{"id":39626,"date":"2026-07-31T06:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Magomed-Ankalaev-opens-as-favorite-over-Carlos-Ulberg-Jiri-Prochazka-202163"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:21:20","slug":"magomed-ankalaev-opens-as-favorite-over-carlos-ulberg-jiri-prochazka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/magomed-ankalaev-opens-as-favorite-over-carlos-ulberg-jiri-prochazka\/","title":{"rendered":"Magomed Ankalaev opens as favorite over Carlos Ulberg, Jiri Prochazka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Early betting odds are out for Magomed
\nAnkalaev<\/a>\u2019s next fight, should the former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> champion take on fellow former
\ntitleholder Jiri
\nProchazka<\/a> or reigning 205-pound king Carlos
\nUlberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ankalaev bounced back from his title loss with a one-sided victory
\nat
\nUFC Abu Dhabi<\/a>, finishing Bogdan
\nGuskov<\/a> in the final round of their main event clash to return
\nto championship contention. Oddsmakers have now dropped the opening
\nbetting lines for the Russian\u2019s next potential bout.<\/p>\n

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Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Magomed Ankalaev betting odds emerge for potential UFC fights
\nwith Carlos Ulberg and Jiri Prochazka<\/h2>\n

Ankalaev is the betting favorite against both Ulberg and Prochazka.
\nIf he\u2019s awarded an immediate title shot against Ulberg, Ankalaev
\nopens as a -190 favorite, while the Kiwi champion is listed as a
\n+165 underdog, according to BetOnline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, with Ulberg currently sidelined with an injury and
\nexpected to return to the Octagon only next year, a title
\neliminator or interim title bout could come to fruition, pitting
\ntwo ex-champs against one another. If he matched up with Prochazka
\nnext, Ankalaev opened as a -200 favorite, with \u201cBJP\u201d returning at
\n+175.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Khalil
\nRountree<\/a>, Ankalaev\u2019s original opponent for UFC Abu Dhabi, was
\nalso an underdog before the American withdrew with an injury.
\nNotably, after the Fight Night, Ulberg pitched matchups for the
\ntop-ranked light heavyweights while he completes his recovery,
\nsuggesting Ankalaev vs. Prochazka and Rountree vs. Paulo Costa<\/a>
\nto determine the next title challenger.<\/p>\n

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\n

\ud83d\udea8 Carlos
\nUlberg<\/a> suggests the UFC books Ankalaev vs Jiri and Costa vs
\nRountree, and he fights the one who \u201cearns it\u201d \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

\u201cAnkalaev vs Jiri. Give them both a full camp. It\u2019s a fight the
\ndivision deserves, and stylistically it\u2019s one the fans would love
\nto see.<\/p>\n

Costa vs Rountree.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/MhclpE4SFS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS)
\nJuly 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Early betting odds are out for Magomed Ankalaev\u2019s next fight, should the former Ultimate Fighting Championship champion take on fellow former titleholder Jiri Prochazka or reigning 205-pound king Carlos Ulberg. Ankalaev bounced back from his title loss with a one-sided victory at UFC Abu Dhabi, finishing Bogdan Guskov in the final round of their main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}