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Post by LWPD on Nov 6, 2007 20:09:35 GMT -5
There are some very attractive underdog plays coming up...
Michael Bisping +215
Matt Serra +280
Wanderlei Silva +100
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Post by LWPD on Nov 8, 2007 20:36:08 GMT -5
Elite XC Odds are now up! Some very attractive lines for those willing to take chances.
Elite XC Renegade Final Card
Live Saturday 10 PM EST on Showtime
KJ Noons vs Nick Diaz
Bo Cantrell vs Kimbo Slice
Mike Pyle vs Jake Shields
Kyle Noke vs Seth Kleinbeck
Jonathan Wiezorek vs Antonio Silva
Nick Gonzalez vs Yves Edwards
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Post by LWPD on Nov 10, 2007 8:37:55 GMT -5
Should be a good card tonight. Slice & Silva should be easy locks.
Possible sleepers that could pay big:
KJ Noons +305
Mike Pyle +265
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Post by hofclemens on Nov 10, 2007 11:59:25 GMT -5
The Kimbo fight should be real intersting. Everyone is saying this is a great show but I think prefered the Ninja/Lawler card overall. Still should be fun though.
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Post by dukedave on Nov 10, 2007 12:21:31 GMT -5
I'd never heard Kimbo actually speak before but thought this big huge guy with a bald head and huge beard known for street fighting would sound like a dumb oaf. Saw a brief snippet of an interview with him and he sounded pretty well spoken.
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Post by LWPD on Nov 14, 2007 4:11:12 GMT -5
A solid undercard for the hardcores (even the prelims look good) but a tough sell main event for the masses. It'll be interesting to see how Rashad/Bisping ends up at the box office....as of this moment tickets still seem to be readily available. 78.ufc.com/Live Saturday November 21 10 PM EST
UFC 78 Final Card
Prelims
Akihiro Gono vs Tamdan McCrory[6]
Chris Lytle vs Thiago Alves
Joe Lauzon vs Jason Reinhardt
Marcus Aurelio vs Luke Caudillo
Main Card
Rashad Evans vs Michael Bisping
Karo Parisyan vs Ryo Chonan
Houston Alexander vs Thiago Silva
Spencer Fisher vs Frank Edgar
Ed Herman vs Joe Doerksen |
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Post by LWPD on Nov 15, 2007 19:55:44 GMT -5
Huge weekend coming up. Not only is UFC 78 on this Saturday...Strikeforce is on tomorrow night! Full card lines are now up for both events. The plan is to air the Strikeforce show live via streaming video on Yahoo Sports.
Strikeforce Tournament Series Final Card
Live Friday November 16th 11 PM EST
Alistair Overeem vs Paul Buentello
Sam Morgan vs Cung Le
Anthony Ruiz vs Bobby Southworth
Dennis Hallman vs Sean Salmon
Billy Evangelista vs Nam Phan
LWPD (if TUF star Morgan comes in with a smart game plan and focuses on taking Cung Lee down...you could see a huge upset...at +370 he's a very tempting underdog play)
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Post by LWPD on Nov 17, 2007 9:06:20 GMT -5
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Post by LWPD on Nov 17, 2007 17:30:24 GMT -5
Below are the weigh in results. I'll be going light on Reinhardt and Bisping. Enjoy the show tonight gents!
UFC 78 Weigh In Video
Main Card
Michael Bisping (205) vs Rashad Evans (206)
Houston Alexander (203) vs Thiago Silva (204)
Ryo Chonan (169.5) vs Karo Parisyan (170)
Joe Doerksen (185.5) vs Ed Herman (186)
Frankie Edgar (154) vs Spencer Fisher (154.5)
Prelims
Chris Lytle (170.5) vs Thiago Alves (171)
Jason Reinhardt (155) vs Joe Lauzon (155)
Luke Caudillo (155.5) vs Marcus Aurelio (156)
Akihiro Gono (169) vs Tamdan McCrory (170)
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Post by LWPD on Nov 18, 2007 10:45:12 GMT -5
A decent card. Edgar did his Shawn Sherk routine...shutting down all offense for three rounds with takedowns and positional dominance...yet he himself wasn't able to even come close to finishing. From a main stream entertainment value standpoint there's no money in that. Herman and JD put on a nice showing with some slick transitions. Karo did enough to win. Chonan is a very tough opponent and this victory gives KP 8 wins off his last 9 fights. Hopefully he'll get a title shot after Hughes/Serra into GSP finally shakes out...although he'll probably have to fight a Fitch or Koscheck due to the wait time. Houston Alexander has my respect...but doesn't have the ground skills to compete at the highest levels. At age 35 he has a lot to learn if he is going to be able to compete seriously with well rounded killers like Thiago (a very bright prospect). This was a great example of how styles make for fights. Bisping and Rashad both showed effort...but they are B Level and shouldn't be main eventing a PPV. Neither really 'won' or 'lost'...both are still at the same tier.
Houston Alexander vs Thiago Silva
Frankie Edgar vs Spencer Fisher
Courtesy of Wrestling Observer
Akihiro Gono b Tamdan McCrory
Gono did his Pride ring entrance. In round two, he decked McCrory with a left and beat him with an armbar.
