UFC 143 Picks

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, FX and Facebook.com

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz (for interim welterweight title)
• Roy Nelson vs. Fabricio Werdum
• Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce
• Renan Barao vs. Scott Jorgensen
• Ed Herman vs. Clifford Starks

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

• Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier
• Jorge Lopez vs. Matt Riddle
• Alex Caceres vs. Edwin Figueroa
• Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Dan Stittgen vs. Stephen Thompson
• Rafael Natal vs. Michael Kuiper

 

After a couple of freebies, UFC returns to payperview, and looks like betting on ufc 143 will take place at a bar, or wherever you normally watch this.

It is hard to bet against a fighter as hot as Carlos Condit, but betting on Nick Diaz has been a surebet for years now.  Unless he smoked a joint before the fight, Diaz doesn’t look like he will lose in a long time, or maybe until he meets GSP.  Carlos will not go down without a fight, he’ll take punishment, and won’t get knocked out.  But no way he is as good as Nick in the standup, and not even close on the ground if for some reason it ends up there.

Fabricio Werdum makes his way back to the UFC and will be welcomed in a big way.  Roy Nelson has fought with lacklusture his last few outings, and unless he proves otherwise no will be no spark in this fight as well.  Werdum is a solid fighter and probably still on a high from dispatching Fedor.  Though like the main event this will probably not end up in a stoppage either.

Josh Koscheck is still a very formidable fighter and a guy like Mike Pierce should just be a walk in the park for Koscheck.  Pierce has yet to beat anybody of relevance, and in fact has lost to any fighter that has relevance in the division.

Other than a title shot it is tough to see how Scott Jorgensen, currently one of the best in the division, is an underdog.  His opponent Renan Barao is the reason.  Undefeated in an unheard of 28 fights, 2012 will be the year that he will challenge for the belt.  This guy who’s striking was the weaker point is looking like a kickboxer now, and if he gets on top of you, game over.  Jorgensen is another guy you hate to bet against, but its the smarter bet this time around.

Don’t really know or remember Ed Herman’s opponent Clifford Starks, but since I don’t think Ed Herman is that good, it is worthy to take a look at this heavy underdog who was a wrestling teammate of former champ Cain Velasquez at Arizona State University.  Can get as high as +265 right now.

Preliminary Card UFC 143 Picks

Dustin Poirier over Max Holloway

Matt Riddle over Henry Martinez

Edwin Figueroa over Alex Caceres (Bruce Leroy)

Matt Brown over Chris Cope

Dan Stittgen over Stephen Thompson

Rafael Natal (Doesn’t this guy play tennis?) over Michael Kuiper

UFC 143 Fight Odds

• UFC 143 •
Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz	+175 -225	+160 -180	+170 -200	+ -	+160 -233
Fabricio Werdum vs. Roy Nelson	-150 +120	-140 +120	-135 +115	- +	-167 +120
Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce	-265 +205	-240 +200	-220 +180	+ -	-294 +200
Renan Barao vs. Scott Jorgensen	-225 +175	-220 +190	-230 +190	- +	-294 +200
Clifford Starks vs. Ed Herman	+230 -300	+245 -290	+255 -310	+ -	+235 -357
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