UFC 142 Picks

UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: HSBC Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and FX

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Champ Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes (for featherweight title)
• Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson
• Mike Massenzio vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Carlo Prater vs. Erick Silva
• Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

• Sam Stout vs. Thiago Tavares
• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ednaldo Oliveira
• Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa
• Ricardo Funch vs. Mike Pyle
• Caio Magalhaes vs. Fabio Maldonado
• Felipe Arantes vs. Antonio “Pato” Carvalho

UFC 142, or better known as UFC in Rio 2, will be the UFC’s second major fight in Brazil. Also note that the SpikeTV contract has ended and the preliminaries will air on FX (Sportsnet in Canada, check local broadcasts in your area).

Though Chad Mendes has looked pretty good in his last few fights, you can’t go against the great Jose Aldo.  Aldo is simply too good all around, and can be dominant if he wants.  Now in his home country, there is now way he disappoints.

Anthony Johnson has finally said he has given up on welterweight and will concentrate only on middleweight.  This is good news for this division which is slowly building up its contenders.  Vitor though is a pro, and it is doubtful that he will be caught again with a surprise kick.  The speed might be too much for Johnson to handle, as he has never faced somebody this big and fast, and is usually the bigger and quicker one.

Rousimar Palhares should have a very easy win here over the relatively unknown and uneventful Mike Massenzio.

Should be a nice KO of the night candidate here in Erick Silva over Carlo Prater.

Edson Barboza will be looking for another fight of the night in his fight with Terry Etim.  Edson is much too crafty of a striker than the English boxer.

UFC 142 Fight Odds

• UFC 142 •
Chad Mendes vs. Jose Aldo	+205 -265	+200 -240	+205 -245	+205 -265	+200 -294
Anthony Johnson vs. Vitor Belfort	+105 -135	+115 -135	+115 -135	+105 -135	+120 -167
Mike Massenzio vs. Rousimar Palhares	- +	+385 -470	+380 -475	- +	+350 -588
Carlo Prater vs. Erick Silva	+ -	+395 -470	+385 -485	+ -	+350 -588
Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim	+ -	-250 +210	-255 +215	+ -	-312 +210

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