Beating the Odds: UFC Fight Night ‘Gustafsson vs. Teixeira’

The oddsmakers had little faith in Damir Hadzovic, and for two rounds, they appeared to be right on the money in their assessment. One strike changed everything.

Hadzovic -- a +239 underdog, per BetDSI.com -- knocked out Bellator MMA Season 10 lightweight tournament winner Marcin Held and kept the Polish leg lock ace winless under the Ultimate Fighting Championship banner at UFC Fight Night “Gustafsson vs. Teixeira” on Sunday at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. A perfectly timed knee strike did the trick, as Held (-289) packed his bags seven seconds into Round 3.

Held controlled the first 10 minutes and was well ahead on the scorecards at the time of detonation. In fact, two of the three…