Punter predicts ENTIRE UFC 296 card and stings Ladbrokes with 926/1 picks to land ‘best MMA bet of the year’
A plucky UFC punter managed to sensationally pick the winner of EVERY fight from Vegas on Saturday – bagging a tasty pre-Christmas sum along the way and title of ‘best MMA bet of the year’.
Sin City hosted UFC 296, which ended with the tight contest between Leon Edwards and Colby Covington.
Bookmakers Ladbrokes have revealed one anonymous customer correctly predicted the outcome of no less than TWELVE fights on the card at incredible odds of 926/1.
Of the 12 contested, eight were won by odds-on fighters and won with some degree of ease.
Among them saw Cody Garbrandt beat Brian Kelleher (1/2), Paddy Pimblett overcoming Tony Ferguson (1/3) and Shavkat Rakhmonov beating Stephen Thompson (2/13).
The bigger prices in the accumulator saw Alonzo Menifield to beat Dustin Jacoby (21/10) and Josh Emmett getting the better of Bryce Mitchell (7/4).
Winning UFC 296 bet
Betting with Ladbrokes
- Cody Garbrandt to beat Brian Kelleher – 1/2
- Paddy Pimblett to beat Tony Ferguson – 1/3
- Shavkat Rakhmonov to beat Stephen Thompson – 2/13
- Alexandre Pantoja to beat Brandon Royval – 1/2
- Leon Edwards to beat Colby Covington – 8/13
- Josh Emmett to beat Bryce Mitchell – 7/4
- Irene Aldana to beat Karol Rosa – 1/2
- Alonzo Menifield to beat Dustin Jacoby – 21/10
- Ariane Lipski to beat Casey O’Neill – 6/4
- Tagir Ulanbekov to beat Codey Durden – 4/7
- Andre Fili to beat Lucas Almeida – 4/7
- Shamil Gaziev to beat Martin Buday – 11/10
The first 11 selections rolled in, with the final pick for Edwards to beat Colvington.
After a nail-biting conclusion, Edwards was awarded the win by unanimous decision to clinch the 926/1 acca.
Their £4 stake returned a timely £3,708.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “Our plucky punter has played an absolute blinder here.
“Our trading floor have unanimously decided this is the best MMA bet we’ve seen all year!”
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