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Who will close out 2024 as UFC champions? Here are the odds by division

The UFC is coming off a near record year in terms of title turnover, and it’ll be interesting to see if that continues in 2024.

In 2023, UFC championships changed hands 11 times, including two interim champions, which tied for the second most title changes in the promotion’s history. With UFC Fight Night 234 set to kick off the new year of events, it’s the perfect time to see how oddsmakers view each division and who could be UFC champions when the calendar reaches December 31, 2024.

The odds via DraftKings are broken down below by division and include the top 10, but before you check them out, here are some notes that stand out:

  • Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who’s failed once to win the light heavyweight title, has the sixth-highest odds at +800 to end the year as 205-pound champion.
  • Bo Nickal, who’s currently unranked at middleweight, has the fifth-highest odds at +550 to end the year as 185-pound champion.
  • Islam Makhachev, the current lightweight champion, has the fourth-highest odds at +500 to end the year as welterweight champion.
  • Conor McGregor, who hasn’t won a lightweight fight since November 2016, has the eighth-highest odds at +3500 to end he year as 15-pound champion.
  • Former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, who is set to make his featherweight debut at UFC 300, has the third-highest odds at +550 to end the year as 145-pound champion.
  • Former women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, who fell short before to claim the bantamweight title, has the sixth-highest odds at +750 to end the year as 135-pound champion.

Heavyweight

Jon Jones at UFC 285. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Jon Jones +170
  • Tom Aspinall +175
  • Jailton Almeida +300
  • Sergei Pavlovich +600
  • Ciryl Gane + 700
  • Stipe Miocic +1000
  • Curtis Blaydes +2000
  • Alexander Volkov +2500
  • Serghei Spivac +3000
  • Shamil Gaziev +5000

Light heavyweight

Alex Pereira at UFC 295. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
  • Alex Pereira +200
  • Jamahal Hill +300
  • Magomed Ankalaev +450
  • Aleksandar Rakic +800
  • Jiri Prochazka +800
  • Israel Adesanya +800
  • Azamat Murzakanov +1200
  • Nikita Krylov +3500
  • Khalil Rountree +3500
  • Johnny Walker +3500

Middleweight

Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Khamzat Chimaev +100
  • Israel Adesanya +300
  • Sean Strickland +400
  • Dricus Du Plessis +500
  • Bo Nickal +550
  • Ikram Aliskerov +700
  • Brendan Allen +1500
  • Jared Cannonier +1600
  • Robert Whittaker +2000
  • Anthony Hernandez +2000

Welterweight

Leon Edwards at UFC 296. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Leon Edwards +100
  • Shavkat Rakhmonov +200
  • Belal Muhammad +300
  • Islam Makhachev +500
  • Ian Machado Garry +1100
  • Sean Brady +1100
  • Kamaru Usman +1100
  • Jack Della Maddalena +3500
  • Gilbert Burns +3500
  • Michael Morales +3500

Lightweight

Islam Makhachev
  • Islam Makhachev -300
  • Arman Tsarukyan +250
  • Charles Oliveira +350
  • Benoit Saint-Denis +450
  • Justin Gaethje +500
  • Dustin Poirier +500
  • Mateusz Gamrot +2000
  • Conor McGregor +3500
  • Michael Chandler +4000
  • Rafael Fiziev +7500

Featherweight

  • Alexander Volkanovski +125
  • Ilia Topuria +240
  • Aljamain Sterling +550
  • Max Holloway +550
  • Arnold Allen +1000
  • Movsar Evloev +1800
  • Yair Rodriguez +5000
  • Brian Ortega +5000
  • Joanderson Brito +5000
  • Giga Chikadze +6000

Bantamweight

Aug 19, 2023; Boston, MA, USA; Sean O’Malley (blue gloves) prior to the fight against Aljamin Sterling (red gloves) during UFC 292 at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
  • Sean O’Malley +150
  • Merab Dvalishvili +250
  • Umar Nurmagomedov +275
  • Aljamain Sterling +350
  • Cory Sandhagen +500
  • Henry Cejudo +600
  • Marlon Vera +1000
  • Song Yadong +1000
  • Petr Yan +2500
  • Jonathan Martinez +2500

Flyweight

Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Alexandre Pantoja +120
  • Brandon Moreno +250
  • Amir Albazi +400
  • Manel Kape +650
  • Muhammad Mokaev +800
  • Brandon Royval +1000
  • Kai Kara-France +1400
  • Tagir Ulanbekov +2500
  • Matheus Nicolau +2500
  • Tatsuro Taira +3000

Women's bantamweight

  • Julianna Pena +250
  • Mayra Bueno Silva +400
  • Ketlen Vieira +500
  • Raquel Pennington +500
  • Irene Aldana +750
  • Valentina Shevchenko +750
  • Pannie Kianzad +1800
  • Amanda Nunes +1800
  • Norma Dumont +2200
  • Macy Chiasson +2200

Women's flyweight

Alexa Grasso at Noche UFC. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Alexa Grasso +150
  • Erin Blanchfield +210
  • Manon Fiorot +300
  • Valentina Shevchenko +350
  • Zhang Weili +350
  • Taila Santos +1500
  • Maycee Barber +1800
  • Rose Namajunas +2000
  • Jessica Andrade +2200
  • Natalia Silva +2500

Strawweight

Zhang Weili at UFC 281. (USA TODAY Sports)
  • Zhang Weili -125
  • Tatiana Suarez +140
  • Yan Xiaonan +350
  • Amanda Lemos +900
  • Carla Esparza +1100
  • Loopy Godinez +1500
  • Rose Namajunas +1600
  • Jessica Andrade +3000
  • Virna Jandiroba +3500
  • Marina Rodriguez +5000
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