UFC 134 Picks

August 20th, 2011 admin

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami

Date: Aug 27, 2011

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: HSBC Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV and Facebook.com

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

  • Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
  • Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
  • Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
  • Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
  • Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

  • Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
  • David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

  • Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
  • Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
  • Felipe Arantes vs. Yuri Alcantara
  • Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
  • Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduard

 

Some exciting news in the mma/ufc world as the UFC announced a new 7 year deal with FOX.  The outcome being new events premiering on Fox broadcast TV with the first one scheduled for November, and the Ultimate Fighter switching over to Fox from SpikeTV after TUF14, with TUF15 happening sometime around the Spring of 2012.  Overhauls in TUF will make it more “American Idol” like, with fights being LIVE as opposed to taped months before.  Like Idol, fans will also be able to vote in who stays, rather than just tournament style winner moving on.  This weeks UFC 134 event will mark the first time in Brazil and it is a stacked card with many of the best Brazilian fighters in the UFC.

This is a fight that should have happened a long time ago, Yushin Okami against Anderson Silva for the middleweight belt.  Okami has been a contender since the Rich Franklin glory days but has never gotten the title shot do to his “boring style”.  After his new 3 fight winstreak he’s going to battle it out with the 13 fight winstreak for the Spider.  The only other fighter to give Anderson trouble was wrestler Chael Sonnen, and Okami is a very similar fighter.  Though with that being said, he’s not nearly as good of a wrestler and Silva is still pretty damn good on the ground.  There will most likely be a lot of dancing in this fight, but bet on Anderson Silva to win it here.

The rematch between Forrest Griffin and Mauricio Shogun Rua should be a dandy.  Forrest beat a Shogun just returning from injury and not in true Shogun form.  This will not repeat as Shogun will be hungry for revenge and is just too talented to lose to a now average Griffin who is now just barely winning fights.  Bet on Mauricio Shogun to beat Forrest Griffin at UFC 134.

Brendan Schaub is on the rise, and Big Nog is in his way.  While Big Country Roy Nelson won the Ultimate Fighter by knocking out Schaub, many believed that Brendan would actually have the more successful future with the UFC, those believers were right.  Roy is close to being cut and Schaub if he continues at this pace will earn himself a title shot by 2012.   This may be Big Nog’s retirement match, he hasn’t been the same since losing to Frank Mir, as is now coming off of knee surgery.  His boxing once the best is rather slow now, and there’s no longer fear in his ground game.  MMA Betting lock of the week is Schaub over Nigueira.

Though Ross Pearson is a tough fighter, Edson Barboza is a sick fighter.  Previously coming off a fighter of the night matchup with Njokuani, Barboza’s Muay Thai brings excitement whenever he steps in the octagon.  But he is not just a standup guy, he’s also a good jiu-jitsu guy, and will easily handle a one-dimensional boxer in the form of Pearson.  Barboza is another betting lock at UFC 134.

A couple of UFC 134 upsets or underdogs you might want to look out for is the heavily underdogged Dan Miller over Rousimar Palhares, and Yves Jabouin over Ian Loveland.

UFC 134 Fight Odds

• UFC 134 • Bodog BetOnline 5Dimes Bet365 Bodog
Anderson Silva
vs.
Yushin Okami		 -625
+425		 -450
+325		 -460
+365		 -550
+350		 1.21
5.50
Forrest Griffin
vs.
Mauricio Rua		 +195
-250		 +180
-220		 +185
-225		 +188
-250		 2.94
1.50
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
vs.
Brendan Schaub		 +195
-250		 +180
-220		 +185
-225		 +188
-250		 2.90
1.45
Edson Barboza
vs.
Ross Pearson		 -311
+269		 -280
+220		 -280
+240		 -333
+240		 1.34
3.30
Luiz Cane
vs.
Stanislav Nedkov		 -210
+170		 -225
+185		 -220
+180		 -225
+175		 1.01
1.01
Spencer Fisher
vs.
Thiago Tavares		 +170
-210		 +180
-220		 +185
-225		 +188
-250		 ASK
2.20
David Mitchell
vs.
Paulo Thiago		 +325
-450		 +325
-425		 +325
-400		 +333
-500		 1.01
1.01
Dan Miller
vs.
Rousimar Palhares		 +245
-315		 +220
-280		 +245
-290		 +250
-350		 2.32
ASK
Felipe Arantes
vs.
Yuri Alcantara		 +350
-446		 +350
-450		 +365
-460		 +350
-550		 1.67
1.01
Yves Jabouin
vs.
Ian Loveland		 +165
-215		 +170
-210		 +175
-210		 +175
-225		 1.45
ASK
Raphael Assuncao
vs.
Johnny Eduard		 -175
+145		 -175
+145		 -165
+145		 -200
+163		 1.01
1.01
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