Mark John Yap big under-dog against Miguel Marriaga

Tomorrow in "The Bubble" at the MGM Grand we'll see Filipino veteran Mark John Yap (30-15, 15) up against former world title challenger ​Miguel Marriaga (29-3, 25). On paper this looks like a mismatch, just looking at the records, though Yap is much better than those numbers suggest.

The bookies in the UK have, interestingly, priced this bout up and have made Marriaga a very clear favourite. In fact they have made him almost impossible to back.

The heavy handed Colombian is best priced at 1/25 to win, whilst Yap is available at a huge  12/1, with most having him at around 10/1/ The draw is best priced at 28/1.

Sadly the only market, currently, available in the UK is the "To Win" one though we would expect other markets, such as Method of Victory, to be available closer to fight time.

Whilst we do think Yap is better than his record indicates we do worry for the Filipino who is a natural Bantamweight taking on a very strong Featherweight. For us that is a bigger issue than anything else, and Marriaga is a big puncher at Featherweight.