UFC 127 Picks

February 17th, 2011admin

UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch

Location: Sydney, Australia (event airs Feb. 26 in North America)
Venue: Acer Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

MAIN CARD

• Jon Fitch  vs. B.J. Penn
• Michael Bisping  vs. Jorge Rivera
• Dennis Siver  vs. George Sotiropoulos
• Chris Lytle vs. Brian Ebersole
• Chris Camozzi  vs. Kyle Noke

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Spencer Fisher vs. Ross Pearson
• Alexander Gustafsson vs. James Te Huna
• Riki Fukuda vs. Nick Ring
• Mark Hunt vs. Chris Tuchscherer
• Maciej Jewtuszko vs. Curt Warburton
• Tom Blackledge vs. Anthony Perosh
• Jason Reinhardt vs. Tiequan Zhang

UFC returns to Australia for UFC127 which a nice night (day for Australians) of fighting.  Also starting with this event, MMA Betting.net will be providing the best lines for you to bet on each of the fights at our partnered online betting sites.

Has BJ Penn returned for good?  After his lethargic title performances, BJ comes back and absolute destroys an aging Matt Hughes.  Jon Fitch is the favourite in this fight and deservingly so, he fights a consistently good fight each time out.  I would go with the safer fighter here as you still don’t know which BJ shows up and Fitch is a good enough fighter to beat a good BJ.

Bet on Jon Fitch over BJ Penn at Sportsbook.com -200 or Bet on BJ Penn over Jon Fitch at 5Dimes +170

Not too many thought that Jorge Rivera would ever participate in a co main event, but he’s been on an absolute tear lately and definitely deserves a showcased fight against Michael Bisping.  These two are pretty evenly matched in terms of fight skills, but according to oddsmakers they are polar opposites.  The lines on Jorge Rivera are way too good to pass up and he is very capable of shutting Bisping up.  I would strongly consider making a play on Rivera here.

Bet on Jorge Rivera over Michael Bisping at Sportsbook.com +300 or Bet on Michael Bisping over Jorge Rivera at Bodog -340

Dennis Siver is one individual who I would never want to fight, he is built like a tank and can probably kick over a tree.  George Sotiropoulos is just plain awesome and is my choice to be the title holder before the end of the year.  Oddsmakers feel the same way as he is a heavy favourite.  Gamblers may be enticed to make a play on Siver as he is good enough to win, but my pick is on George for whom I do not believe will lose a fight in 2011 (he has not lost a fight since 2006).

Bet on George Sotiropoulos over Dennis Siver at 5Dimes -330 or Bet on Dennis Siver over George Sotiropoulos at Bodog +315

Kyle Noke and Chris Camozzi never ended up meeting during the Ultimate Fighter Team Ortiz vs Team Liddell though both were favourites to win the show.  Noke is a slight favorite here with also the home town crowd to cheer him on.  Noke appears to be the safer bet in this fight.

Bet on Kyle Noke over Chris Camozzi at BetUS -190 or Bet on Chris Camozzi over Kyle Noke at Sportsbook.com +175

As of posting there are no lines for Chris Lytle vs Brian Ebersole as Brian was a late replacement for Carlos Condit, which would have been a great standup slugfest and most likely fight of the night.  It would be difficult to see how Eversole can beat Lytle though with the way “Lights Out” has been fighting as of late.  This will be Brian Ebersole’s UFC debut so I don’t know too much about him.

UFC Fight Night 23 Picks

January 14th, 2011admin

UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2

Location: Killeen, Texas
Venue: Fort Hood
Broadcast: Spike TV

UFC Fight Night 23 Odds from Sportsbook.com

MAIN CARD

• Evan Dunham -260 vs. Melvin Guillard +200
• Tim Hague +200 vs. Matt Mitrione -260
• Mark Hominick -215 vs. George Roop +175
• Pat Barry -200 vs. Joey Beltran +160
• Cole Miller -170 vs. Matt Wiman +140

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Yves Edwards vs. Cody McKenzie
• Mike Guymon vs. DaMarques Johnson
• Mike Brown vs. Rani Yahya
• Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire vs. Waylon Lowe
• Amilcar Alves vs. Charlie Brenneman
• Chris Cariaso vs. Will Campuzano

The first free UFC card of 2011, should be a nice competitive night of fights.

Evan Dunham vs Melvin Guillard will definitely be a great fight.  Evan was robbed in his last fight and will be very hungry to win and to finish.  Melvin might have been comback fighter of the year in 2010.  Problem is that Melvin has often had problems with all around good fighters and thats what Dunham is.  Take Evan to win this one.

Tim Hague has been brought back into the UFC to fight Matt Mitrione.  Too bad it is doubtful his stay will last too long.  Mitrione should win this heavyweight fight with ease.

Mark Hominick makes his UFC debut at featherweight awaiting the return of former Ultimate Fighter cast member George Roop.  The winner of this fight will most likely get the title shot afterwards. George Roop is good, with a devastating head kick (ask the Korean Zombie), but he’s not a consistant winner like Hominick.  Hominick has winning streaks while Roop doesn’t.  Go with Hominick here.

