Updated: July 7, 2020
One of the biggest lessons the 2020 sports calendar has taught us is to write plans down in pencil.
UFC 251 will go on as scheduled at Fight Island, a facility set up on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, and still features three championship fights. However, the main event will see an 11th-hour shakeup.
Welterweight Gilbert Burns was scheduled to fight for a belt at UFC 251, but test positive for COVID-19. Kamaru Usman will now defend his welterweight title against Jorge Masvidal in Saturday's main event. Masvidal (+225) enters the fight as a larger dog than Burns before he was pulled.
Undefeated featherweight Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway will have a rematch of their 2019 title fight in the co-main event, while the third title fight of the evening will feature Petr Yan and Jose Aldo battling for the vacant UFC bantamweight belt.
Check out the odds for all five main event bouts.
UFC Main Card Odds
Welterweight fight: Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Usman odds | -265 |
| Masvidal odds | +210 |
| Over/Under | 4.5 (+120/-159) |
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Featherweight fight: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Volkanovski odds | -230 |
| Holloway odds | +185 |
| Over/Under | 4.5 (-278/+200) |
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Bantamweight fight: Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Yan odds | -250 |
| Aldo odds | +200 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-182/+135) |
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Women's Strawweight fight: Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Andrade odds | +162 |
| Namajunas odds | -200 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-162/+120) |
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Women's Flyweight fight: Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Ribas odds | -835 |
| VanZant odds | +525 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-130/+100) |
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UFC Prelim Odds
Light heavyweight fight: Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Oezdemir odds | -177 |
| Prochazka odds | +140 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-167/+125) |
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Welterweight fight: Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Dos Santos odds | +108 |
| Salikhov odds | -134 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-115/-115) |
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Featherweight fight: Makwan Amirikhani vs. Danny Henry
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Amirikhani odds | -215 |
| Henry odds | +170 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (+105/-139) |
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Lightweight fight: Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Andrade odds | -190 |
| Namajunas odds | +150 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-167/+125) |
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UFC Early Prelim Odds
Heavyweight fight: Marcin Tybura vs. Maxim Grishin
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Tybura odds | -112 |
| Grishin odds | -112 |
| Over/Under | TBD |
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Flyweight fight: Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Paiva odds | -180 |
| Zhumagulov odds | +142 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-286/+209) |
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Women's Bantamweight fight: Karol Rosa vs. Vanessa Melo
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Rosa odds | -240 |
| Melo odds | +185 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-335/+231) |
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Bantamweight fight: Martin Day vs. Davey Grant
| Odds | |
|---|---|
| Day odds | -177 |
| Grant odds | +141 |
| Over/Under | 2.5 (-235/+175) |
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