Eddie Yagin scored big wins in the TPF promotion over Casey Olson and a huge upset over Joe Soto to get his invite into the UFC. His first fight however would be disastrous as he took on the highly underrated Junior Assuncao, and Yagin would be outstruck by the rangier fighter, and was easily taken down repeatedly en route to a dominant decision loss. Despite the loss, Yagin is being given another chance in the UFC, and it’s not one the promotion expects him to win.
Current Eddie Yagin vs Mark Hominick Odds;
Yagin – (+375) @ Bovada.Lv
Hominick – (-550) @ Bovada.Lv
Mark Hominick has had some ups and downs in his career, but after a dominant win over George Roop, Hominick received the biggest opportunity of his career with a title shot against Jose Aldo. In the title fight, Hominick would be beaten up early on, but nearly finished Aldo in the final round to actually give the champion his first real challenge, leading many to be hyped for a potential rematch. However it wasn’t meant to be, as Hominick would be knocked out in six seconds in his return bout against Chan Sung Jung, and now Hominick needs to start rebuilding.
There’s no other way to say this, the UFC expects Hominick to knock Yagin out, and so does everyone else. I do too, but I think the -650 price is way out of line. I hope to convince you why.
While many consider it ridiculous that Hominick was only awarded a split decision against Leonard Garcia, the fight was in fact much closer than many remember. Further, Hominick’s other impressive win against Yves Jabouin was against a natural bantamweight. Really Hominick’s only impressive win of late was against George Roop, and while Roop has had some good performances, he was recently knocked out by Cub Swanson. Finally, while Hominick did make a fight out of it with Aldo, the general consensus is that Aldo was sick, which contributed to the champion fading in the final round.
Hominick’s striking aside, he’s also shown an Achilles heel throughout his career in his ground game. He was choked out by Rani Yahya and Josh Grispi, neither of whom are considered top fighters. While I wouldn’t exactly classify Yagin as a submission fighter, he did submit Joe Soto, and so it’s always on the table.
The Mark Hominick vs Eddie Yagin prediction is that Hominick easily outstrikes Yagin en route to a late knockout. Should you play the -550 line? Absolutely not. Hominick hasn’t looked dominant enough to warrant a line like that against anyone, and there’s nothing about this stylistic matchup which suggests he’s going to dominate. I don’t believe Yagin is a world beater, but I think his stock has been unfairly hurt with his loss to Junior Assuncao, when the reality is that Assuncao is just a great fighter.
Eddie Yagin vs Mark Hominick Betting Odds Conclusion: Eddie Yagin’s mom thinks Mark Hominick is going to win this one, but I can’t recommend a play on the -550 line.
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