UFC 141 Picks

UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, Spike TV and Facebook.com

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem
• Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz
• Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks
• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
• Jim Hettes vs. Nam Phan

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Junior Assuncao vs. Ross Pearson
• Danny Castillo vs. Anthony Njokuani

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Sean Pierson
• Efrain Escudero vs. Jacob Volkmann
• Luis Ramos vs. Matt Riddle
• Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes

 

Wow what a year for the UFC in 2011, and looks like they will end it off with a bang in 2011, on a Friday Night!

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Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem will battle it out for the #1 contendor status.  Has Brock fully recovered from his ailments and fit to battle it out against the best striker he has ever faced?  Probably not.  Overeem has too many weapons, way too much experience for Brock to handle.  If Brock can take him down it may be a different story, but his striking defence has never been the greatest, and the aggressive Alistair should be able to land some bombs to put Lesnar away.

Donald Cerrone is on quite a hot streak, a Nate Diaz will just be a loud obstacle on his way back to the top.  Nobody has fought as much as the cowboy in 2011, and not too many have been as dominating.  Though Nate will keep him distanced off with jabs, the leg kicks that Cerrone will throw throughout the fight will take its toll, and Diaz will be eating some ground and pounds until he taps.

Jon Fitch is probably the best fighter who earns the least respect in mixed martial arts.  That says everything about boring fighters.  His last 9 fights have gone to decision, and not exciting fights either.  Unfortunately with Hendricks being a top notch wrestler as well, look for Fitch to bore out a win here as well.

Alexander Gustafsson, the guy who retired Matt Hamill faces the old but tough Vladimir Matyushenko.  This should be a very exciting fight, but bet on a quick fight as Gustafsson should be able to catch the sloppy Vladimir with some kind of hold.

When Nam Phan faces Jim Hettes he will finally face somebody who will not just trade punches with him.  This will be an intriguing fight as the undefeated Judo Jim has won all his fights via submission.  In this striker versus grappler match an upset could happen here, as Nam was never to great against the grapplers.

UFC 141 Fight Odds

• UFC 141 •
Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar	-145 +115	-145 +125	-140 +120	-145 +115	-167 +120
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko	-325 +250	-335 +280	-350 +290	-325 +250	-325 +245
Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz	-285 +225	-255 +215	-265 +225	-285 +225	-263 +180
Johny Hendricks vs. Jon Fitch	+175 -225	+190 -220	+190 -230	+175 -225	+200 -294
Jim Hettes vs. Nam Phan	+175 -225	- +	+195 -235	+175 -225	+190 -278
Junior Assuncao vs. Ross Pearson	+200 -260	+ -	+220 -260	+200 -260	+180 -263
Anthony Njokuani vs. Danny Castillo	+160 -200	+ -	+155 -175	+160 -200	- +
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Sean Pierson	-400 +300	+ -	-400 +310	-400 +300	- +
Efrain Escudero vs. Jacob Volkman	+205 -265	- -	+175 -225	+205 -265	- +
Luis Ramos vs. Matt Riddle	EV -130	+ -	EV -130	EV -130	- +
Diego Nunes vs. Manny Gamburyan	-325 +250	- +	-325 +250	-325 +250	- +

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