No telling where Almeida, 34, will end up now that he’s a free agent. The number crunchers at BetOnline.ag set hypothetical odds for a couple of probable destinations, including PFL (-250), ONE Championship (+300) and BKFC (+500). PFL is home to former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou … for now.
Almeida (22-5) opened at +300 against -400 for the 39 year-old Ngannou (18-3).
“The UFC heavyweight division is so bad,” former UFC heavyweight, Brendan Schaub, said on his YouTube channel. “It’s such a shell of what is used to be, even when I fought. It used to be so good. Go back and watch PRIDE heavyweight grand prixs. Even Bellator 10 years ago was better than this current heavyweight division in the UFC. When I fought, it was the who’s-who. It was murderer’s row. Now it’s just a shell of itself, and it doesn’t have to be.”