Pat Barry vs Joey Beltran should be a pretty decent fight as well.  Coming off injury Barry is looking to kick his way back to the winners circle.  I would go with Pat Barry to KO Beltran here, he should have taken out CroCop but got sloppy.

Cole Miller is on a high note right now after taking care of business of TUF winner Ross Pearson.  Matt Wiman is coming off his controversial win over Mac Danzig.  Wiman is another fight who cannot consistently win, while Miller looks like he is putting it all together.  Skinny Miller will look for a nice sub vicotry over Wiman.

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DREAM Dynamite 2010 Picks and Odds

December 28th, 2010admin

DREAM Dynamite!! 2010

Location: Saitama, Japan
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Broadcast: HDNet (North America)

Dream Dynamite 2010 odds from Sportsbook.com

• Satoshi Ishii vs. Jerome Le Banner
• Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
• Alistair Overeem -550 vs. Todd Duffee +350
• Bob Sapp vs. Shinichi Suzukawa
• Champ Bibiano Fernandes -185 vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (for featherweight title)+155
• Champ Marius Zaromskis -210 vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (for welterweight title)+175
• Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro Nagashim
• Tatsuya Kawajiri -105 vs. Josh Thomson-125
• Kazuyuki Miyata even vs. Caol Uno -130
• Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura +165 vs. Tetsuya Yamato -205  K1 Bout
• Kyotaro Fujimoto -285 vs. Gegard Mousasi +225  K1 Bout
• Hideo Tokoro -365 vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe +285
• Jason High even vs. Hayato Sakurai -130
• Hiroshi Izumi +135 vs. Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa -165
• Katsuaki Furuki vs. Andy Ologun

Dream’s special new years event returns with the 2010 sendoff edition and once again it is a full bag of fights with everybody who is anybody in Dream fighting on the card.  Some interesting matchups include the possible dream debut of Todd Duffee vs Alistair Overeem, with the former once thought of as the next big thing in heavyweight.  But lack of stamina and a weak chin derailed all those aspirations.  The ageless Sakuraba returns in a title fight vs the disappointing Marius Zaromskis who has failed miserably in his latest fights.  Gegard Mousasi appears in a K1 fight against a very good kickboxer in Kyotaro Fujimoto.  One of the highlight fights will definately by Josh “Punk” Thomson vs Tatsuya Kawajiri, very equal fighters and will likely be the fight of the night.

Happy New Year and be sure to watch Dream Dynamite 2010 for free on HDNet

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The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale Picks and Odds

November 30th, 2010admin

The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale

Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Venue: Palms Casino Resort
Broadcast: Spike TV

TUF12 odds are brought to you by Sportsbook.com

• Stephan Bonnar -220 vs. Igor Pokrajac +180
• Finalist No. 1 vs. Finalist No. 2
• Kendall Grove +285 vs. Demian Maia -365
• Rick Story +180 vs. Johny Hendricks -220
• Ian Loveland vs. Tyler Toner
• Will Campuzano vs. Nick Pace
• Pablo Garza vs. Fredson Paixao
• Rich Attonito vs. Dave Branch

Countering Strikeforce Henderson vs Babalu, Dana White has decided to have TUF12 Finale the same night, Dec 04.  It is still undecided who the finalists will be, but the 2hour season finale will show the semi final fights between Team GSP fighters Kyle Watson vs Jonathan Brookins and Team GSP’s Michael Johnson vs Team Koscheck’s Nam Phan.

After taking care of business in the rematch vs Krzysztof Soszynski, Stephan Bonner appears to be given an easier fight in the form of Igor Pokrajac.  Pokrajac’s only win has come against James Irwin, and anybody can beat him.  There should be no reason when Stephan can’t get himself back to back wins, something he hasn’t done since 2007.

Kendell Grove has been a win one lose one type of fighter.  Since he won his last fight vs Goran Reljic, he will probably lose the upcoming fight to Demian Maia.  But I guess that is not the only reason why he will lose to Maia, Maia is tough with his only losses coming against Anderson Silva and Nate Marquardt.  Now Kendall’s biggest downfall is taking a punch and has not lost in a long time to a submission.  Demian can’t punch.  I would take a chance at an upset here and take Kendall Grove over Demian Maia.  At +285 very much worth a shot.

Rick Story is on an impressive 4 fight win streak and Johny Hendricks is on an impressive 4 fight win streak (6 if you include WEC).  Its time for somebody’s win streak to fall and this will be a battle against two similar fighters.  Usually when two fighters are similar I would take the underdog as it adds more value to your pick.  In this case it would be Story.  But in this case I think that Hendricks is the better fighter, and his skills in each factor are a little bit better.

Will post the Ultimate Fighter 2 finalists odds when it has been determined.

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October 22nd, 2009admin

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