UFC Vegas 98 Odds With Opening Betting Lines for Royval vs Taira on Saturday, August 12

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Check out the opening UFC Vegas 98 odds and betting lines for Saturday's ESPN+ event with Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira.

UFC Vegas 98 takes place at Saturday at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas. The entire event streams on ESPN+ beginning at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) with the main card kicking off at 7 p.m. ET.

As of Monday, flyweight Tatsuro Taira is a -218 favorite (bet $218 to win $100) over fellow headliner and +180 underdog (bet $100 to win $180) Brandon Royval. That gives Taira, the UFC's No. 5-ranked contender at 125 pounds, an implied win probability of 68.6%.

The total for the five-round main event has not yet been set.

In the co-main event, Jun Yong Park is a -180 favorite (64.3%) over fellow middleweight and +150 underdog Brad Tavares.

Below, you can check out the full list of UFC Vegas 98 odds via DraftKings for all of the fights on Saturday’s lineup.

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UFC Vegas 98 Odds

Preliminary Card

  • 4 p.m. ET
  • ESPN+

Clayton Carpenter vs. Lucas Rocha

Flyweight BoutOdds
Carpenter Odds-192
Rocha Odds+160
Over/under roundsTBA

Dan Argueta vs. Cody Haddon

Bantamweight BoutOdds
Argueta Odds+154
Haddon Odds-185
Over/under roundsTBA

Chris Barnett vs. Junior Tafa

Heavyweight BoutOdds
Barnett Odds+285
Tafa Odds-360
Over/under roundsTBA

Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price

Welterweight BoutOdds
Gorimbo Odds-278
Price Odds+225
Over/under roundsTBA

Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini

Featherweight BoutOdds
Pearce Odds-130
Sabatini Odds+110
Over/under roundsTBA

C.J. Vergara vs. Ramazan Temirov

Flyweight BoutOdds
Vergara Odds+210
Temirov Odds-258
Over/under roundsTBA

Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden

Welterweight BoutOdds
Njokuani Odds-185
Gooden Odds+154
Over/under roundsTBA

Main Card

  • 7 p.m. ET
  • ESPN+

Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Josh Fremd

Middleweight BoutOdds
Alhassan Odds-155
Fremd Odds+130
Over/under roundsTBA

Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono

Welterweight BoutOdds
Rodriguez Odds-198
Morono Odds+164
Over/under roundsTBA

Julia Polastri vs. Cory McKenna

Women's Strawweight BoutOdds
Polastri Odds-135
McKenna Odds+114
Over/under roundsTBA

Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garcia

Lightweight BoutOdds
Dawson Odds-395
Garcia Odds+310
Over/under roundsTBA

Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park

Middleweight BoutOdds
Tavares Odds+160
Park Odds-192
Over/under roundsTBA

Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira

Flyweight BoutOdds
Royval Odds+180
Taira Odds-218
Over/under roundsTBA

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