UFC Back in Montreal for First Time in a Decade

Posted on: May 10, 2025, 08:46h. 

Last updated on: May 10, 2025, 08:55h.

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  • Hall of Famer St-Pierre cornerman for fellow Canadian Zahabi against UFC vet Aldo
  • Muhammad betting favourite in welterweight title bout
  • Fiorot favoured over champ Shevchenko in women’s flyweight title bout

UFC 315 kicks off tonight, at Montreal’s Bell Centre, the first time the UFC has been in Quebec’s largest city in a decade, led by a welterweight title bout between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena.

UFC 315 goes tonight in Montreal, the first time the UFC has had an event in Quebec’s largest city in a decade. Image/Shutterstock.

GSP Sighting

One story this morning is that Georges St-Pierre, the local boy and a UFC Hall of Famer, a champion in the 170-pound division, will be a cornerman for No. 15 Aiemann Zahabi in his featherweight fight with Jose Aldo, ranked 11, and says he’d be open to wrapping the champion gold belt around either current champ Muhammad or Maddalena.

“Of course, if they want me to do it, I’ll do it,” St-Pierre told Sportsnet. “But Saturday I’m gonna work as a cornerman and my priority is to be there for Aiemann Zahabi.”

The main card gets going at 10 p.m. EST, with prelims at 8 p.m. EST.

Muhammad the Betting Favourite

Also on the main card: Champion Valentina Shevchenko versus No. 2 Manon Fiorot in the women’s flyweight title bout, No. 1-ranked Alexa Grasso versus No. 5 Natalia Silva in a women’s flyweight bout, and No. 13 Benoit Saint Denis versus Canadian Kyle Prepolec in a lightweight fight.

How are betting lines looking?

The top 3 bet on props at FanDuel are Navajo Stirling (in a prelim light heavyweight bout versus Ivan Erslan) KO/TKO & Round 1(Method & Round Combo), Shevchenko (ML), Stirling KO/TKO & Round 2 (Method & Round Combo).

BetMGM odds for UFC 315 this morning.

Shevchenko By KO?

According to a spokesperson from ESPN BET, 82.5% of bets and 66.3% of handle are on Muhammad to win, with 26.1% of bets, 30.3% of handle having him win on points, 23.9% of bets, 11.1% of handle by KO, 15.2% of bets, 5.1% of handle by submission.

In the women’s title bout, 16% of bets and 53% of handle are on Manon Fiorot to win. Shevchenko’s most bet method of victory: KO 26.3% of bets, 24.7% of handle, points 26.3% of bets, 23.9% of handle, and submission 10.5% of bets, 11.8% of handle.

Fiorot’s most bet method of victory : KO 10.5% of bets, 27.5% of handle, points 15.8% of bets, 9.8% of handle, submission 5.3% of bets, 2.0% of handle.

Line Tightens at BetMGM

At BetMGM, Muhammad this morning is -192, Maddalena at +160. Fiorot is the betting favourite there at -133, the champion Shevchenko at +110. Fifty-one per cent of the bets at BetMGM are on the Muhammad, 71% of handle. Shevchenko, despite being the underdog, is seeing 79% of bets, 62% of handle. Aldo is the odds favourite in his bout with Zahabi – at -189, with Zahabi at +155.