (Mick Parkin in March, Thomas Petersen in July)

  🩸 Quick pick: Usman moneyline (+130)

⚖️ UFC on ABC 8 weigh-in results

It was (mostly) smooth sailing for the weigh-ins at UFC on ABC 8, with one bout moving to catchweight ahead of the official weigh-ins. Here are the official results. 

Main Card

  • Light heavyweight: Jamahal Hill (206) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. (206)
  • Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev (155.5) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (155.5)
  • Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes (258) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (264.5)
  • Catchweight: Tofiq Musayev (163) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (165)
    • There's been no official word on purse changes with this fight moving to catchweight
  • Lightweight: Nazim Sadykhov (155) vs. Nikolas Motta (155.5)
  • Featherweight: Muhammad Naimov (146) vs. Bogdan Grad (146)

Prelims

  • Welterweight: SeokHyeon Ko (169.5) vs. Oban Elliott (170.5)
  • Middleweight: Ismael Naurdiev (186) vs. JunYong Park (186)
  • Women's bantamweight: Daria Zheleznaikova (136) vs. Melissa Mullins (136)
  • Women's bantamweight: Irina Alekseeva (135.5) vs. Klaudia Sygula (135)
  • Flyweight: Tagir Ulanbekov (126) vs. Azat Maksum (126)
  • Heavyweight: Hamdy Abdelwahab (264.5) vs. Mohammad Usman (244.5)

📺 How to watch UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.

📅 When: Saturday, June 21
📍Where: Baku Crystal Hall (Baku, Azerbaijan)
📺  How to watch: Prelims - noon ET (ESPN); Main Card - 3 p.m. ET (ABC)

📖 How to read UFC betting odds

Understanding UFC betting odds is essential for making informed wagers. Let's break it down with examples:

  • Positive odds (+): Positive odds indicate the potential profit on a $100 wager. For instance, if a fighter has odds of +250, it means that a $100 bet on that fighter would yield a profit of $250 if they win the fight. So, your total payout would be $350 ($250 profit + $100 original stake).
  • Negative odds (-): Negative odds represent the amount you need to wager to win $100 in profit. For example, if a fighter has odds of -150, it means that you would need to bet $150 to win $100 in profit if that fighter wins. Your total payout would be $250 ($100 profit + $150 original stake).

Now, let's consider an actual UFC betting scenario:

  • Fighter A: +200
  • Fighter B: -180

For Fighter A (+200), a $100 bet would result in a $200 profit, making the total payout $300. For Fighter B (-180), you would need to wager $180 to win $100 in profit, resulting in a total payout of $280.

Understanding these odds helps you evaluate the potential payout and implied probability of each fighter winning a UFC fight. Positive odds indicate an underdog, while negative odds signify a favorite.

💵 Best UFC betting sites

Want to bet on UFC Fight Night? Check out the best UFC betting sites and best sportsbook promos for Saturday's bouts:

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