UFC 140 Picks

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue: Air Canada Centre
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, Ion TV, Sportsnet (Canada), Facebook.com

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Champ Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida (for light-heavyweight title)
• Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz
• Brian Ebersole vs. Claude Patrick
• Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung

PRELIMINARY CARD (ION TV)

• Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
• Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
• Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
• Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
• Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht
• John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke

 

The biggest UFC event ever (UFC 129) took place in Toronto, and now the UFC is back to where Dana White calls the mma capital of the world.  This time no GSP, but instead the next brightest star of the UFC.

Jon Bones Jones is simply the most unstoppable force in the UFC right now.  He has barely broken a sweat, doesn’t appear to have been taken down, or taken a punch.  His only loss was his disqualification elbow versus Mark Hamill in a fight that he was dominating.  Lyoto Machida will be a big test for Bones, a patient fighter who might just sit back and counter all night.  Still should be no problem for Jones, he just has too much in his arsenal.  And if it will take him 25 minutes to win, then he will just do so.

Frank Mir vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Big Nog) rematch is happening because Big Nog was fighting injured the previous time.  After watch Nog come out of nowhere and knocking Schaub out, this will be an interesting fight.   I have the feeling that was a one time thing and he will once again ponder retirement after fighting Mir.

The other Nog, Lil Nog Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will be fighting the other guy very close to retirement Tito Ortiz.  Lil Nog is on a 2 fight losing streak fighting 2 tough guys while Tito has only won once in his last 7 fights, though that was against Ryan Bader who had previously beat Lil Nog.  Still you can’t go against Father Time, as this should finally be Tito’s swan song.

Claude Patrick has a streak that not too many people can match, he hasn’t lost in almost a decade!  Ebersole isn’t too shabby as well, not having lost since 2008 beating slightly better opponents than Patrick.  I’m sure most wanted to see the original fighter here in Rory MacDonald, but Patrick will put on a good show.  In a battle of the wrestler versus the jiu-jitsu practitioner I would go with the BJJ star here as he has the better chance of catching Brian in something.

In what could be the Fight of the Night, Mark Hominck meets the Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung.  The Korean Zombie isn’t really that great of a fighter relying more on his aggression more than his actually striking technique.  Hominick on the other hand is a masterful striker and will simply pick him apart.  He will be fighting with a heavy heart as this will be his first fight since his friend and long time coach Shawn Tompkins passed away suddenly.  Hopefully there will be a moment of silence for “The Coach” Shawn Tompkins during UFC 140.

UFC 140 Fight Odds

• UFC 140 •
Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida	+110 -140	+125 -145	+120 -140	+125 -163	-105 -133
Big Nog vs. Frank Mir	+195 -250	+190 -220	+195 -230	+188 -250	+167 -238
Lil Nog vs. Tito Ortiz	+115 -145	+120 -140	+110 -130	+125 -163	+115 -159

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