Punters clean up on UFC Fight Night as 10 of 11 underdogs pull off upsets

ONE online sportsbook lost almost $1 million on Sunday’s UFC card as 10 of 11 underdogs pulled off upsets. Prepare for some serious betting envy.

PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - FEBRUARY 22: Santiago Ponzinibbio of Argentina celebrates after defeating Sean Strickland of the United States in their welterweight bout during the UFC Fight Night at Gigantinho Gymnasium on February 22, 2015 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

IF you were going to back the underdogs at UFC Fight Night 61 in Brazil on the weekend and forgot to place your bets please look away now.

A night of upsets provided a series of huge winning bets, including one punter who turned $5 into $139,000 with sportsbet.com.au.

After 10 out of 11 outsiders got up on today’s UFC card, we have three very happy punters! $15 into 109K, $2 into 55K, and $5 into 139K!

— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) February 23, 2015

Online sportsbook Bovada.LV lost almost $1 million, including more than a dozen bets that paid out more than $10,000.

Bovada sportsbook manager Kevin Bradley said the majority of winners placed small bets on all-underdog parlay bets.

“We’re not getting this money back from the people that won,” Bradley told ESPN.com.

“The type of bettor that wins these bets throws a small amount of money on all the favourites or all the underdogs to try to get rich. Well, I guess it worked.”

Frank Mir (left) snapped a four fight losing streak to upset Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.

The only fight that didn’t end with an underdog on top was the opening bout on the card where Ivan Jorge topped Josh Shockley.

The biggest upset by sportsbet.com.au’s odds was $4.60 outsider Sam Alvey’s knockout win against Cezar Ferreira.

In the main event, former champion Frank Mir ($2.33) revived his flagging career by knocking out Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the first round.

The full list of results is as follows:

Frank Mir d Antonio Silva via knockout (punches) — Round 1, 1:40

Michael Johnson d Edson Barboza via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Sam Alvey d Cezar Ferreira via knockout (punch) — Round 1, 3:34

Adriano Martins d Rustam Khabilov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Frankie Saenz d Iuri Alcantara via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Santiago Ponzinibbio d Sean Strickland via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Marion Reneau d Jessica Andrade via submission (triangle choke) — Round 1, 1:54

Matt Dwyer d William Macario via knockout (punches) — Round 1, 3:14

Mike De La Torre d Tiago Trator via TKO (punches) — Round 1, 2:59

Douglas Silva d Cody Gibson via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Ivan Jorge d Josh Shockley via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)