What will happen on Saturday night in Canada remains to be seen, but purely from a numbers standpoint, UFC 174 is the most competitive card of the calendar year so far – at least if you go by what the oddsmakers have to say. Using a matrix in which a fighter getting 2-to-1 or better (-200) odds is considered a sizable favorite in a bout, Saturday’s pay-per-view has closer fights than any other UFC card in 2014. Only two of the 11 fights on the card have favorites going off at -200 or better as of Thursday early evening. By comparison, the closest to that was UFC 169 in February
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Inside the numbers: UFC 174 is year’s most competitive card – MMA Junkie