The mixed martial arts (MMA) fight between Aldo and McGregor that is scheduled on   Saturday July 11 this year is said to be the most anticipated fight of the year and will be held at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The fight will be between Jose Also Junior, who is 28 by age and a Brazilian origin a featherweight champion against the Dubliner Conor McGregor who is nicknamed “The Notorious”. This fight has received much attention by the public and media as well all over the world.

Las Vegas is again in preparation to host another grand event after the boxing mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. The arena is prepared to host individuals to attend the fight between the two UFC fighters who are at the hearts of their nation. In the media tour, it was evident that McGregor constantly taunted Aldo and the stakes for this 189 fight could not get any bigger.

This week, the president of UFC Dana White told the media that at this moment the fight was getting over a million in the Pay per View buys and had great believe on the fight breaking UFC records on the PPVs. White’s comments where backed by Unibet, a European bookmaker and UFC’s official partner saying that it was possible that the fight would break records in the UFC arena due to the early activities involving the fight. Unibet further added that at this stage, it had seen 63% of the bets placed on Aldo winning the fight although the average wager in on McGregor and thus more many was staked on the Irish fighter.

Unibet added that the fight is expected to be a close one as reflected by the odds but said that Aldo is expected to edge it because of experience. Each of the fighters has their strengths that will push the fight in their favour and therefore more is needed to win this. The odds on Aldo by Unibet are set as 41/50 while that of McGregor set at 10/11. McGregor has a good TKO winning method (6/4) and thus a good striking ability and Unibet have Aldo by decision (5/2) as he does enough to win matches as seen in previous fights.