{"id":483863,"date":"2026-02-18T21:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483863\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:45:07","slug":"ufc-houston-betting-odds-hernandez-favored-over-strickland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483863\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Houston Betting Odds: Hernandez Favored Over Strickland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Betting odds for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/ufc-houston\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Houston<\/a>\u00a0are now available ahead of Saturday&#8217;s card, and the books have made their picks clear across the board.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event,\u00a0Anthony Hernandez\u00a0opens as a significant -270 favorite over former middleweight champion\u00a0Sean Strickland, who comes back at +230. The total is set at 4.5 rounds, with the under (-155) favored, suggesting oddsmakers expect a finish if Hernandez gets his way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s46397.p1736.sites.pressdns.com\/anthony-hernandez-need-belt-game-plan-ufc-houston\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"144894\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Hernandez Reveals His Game Plan for UFC Houston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geoff Neal\u00a0is a -212 favorite against\u00a0Uros Medic\u00a0(+182) in their welterweight matchup. The fight has a 1.5-round total, with the over (+157) slightly favored \u2014 a reflection of both men&#8217;s tendency to get the job done early.<\/p>\n<p>Melquizael Costa\u00a0is a -210 chalk over\u00a0Dan Ige\u00a0(+180), with the total set at 2.5. The under is a steep -280, meaning oddsmakers strongly expect this one to end before the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Spivac vs. Delija a Near Pick&#8217;em<\/p>\n<p>The closest fight on the card per the odds is\u00a0Serghei Spivac\u00a0vs.\u00a0Ante Delija, where Spivac is a slim -135 favorite with Delija at +115. The 1.5-round total is also nearly even at -135\/+115, making this the most unpredictable bout of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Michel Pereira Favored Over Zach Reese<\/p>\n<p>Michel Pereira\u00a0opens as a -150 favorite against\u00a0Zach Reese\u00a0(+130). The over 1.5 rounds is +105, indicating some uncertainty about whether this one goes the distance \u2014 fitting given Pereira&#8217;s unpredictable style.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to MMA News all week for our coverage of UFC Houston, including the updated\/final betting odds on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/martial-arts\/mma\/ufc-houston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BetOnline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betting odds for\u00a0UFC Houston\u00a0are now available ahead of Saturday&#8217;s card, and the books have made their picks clear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,151166],"class_list":{"0":"post-483863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc-houston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}