Choose Placing Bets on Mixed Martial Arts

MMA or mixed martial arts have a huge number of fans around the world. The attractiveness of MMA is that fighters of completely different style and level often enter the ring. Now every second office will offer you a betting line for MMA, though there are very few representative tournaments for this sport.

Basic bets

• To win. Bet on a certain fighter, and it doesn’t matter how victory will be obtained. In MMA there can be a draw, but it happens very, very rarely. If the bookmaker doesn’t accept bets on a draw, then there will be a return of bets if it happens.
• To win the round. You can bet on the victory of a fighter in a certain round.
• On early victory. In this case, the victory at the end of time isn’t considered, because of the decision of judges. Early victory is disqualification of a fighter, victory by a suffocating or painful technique, and a knockout or technical knockout.
• On the duration of the fight. The offices can accept bets on the total number of rounds or the round in which the fight ended. In first case, only those rounds that are fully completed are usually taken into account. Some betting shops simply take bets on the total rounds. Also a bet can be in the form – “All rounds will be played?”: “Yes/No”.
• On the exact result. Bets are made not just on the victory of a fighter, but on the winning method (knockout/technical knockout, disqualification, referee’s decision or “forced to surrender”).
• Other bets. Also, offices accept bets on an even/odd winning round, a group of rounds in which a victory will be obtained, etc.

Analysis

In the analysis of mixed martial arts you have to rely on a lot of nuances. First of all, look at the location of fighters in rankings, but remember that from time to time sportsmen change the weight category, so the rankings isn’t always objective.

Statistics of fighters tells a lot, but you still need to start from the level of opponents skill, and not from the bare numbers of wins and losses. Of course, the physical condition of fighters is important, but it’s very difficult to understand in what form a sportsman is because of the rare periodicity of fights.

Pay attention to the style of sportsmen fight, some of them use shock techniques, while others prefer the wrestling techniques. In addition, a fighter can be strong in kicks with elbows, hands, grips and pain techniques. In this case, individual fight styles are vulnerable or ineffective, against some other styles.

It’s also important, what is the reaction of fighters and their ability to block kicks. Some fighters feel better in the stalls, others in the rack and others are universal. To study a sportsman, you need to watch not just his best fights on YouTube, but fully watch his recent sparrings.

Often sportsmen go fight with minor injuries, which, however, may manifest themselves. Such moments must necessarily be monitored, it’s also important, as well as the psychological state of fighters.

Features of bets on MMA

The main MMA tournaments have different rules. In Asian and European tournaments fighters have more freedom of action than in the US, where the rules set many restrictions.

It can’t be said that MMA is successful among professional players of bookmakers. Yet tournaments in mixed martial arts arent conducted so often, and there isn’t enough statistical base for a point analysis. Betting on MMA is more for fans who find ways to hold interest in the sport, which is very big even without betting.