Billy Ward pounced on Eduardo Mora Inside-the-Distance at +270, calling the number wildly generous for a –700 favorite facing a 42-year-old opponent in her confirmed retirement fight. Ward stressed the 11-year age gap and the fact that Murphy has been out of action for 30 months, noting that fighters 40+ win only 28% of women’s bouts over the past decade. Mora’s tape backs up the bet: she finished both her Contender Series victory and her UFC debut, shows aggression both with flurries on the feet and snap submissions, and is “a thousand times the athlete Murphy is at this point.” Meanwhile Murphy’s historical durability is offset by the retirement dynamic—older fighters often concede once trapped in bad positions rather than gut through damage. Ward’s projection prices a Mora finish closer to +180, so +270 represents what he calls a “no-brainer poke in every round-robin.”