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UFC 240 odds, predictions: MMA expert picks Holloway vs. Edgar, Cyborg vs. Spencer

Max Holloway puts his featherweight title on the line Saturday when he takes on former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 240. The 12-fight card takes place from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. The main card is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET, with preliminary bouts stating at 8 p.m. ET. Holloway (20-4) will be making the fourth defense of the title that he earned with a technical knockout of Anthony Pettis in December 2016. He similarly stopped Brian Ortega in his last title defense in December. Edgar (23-6-1) saw his title shot derailed by a loss to Ortega, but returned to contention with a win over Cub Swanson in April of last year. Holloway is a -400 favorite (risk $400 to win $100), while Edgar is a +325 underdog (risk $100 to win $325) in the latest Holloway vs. Edgar odds. In the co-main event, Cris Cyborg (-680) faces Felicia Spencer, who is going off as a +490 underdog in the latest Cyborg vs. Spencer odds for the women’s flyweight bout. Before you set any UFC 240 picks, check out the predictions from SportsLine MMA expert Kyle Marley.

Marley won the first-ever “ToutMaster” UFC betting contest sponsored by MMAOddsBreaker and is in contention to win this year’s contest. He also appears regularly on multiple MMA betting and DFS shows. Over the past year, $100 bettors who have followed Marley’s picks are up more than $21,000.  

Just last week at UFC on ESPN 4, Marley predicted that Greg Hardy (-115) would knock out Juan Adams (-105) in a battle of heavyweight prospects. Hardy finished Adams in 45 seconds, and anyone who followed Marlley’s advice booked an easy winner. 

What’s more, at UFC 239, Marley advised SportsLine members that Jon Jones and Amanda Nunes would be successful in their title defenses. He also correctly called Michael Chiesa’s dominant unanimous-decision victory over veteran Diego Sanchez in their welterweight clash on the main card. Anyone who has followed the MMA analyst’s advice is way up.

Now, with UFC 240 fast approaching, Marley has carefully studied every matchup on the 12-fight card, identified the best value in the UFC odds and released his MMA picks for every single fight. He’s sharing those selections only over at SportsLine. 

Marley knows Holloway, who is No. 6 in the UFC’s coveted pound-for-pound rankings, will be eager to get back on the winning track after seeing his 13-fight win streak snapped in his last bout. Holloway moved up to lightweight in an attempt to win the interim belt and perhaps put himself in position to become a double champion.

But Holloway, 27, came up short in a unanimous-decision loss to Dustin Poirier, who will now fight sitting champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for the title. Even so, Holloway has yet to see a major challenge during his reign as featherweight champ, which includes a pair of knockout victories over former champ Jose Aldo.

He’s likely to face resistance from Edgar, 37, the resilient veteran who will be competing for a title for the first time since losing to Aldo for the interim featherweight belt in July 2016. He responded with two straight victories and was scheduled for a title shot against Holloway last year.

But the champion had to pull out because of injury and Edgar instead faced Ortega, who knocked him out in the first round. The fourth-ranked Edgar rebounded with the win over Swanson and will now get his long-awaited meeting with Holloway.

We’ll share one of Marley’s UFC 240 selections here: He likes Geoff Neal (-325) to get the best of Niko Price (+265) in a welterweight bout on the main card. 

“Both guys have some impressive finishes, and either guy could get a knockout in any round,” Marley told SportsLine. “I have been super impressed with what I have seen from Neal, and I am going to pick him to get the job done.”

Marley also has strong picks for Edgar vs. Holloway, Cyborg vs. Spencer and every other bout on the stacked UFC 240 card. 

Who wins Edgar vs. Holloway and Spencer vs. Cyborg? And how exactly does each fight end? Visit SportsLine now to get detailed picks on all 12 fights at UFC 240, all from the incomparable expert who’s up more than $21,000 on MMA in the past year, and find out. 

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