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UFC74 Weigh In Results and Odds Recap

ufc_wallpaper072.jpg The only note about the weigh-ins that is noteworthy is the Thiales Leites didn’t make weight the first time up coming in at 188lbs, but he came back to crack the 185 mark within the two hour limit.

Fighters weights are in brackets beside their name.

(For those of you who aren’t familiar with the betting stuff all you need to know is that a minus number means that fighter is the favorite, and that is the amount you have to bet to make $100. e.g.-130 means you have to pony up $130 to win $100 back, or $230 total. If its a plus number, thats the amount you win if you bet $100. e.g. +220 means bet $100 bucks, win $220 back, or $320 total. see…its easy.)
Randy Couture (228.5) vs Gabriel Gonzaga (252)

Allright, as of tonight Gonzaga was hanging steady as a -130 favorite, putting Randy at +100.

Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. Josh Koscheck (170)

This line opened realy tight but has blown up to put St. Pierre as a -280 favorite over Kos whose at +210. Thats good money for a guy thats 11-1 and on a 5 fight winning streak.

Joe Stevenson (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (155)

Joe is a real deal contender, no surprise that he’s still a -300 favorite here. Pellegrino is a longshot at +220 though, not sure it matters.

Kendall Grove (184) vs. Patrick Cote (184.5)

Grove is one helluva good fighterand it shows that he’s a -260 fave, if he goes to the mat with Cote he’ll be in great shape, but Cote has a great punchers chance and at +200 that could be enough to sway some bettors over to Cote’s corner.

Roger Huerta (155) vs. Alberto Crane (155)

Roger Huerta is a bona fide superstar, but dont get it twisted, Alberto Crane is the REAL DEAL! Huerta is a -350 favorite but Crane has some MASSIVE value at +280. I’m just sayin.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral (204) vs. David Heath (205)

Babalu, fresh off a night in the drunk tank is favored at -280 over Heath who stands at +210. Is Sobral’s chin back together and ready to take some damage?

Frank Mir (255) vs. Antoni Hardonk (244)

Mir is a slight favorite at -185, but if we see the old frank Mir this could be a blowout. But due to his inconsistency as of late, Hardonk is hanging around as a +145

Thales Leites (185) vs. Ryan Jensen (185)

Leites barely made weight, but it didn’t affect the odds, Thales stands as a -300 favorite, putting Jensen at +220

Marcus Aurelio (155) vs. Clay Guida (155)

Clay is friggin awesome, he got robbed in the Tyson Griffin fight and this is theUFC’s way of saying sorry. He’s an itty bitty favorite at-140, Aurelio is going to be one heck of battle and maybe some good dough at +110

Check out BetUS.com if you wanna bet. Good luck y’all.

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UFC78 Fight Update…maybe

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MMAWeekly.com reports that there could be a matchup at UFC78 between Karo Parisyan and Hayato Sakurai.

Sick.

This adds to a card that is rumored to have BJ Penn, Frank Edgar, Joe Lauzon and Tamden McCrory.

The main event was speculated to have been Sherk-Penn but thats all up in the air due to the ol’ needle in the ass situation that seems to be unfolding in the lightweight division.

Could we be seeing a vacant title bout or perhaps an eliminator? Yes please.

Props to mmaweekly.com

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UFC74/75 Odds and Lines

Alright people! Almost here… check out the latest UFC lines from our homies over at BetUS:

  • Frank Mir-180 vs Antoni Hardonk +150
  • Kendall Grove -240 vs Patrick Cote +190
  • Roger Huerta -400 vs Alberto Crane +300
  • Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs -330 David Heath +240
  • Clay Guida -115 vs Marcus Aurelio -115
  • Joe Stevenson -300 vs Kurt Pellegrino +230
  • Georges St Pierre-280 vs Josh Koscheck +220
  • Randy Couture +100 vs Gabriel Gonzaga -130
  • Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic -400 vs Cheick Kongo +300
  • Michael Bisping -230 vs Matt Hamill +180
  • Quinton Jackson -160 vs Dan Henderson +130

Check out BetUS.com for all your UFC betting shizzle!

