UFC 125 goes on January 1 featuring lightweights Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar in a lightweight title bout.

Edgar may be the champion, but the undefeated Maynard already has a victory over Edgar and is the early favorite in UFC 125 Manyard Edgar odds to take the belt.

Frankie Edgar looks to defend his UFC Lightweight title at UFC 118 against the previous champion B.J. Penn.

The UFC 118 lines list Penn as the heavy favorite at -325 while Edgar pays +250.

Edgar took the belt in a big upset victory at UFC 112. The fight was very close and the decision could have gone either way. This will be the first fight for both fighters since their UFC 112 meeting.

Penn’s performance at UFC 112 left many wondering if something was wrong with the former champion. He did not look at all like the fighter that captured and defended the title. It looked like Penn took his opponent for granted and wasn’t prepared for a good fight.

B.J. Penn is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter who first captured the Lightweight belt at UFC 80. He successfully defended the title three times until the loss to Edgar.

Frankie Edgar trains with the Renzo Gracie Combat Team. His background is in wrestling, but he is getting more competent at a range of fighting techniques. His sole loss in the UFC came to Gray Maynard at Fight Night 13, but he hasn’t faced many of the better lightweights.

UFC 118 goes August 28 in Boston with BJ Penn getting a shot to take back the lightweight title in a rematch with Frankie Edgar and MMA legend Randy Couture defending the sport against champion boxer James Toney.

BJ Penn is the UFC 118 Odds heavy favorite at -325, but it is a sport with lots of upsets and Frankie Edgar could quite conceivably win and make some people a lot of money at +250.

Oddsmakers don’t seem to think Toney will be able to take Couture with Toney paying +400 to Couture’s -600. Toney will no doubt have trouble countering all of the moves that he has never seen before that Couture will throw at him, but all he needs is one punch to win which makes him an interesting bet at that price.