# MMA/UFC Odds API
The Odds API covers MMA/UFC odds for live and upcoming fights in a simple JSON API.
Not a developer? Current MMA/UFC odds can also be accessed in Excel or Google Sheets. For website owners, the odds widget brings bookmaker odds into websites with a simple HTML tag.
# Features
MMA/UFC odds are covered for live and upcoming fights.
Fight winner is covered for several bookmakers. See the full list of bookmakers. Limited coverage of total rounds odds are also available from some bookmakers.
Odds are refreshed at regular intervals. More information on update intervals can be found here.
Current odds data are available on all usage plans, including the free usage plan.
Historical MMA/UFC odds data is available from June 2020 on paid usage plans. More information on historical odds data can be found here.
The API response includes deep links to bookmaker websites.
# Querying MMA/UFC Odds
# Query Featured MMA/UFC Markets
Featured markets (fight winner and totals) can be queried using the odds endpoint.
Parameters
To query current MMA/UFC odds for featured markets, the following parameters need to be provided:
- sport In this case
mma_mixed_martial_arts
- regions Regions of bookmakers to return, for example,
us
,uk
andeu
- markets For example,
h2h
for fight winner - apiKey Get a free API key
- oddsFormat This parameter is optional, and can be used to return odds in American format (
oddsFormat=american
). By default, odds will return in decimal format.
See the documentation for more options
Example API Request
https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/mma_mixed_martial_arts/odds?regions=us,uk,eu&markets=h2h&apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY
Example API Response
The API will return live and upcoming fights, including start times, home and away teams, and odds from bookmakers for the specified regions and markets.
[{
"id": "e46e328f688ff096aca6e5bb4ac96bbc",
"sport_key": "mma_mixed_martial_arts",
"sport_title": "MMA",
"commence_time": "2025-12-31T22:59:00Z",
"home_team": "Max Holloway",
"away_team": "Alex Volkanovski",
"bookmakers": [
{
"key": "unibet_uk",
"title": "Unibet",
"last_update": "2025-02-25T23:07:18Z",
"markets": [
{
"key": "h2h",
"last_update": "2025-02-25T23:07:18Z",
"outcomes": [
// to see odds in American format, add &oddsFormat=american to the request URL
{"name": "Alex Volkanovski", "price": 1.6},
{"name": "Max Holloway", "price": 2.3}
]
}
]
},
...
The usage cost of the API call in this example is
usage cost = [number of markets] x [number of regions] = 1 x 3 = 3 credits
See the API documentation for details.
# Other Sports
See the full list of sports covered by The Odds API.
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