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UFC 190 breakdown, betting odds and picks

Nogueira brothers are slight underdogs in pair of pay-per-view bouts

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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is tended to after losing to Anthony Johnson at a UFC event in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, July 26, 2014.

Updated Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 | 11:26 a.m.

UFC 190 will break from the near constant of a fight card’s main event attracting the most betting interest.

The prohibitive cost of backing Ronda Rousey, currently a minus-2000 (risking $20 to win $1), makes it impractical to expect her bout against Bethe Correia, who comes back at plus-1000 (risking $1 to win $10), to command heavy volume.

Luckily for bettors, there are several more feasible gambling opportunities on tonight’s pay-per-view event — which begins at 7 p.m. — from HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The three fights most likely to draw the money not wagered on Rousey vs. Correia all involve weight classes that traditionally enamor bettors the most — the big ones.

A pair of heavyweight bouts, Stefan Struve vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva vs. Soa Palelei, and a light heavyweight contest, between Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, all boast a favorite of less than 2-to-1. The Sun’s picks panel is conflicted on all three bouts, not coming to a unanimous choice on any of them.

Check below to find breakdowns and odds of every fight along with picks from ESPN Radio’s Steve Cofield (57-33 year to date), KSNV’s Randy Howe (56-34), Las Vegas Sun’s Case Keefer (54-36), Las Vegas Sun’s Ray Brewer (53-37) and ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto (52-27).

Case Keefer can be reached at 702-948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.

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