Types of MMA Bets
Betting on MMA fights has grown into a massive industry that stretches across the entire world. Top MMA promotions including the UFC have a large audience in countries all over the world. Online bookmakers allow bettors to place wagers on MMA fights easily, but before you start betting on MMA you need to learn the different types of MMA bets. Everyone knows that they can bet on who they think is going to win a fight, but there are lots of other ways to bet on MMA, which we’ll explain below.
Moneyline Bet / Match Bet
- Jon Jones -300 vs. Ryan Bader +200
A moneyline bet or match bet is when you select one fighter to win a fight by whatever means necessary. It doesn’t matter how the fighter wins the fight as long as they end up winning. This is the most popular bet in MMA, as everyone has a prediction as to who should win all of the big MMA fights. Make sure you read over our MMA odds guide if you don’t know how to read the odds listed in our moneyline bet example above.
Parlay Bet / Accumulator Bet / Multiplier Bet
Depending upon where you live a parlay, accumulator or multiplier is a wager with multiple outcomes. For instance, if you think 3 fighters will win at UFC133 you could bet on all 3 on a parlay/accumulator/multiplier bet to increase the payout odds. The only way you’ll win the parlay/accumulator/multiplier is if you actually end up winning all of the selections you make on the bet. Even if just one of the fight’s lost the parlay will be a loser and you won’t win anything. Parlays are great when betting on a couple favourites, since the juice is lowered and you don’t need to risk nearly as much money.
Over/Under Bet
- Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader – Over 2.5 Round -115 / Under 2.5 Rounds +105
One of the easiest ways to bet on an MMA fight is by betting the over/under. In an over/under bet the bookie will post a round total and you need to bet on whether the fight will last longer or shorter than the round total. Most 3 round fights will have an over/under of 2.5 rounds, so you basically need to decide whether or not a fight will go the distance or not.
Round Betting
Several MMA sportsbooks allow bettors to bet on what round they think the fight will finish in and the payout odds are much better when betting this way. You can also bet on a certain fighter to win the fight during a certain round as well, which is another great MMA bet with excellent payout odds.
Method of Victory
There are three ways to win a fight in MMA including KO, Submission and Points. If you think you know how a fight is going to end and want to make some money you can bet on the method of victory at several bookmakers.
Prop Bets
Bettors can wager on a few prop bets in MMA including several very popular UFC prop bets. If you watch the UFC you may know that they award a Fight of the Night award, Submission of the Night award and Knockout of the Night award. 5Dimes and Paddy Power both offer these UFC prop bets every event and they’re very fun to bet on.