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Ultimate Fight Night 11 Preview - One Writers Picks

With the Ultimate Fight night 11 card becoming officially “official” today, we had our writer Casper give us his cent and a half on the upcoming bouts. Heres the “official” card:

  • Din Thomas vs Spencer Fisher
  • Mike Swick vs Jonathan Goulet
  • Chris Leben vs Terry Martin
  • Nate Diaz vs Junior Assuncao
  • Nate Quarry vs Pete Sell
  • Gray Maynard vs Joe Veres
  • Leonard Garcia vs Cole Miller

One Writers Preview of Ultimate Fight Night 11

UFN 11 is on Spike TV on September 19 at 9pm (ET/PT)

Din Thomas vs Spencer “ The King” Fisher this easily could be the fight of the night.

Din Thomas has a very impressive resume and has fought the biggest names in MMA.

With wins over Jens Pulver, Matt Sera and Clay Guida just to name a few.

Din is dangerous in both submissions and striking and coming from the American Top Team you know they are finetuning his skills.

Spencer “The King” Fisher is another well-rounded dangerous fighter. With notable wins over Sam Stout, Thaigo Alves and always on the knock out real with the flying knee knock out of Matt Wiman. Also coming from a great camp in Pat Miletich.

I’m giving it to Fisher with the decision.

Editors Note: for a SICK interview with Din Thomas talking about roids in MMA, Click HERE

Mike “ Quick” Swick vs Jonathan Goulet.

This is Mike’s first fight in coming down a weight class and fighting at 170lb. They don’t call him Quick for nothing with his fast hands and his famous Swickotine choke. Will the wait loss make him into Mike “The Turtle “Swick or will he steal Superman’s line as fast as a speeding bullet? I’m excited to find out!

Jonathan Goulet “The Road Warrior” Has probably the most colourful hair in the entire sport. Goulet likes to bang with most of his wins coming from KO/TKO.

If Swick is the same man at 170lb as he is at his usual 185lb I believe he’ll go right through Goulet. The question is what type of fighter will he be at 170lb because if he starts gassing early The Road Warrior will do what he does best and that’s knocking people out.

Swick via TKO in the first.

Chris Leben vs Terry Martin

Chris is coming of 2 consecutive losses to the Canadian boys Kalib Starnes and Jason McDonald. Leben hasn’t been very impressive lately with sloppy technique and gassing i quickly.

Terry Martin has been a roll after coming down from 205lb to 185lbs. With his last four fights have been wins with TKO or KO.

Martin in the third via TKO.

Nate Diaz vs Junior Assuncao

Nathan Diaz is the TUF 5 season winner and a member of the Caeser Gracie team.

Junior Assunca isn’t either of those.

Nathan Diaz via submission in the first

Gray Maynard vs Joe Veres

Maynard has superior wrestling and his hands are coming up very fast.

I’m giving him the TKO in the first.

At the time we got Casper sloggin along on these picks, Leonard Garcia vs Cole Miller and Nate Quarry vs Pete Sell weren’t really being floated around…

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UFC73 Preview - Sherk vs Herring

Let me start of by saying I love the “Muscle Shark”. It’s the best nickname in MMA and he’s a great fighter. At UFC73 he’ll be defending his belt against Hermes Franca. I like this fight because I think it’s going to be exciting - AND my man Sherk will walk away with his belt.

Sherk’s got a lot in the cardio-tank and if this title fight goes the distance, he will be going just as hard as when the opening bell rang. It’s a fairly evenly matched fight but Sherk, as a -280 favorite has the advantage in my books.

This matchup against Hermes Franca is a great one for UFC fans. These guys are big 155 pounders and dangerous fighters. You can bank on a variety of action. From slams to submission attempts to big striking, these little guys are going to put on a great show.

Each fighter is built sort of like the mini-fridge that I had in my college dorm room - except these guys are covered in muscle instead of little poetry magnets…(yup - I just said that). The fridge may have even had a more defined neck - the point is these guys are tanks and they’re going to war.

Look for a fast start and a furious pace. Both of these guys are competitors and want it bad. But when it comes down to it, Sherk’s got the edge in almost every category: cardio, quickness, tenacity, strength and drive. He’s also got the belt - and he’s going to for a while.

Prediction - Barring a startling submission win by Franca, Sherk with elbows in the ground and pound against the edge of the cage. The Muscle Shark could go the distance but he won’t have to.

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