So Who Bet On The UFC Heralding The End Of The World?

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You can always bet on the UFC to teeter on the edge of dystopian horror. It has always seemed a tad Rollerballesque. Albeit, of course, far, far more camp than James Caan and co ever were. Even so, few of us who regularly bet on sports in the UK at Bet365 et al would have expected this latest development. It’s appalling. Or is it? To be fair, some think Abdu Rozik vs Hasbulla Magomedov is just another bout. Trouble is the rest of us are just thinking one thing; “Hi ho!!”   

Most people bet on the UFC slowly fading away into the realms of niche homoerotica. The oiled boys and angry lesbians grappling on the floor with each other for a paying audience is just soft porn really. Of course, those actually participating think themselves more gladiators than adult entertainers. They see the cage as if it were the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome. Well, they’re now exactly right. It is now really just like a circus. And here, boys and girls, come the clowns.   

Abdu Rozik and Hasbulla Magomedov will square off against each other in the shortest battle the UFC has ever seen. Neither man is more than a metre tall. Yes, that’s right, just when you really thought you couldn’t bet on the UFC getting any more ridiculous, it does this. Throwing caution to the wind in this age of online snowflake outrage, the UFC is staging a Dwarf fight. A real one. Thus you can, insanely, bet on Dwarf fighting at online sportsbook sites in the UK like Bet365.

“It’s A Sign Of The Approaching Apocalypse”

Now, obviously, Abdu Rozik and Magomedov have as much right to be mindless meatheads as people twice their size. If they want to get into a cage and slap seven layers of slurry out of each other, that’s their affair. However, one would need to be very naive to bet on the UFC looking upon this as a serious fight. We’ve heard some very disappointed voices from inside the MMA community. They’re afraid this fight belies it’s all far less gladiatorial and far more game show. 

“There’s nothing serious about this. This isn’t sport.” 

• Uliana Podpalnaya – Head of the Russian Dwarf Athletic Association

Certainly, this is perhaps the greatest overlap between the circus MMA and the circus of social media. Both men are huge influencers in their respective countries. Rozik is known for his singing with Tajik rapper Baron, and Magomedov is renowned in Dagestan as ‘Mini Khabib’. This is because he famously copied the now infamous Khabib Nurmagmadov weigh-in at UFC 229. Apparently. Which is why online betting sites in the UK like Bet365 give him good odds.

Bet365 Has All You Need To Bet On The UFC

Online bookies in the UK currently offer odds on Hasbulla Magomedov of just 1/2 whilst a bet on Abdu Rozik is going for 8/15. Not hugely different, but then no one knows how this is going to go. There’s no precedent. Unfortunately, once you bet on Hasbulla Magomedov or take up the odds on Abdu Rozik you’re setting one for yourself. Place a bet on dwarf fighting? What’s next? A bet on the UFC to feature bear baiting or cock fighting? Isn’t this the edge of a nasty abyss? 

Dwarf Fighting UFC Odds  

• Abdu Rozik – 8/15
• Hasbulla Magomedov – 1/2 

People have been claiming the apocalypse is approaching for millennia, but this, this could be proof. Just who are we becoming if this is what we’ll take advantage of UK gambling laws to wager on? Sure, you could always bet on the UFC to be crass entertainment of the most base variety, but this? This goes beyond that. Whatever the pros and cons, it’s not a good move for the sport. The end may not be nigh, but it’ll probably be right back after this commercial break. 

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We take a look at why you can now bet on the UFC to regret having agreed to stage a dwarf fight twixt Abdu Rozik and Hasbulla Magomedov