Located in Los Vegas, Nevada, the Ultimate Fight Champion (UFC), the world’s largest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion Company made its first official return on 9th May 2020 in Jacksonville, Fla., headlined by Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje. This was despite Dana White, UFC president had tried making it happen on 9th April, three weeks prior the proposed date in May. He later went ahead and announced another one to be held on 13, 16 and 23 of May. However, Dana had cancelled all the UFC events indefinitely due to the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) back in April.

Protocols and Protection

COVID-19 has made the UFC postpone most of its matches disrupting their calendar of events. For the ongoing matches, there has been stringent protocol to be followed by every personnel involved before the match.

Thorough Screening: Every fighter, hotel, coach, journalist, camera man and UFC employee will require their temperature to be taken.

Reducing number of personnel: The MMA sow is usually run by over 300 people but they have decided to trim this number by less than half of it.

Isolation and Social Distancing: UFC has insisted on Isolation and social distancing of the players and others involved even at their respective hotels for the entire week. The media crew will also be required to sit in different tables. They will also have pay-per-view event separated by plastic barriers.

Masks, gloves and disinfecting Cage floor: The referees and entire staff involved in the work there will be required to put on masks and gloves. The cage floor which will be blood stained will be expected to be spotlessly disinfected constantly.

Sanitizers: There will be sanitizers in the backstage which will be used to sanitize gadgets as headsets for the fighters.

Health and Safety Standpoints: Despite the UFC agreeing to do its due diligence, they added that they will put health and safety stand points. This will help the fighters and others personnel for regular check ups on COVID-19.

Therefore, with all these measures we are assured that UFC will carry on and it will be our lucky day to know how to place our odds-on Betting at the UFC. There are sites such as BetOnline (Safe for placing real money wagers on MMA fights), Bovada(A reputable online sportsbook for all bettors), MyBookie ( Covers a wide variety of MMA events), Betnow (Trusted UFC betting site with competitive odds) and Sportsbetting.ag (Excellent bonus offers for betting on the UFC).

UFC Betting Tips

Despite counting our luck for the return of the legendary UFC, perhaps honing our betting skills with the tips below can help raise our odds of winning in UFC:

1 . Avoid blind betting

Blind betting is when you rely much on your instincts and ignoring history of the players. If you are going to place your bet analyse previous footage of fighters and their opponents then use your instincts and history to place your bet.

2. Leverage on information

The historical information collected should help you select a pick base it on the gym information you will have come across though it is a narrow passage to picking your lucky bet.

3. Trusted betting company

It looks basic until you win and realize the betting company you used was a scam. Therefore, get a legitimate betting company to place your bet.

4. Multiple betting

Make sure the site you select has this option where you can place different bets and you can get your money back in case you have lost other bets. This provides you with different betting options to choose from.