A feature bout of a stacked Bellator 289 main card is set to be between middleweights Dalton Rosta (7-0) and Anthony Adams (9-2).
This is a very interesting matchup in the middleweight division where a rising prospect like Rosta can raise his stock with a big win over a veteran fighter.
Let’s dive into the Rosta vs Adams odds and preview the potential outcomes of this middleweight bout.
Dalton Rosta vs. Anthony Adams Odds
Dalton Rosta is a massive -850 betting favorite over Anthony Adams. Adams is currently the +600 underdog, which is pretty surprising given his experience and fighting against some pretty tough martial artists in his career.
The downfall of Bellator events will always be the skill gap between fighters in some of their divisions. +
In a feature bout of the main card, it is tough to see a -850 favorite; which means you need to bet $850 to win $100.
There just isn’t any value in Rosta, and he has a big advantage in the cage on Friday night.
Rosta vs Adams odds are much different than the headlining fights of this event. Bellator odds give you lots of tough decisions to make when you try to place bets on their fights, but there are different ways to play.
Rosta vs. Adams Betting Preview
Dalton Rosta
Dalton Rosta is one of the biggest prospects that Bellator has under their promotion. He signed with them for his professional debut and has been with them for every fight.
Scott Coker has made a lot of these decisions with prospects; signing them as debutants and sticking with them, building their record.
Rosta’s Undefeated Record
Rosta has an undefeated record, coming off of a 3rd round TKO victory over Romero Cotton. He has 4 KO’s in his 7 professional fights.
He has pretty good wrestling with a background in it, but has fallen in love with his striking ability and really trusts it.
The 27-year-old from New Castle, Pennsylvania is the most physically gifted middleweight in Bellator.
His physique and power shows why his nickname is “Hercules,” and why he has so much confidence in his heavy hands. It seems like Rosta has been getting more and more confident every time he steps into the Bellator cage.
Anthony Adams
Anthony Adams is a 34-year-old martial artist training out of a very good Elevation Fight Team gym in Colorado. Being a pretty big middleweight himself, he shouldn’t be too physically overpowered by Rosta this Friday.
Out of his 11 professional fights, only one has been finished before going to the scorecards.
This is something that might be exposed against Rosta with the lack of aggressiveness and power that Adams brings to the table.
Boost of Confidence
He will need to use the confidence from his Bellator debut win last year against Khalid Murtazaliev, and bring that against Rosta.
Adams is a point fighter. No disrespect in that, he just is a creative striker that will mix in strikes to the legs, body, and head of his opponents equally and try not to get hit with any heavy shots.
He lacks wrestling and jiu-jitsu skills, but he has been training at a great gym with elite partners so you should assume that Adams keeps improving in all areas of MMA.
Dalton Rosta vs. Anthony Adams Betting Prediction
After looking at the Rosta vs Adams odds at all the major sportsbooks, this fight is very challenging to make MMA picks on. When MMA odds close with this big of a gap, there isn’t much value in any pick.
Rosta will come into this fight with the supreme confidence that he shows every time he steps into the cage.
The lack of KO power that Adams has will only play into the aggressiveness of Rosta on Friday night.
Expect Rosta to bring a lot of pressure in the first round and throw a lot of power into pretty much every strike he throws.
The only downfall to that style will be his cardio. Rosta has a lot of muscle mass and that can lead to him fading pretty quickly if he can’t end the fight in timely fashion.
The best chance that Adams has in this one is to stay on the outside, and be very durable. Rosta is going to throw bombs at him and level change to takedowns if his hands aren’t landing clean.
Who to Bet On?
If Adams can take this into the third round, that is where this fight gets interesting. Adams will need to take more chances than he ever has to win this fight against someone that will throw more volume and do more damage than him.
The final prediction is a finish by Dalton Rosta. He is on a rocket ship to a Bellator title shot and the momentum he has created is going to be too much for Adams to handle.
For more value in this pick, look to add it to a leg of a big parlay.
The under 2.5 rounds is at +125 as well; this is not a bad pick with decent value.
Bellator Pick: Under +2.5 (+125)
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