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UFC 207 breakdown, betting odds and picks

Betting line on Ronda Rousey keeps dropping as support on Amanda Nunes increases

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Miesha Tate receives a hard punch to the face from Amanda Nunes during UFC 200.

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Never has Ronda Rousey been doubted as much as a fighter as she is heading into tonight’s UFC 207 pay-per-view main event against Amanda Nunes at T-Mobile Arena.

The superstar former women’s bantamweight champion is down to a minus-150 (risking $1.50 to win $1) favorite over champion Amanda Nunes, who comes back at plus-120 (risking $1 to win $1.20). Consistent action on Nunes, who knocked out Miesha Tate to win the belt on July, has pushed the line down nearly a dollar from where it opened at local sports books months ago.

Rousey was a 10 times bigger favorite the last time she fought, when Holly Holm knocked her out at UFC 193 for the biggest upset in UFC history. In 11 previous UFC or Strikeforce fights, the shortest price on Rousey was when she was a minus-450 (risking $4.50 to win $1) favorite over Miesha Tate the first time the rivals rumbled.

So is the Sun’s picks panel perceiving the price as value on Rousey or agreeing with the sentiment that’s shifting towards Nunes? It depends whom you ask; opinion is split.

Read below to find picks on the main event and all the other UFC 207 fights from Las Vegas Sun’s Ray Brewer (85-48 year to date), KSNV’s Randy Howe (83-50), ESPN Radio’s Steve Cofield (82-51) and Las Vegas Sun’s Case Keefer (70-63) along with odds and breakdowns.

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

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