Marcus Aurelio b Luke Caudillo
A dominant performance by Aurelio, ending with punches from side mount and a ref stoppage late in round one.
Joe Lauzon b Jason Reinhadt
Lauzon, from the Ultimate Fighter reality show, won immediately with a takedown and maneuvering into a choke.
Thiago Alves b Chris Lytle
Alves cracked Lytle with a punch early which opened a deep cut. Still, Lytle came back to win the first round. The second round went back-and-forth but the cut got worse. After the end of the second round, the doctor checked the cut and recommended the match be stopped.
Spencer Fisher vs. Frank Edgar starts the PPV show
Edgar took Fisher down twice, and a third time Fisher slipped throwing a kick and Edgar got on top. Edgar spent most of the round on top in guard, but throwing a lot of punches, some elbows, totally Edgar's round. Very fast paced movement on the ground. Crowd super hot for Edgar. Easily 10-9 for Edgar.
Second round was more of the same. A couple of more takedowns and fast paced punching from the top. Fisher is bleeding from the left eye. This isn't going to be fight of the night or anything like that, as Edgar isn't letting Fisher to anything. 20-18 for Edgar.
Three more takedowns by Edgar. Fisher never got in the game and Edgar pounded him the entire round. He was throwing hard blows from the side mount as the round ended. Has to be 30-27 for Edgar.
Scores were 30-27, 30-27, 30-26
Right now the UFC fans have it 58-42% for Evans. I'm surprised it's that close.
Ed Herman vs. Joe Doerksen is next. Doerksen beat Herman via choke in 2004 in Portland so this is a rematch.
Herman dominated with wrestling. He caught Doerksen with a punch over the left eye that cut him standing. Herman was too strong and dominated the whole round for a 10-9 score.
Second round was Herman get the takedowns, but Doerksen went for a kneebar at one point and in the waning seconds, Doerksen got a triangle and an armbar and the time limit may have saved it. Doerksen has cuts on both eyes. I'd give it Doerksen for the near submissions so we're 19-19.
A sloppy exchange started round three and Herman connected on a left hook to the jaw that knocked Doerksen out.
Ryo Chonan vs. Karo Parisyan is next.
Parisyan threw a punch and followed with a takedown right away and that set the pace for the round. Parisyan had three takedowns and some ground and pound to win the round 10-9.
Parisyan had three more takedowns, two off kicks and controlled the round. These matches that looked good on paper tonight have ended up being one-sided takedowns and control matches. 20-18 for Parisyan.
Parisyan got a takedown and some elbows. At one point Chonan reversed on the ground but Parisyan quickly scrambled out. The last few minutes were standing but both were tired and no strong blows connected. Fans booed the last 30 seconds and there were "boring" chants. Should be 30-27 for Parisyan. Another fight that didn't live up to the promise.
30-27 across the board
Parisyan apologized to the fans saying it wasn't his best showing, saying he had some personal issues.
Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
Silva spoke the truth. Alexander was cautious from the start and Silva rocked him with a punch right away. Silva got on top and mounted him, and threw seven punches from the mount and Alexander went out. Crowd went quiet as they were stunned. They had a star there in Alexander as the people were hot for him.
Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans in the main event is next. Final fan voting was 55% for Evans.
Evans took him down three times in the first round and connected more standing as well. Bisping did escape from the bottom twice but didn't mount much offense. Bisping was very tired between rounds. Evans took the round 10-9.
Bisping scored more in the latter part of the round, but Evans had the harder punches. It was close but probably Bisping's round. Evans gassed out and Bisping even took him down with time running out.
Third round Evans scored several takedowns and Bisping never connected with a strong enough punch to hurt him. I've got it 29-28 for Evans. Crowd started to get behind Bisping late in the round. Very competitive. Really, neither man looked like a top contender.
Split decision for Evans 29-28, 28-29, 29-28
Bisping was pretty clever, thanking the fans who booed him for coming out and showing emotion. |
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Post by JamieOD on Nov 20, 2007 12:03:34 GMT -5
Had to reset after that show. Maybe with a refreshed balance I can get back into this.
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Post by DUCE on Nov 23, 2007 3:05:42 GMT -5
A decent card. Edgar did his Shawn Sherk routine...shutting down all offense for three rounds with takedowns and positional dominance...yet he himself wasn't able to even come close to finishing. From a main stream entertainment value standpoint there's no money in that. Herman and JD put on a nice showing with some slick transitions. Karo did enough to win. Chonan is a very tough opponent and this victory gives KP 8 wins off his last 9 fights. Hopefully he'll get a title shot after Hughes/Serra into GSP finally shakes out...although he'll probably have to fight a Fitch or Koscheck due to the wait time. Houston Alexander has my respect...but doesn't have the ground skills to compete at the highest levels. At age 35 he has a lot to learn if he is going to be able to compete seriously with well rounded killers like Thiago (a very bright prospect). This was a great example of how styles make for fights. Bisping and Rashad both showed effort...but they are B Level and shouldn't be main eventing a PPV. Neither really 'won' or 'lost'...both are still at the same tier. [ 100% agreement |
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Post by habbalah on Nov 23, 2007 18:05:48 GMT -5
I take issue with the Edgar remark. Sherk has had a great deal more experience more than Edgar.... and all he ever does is put on a boring as balls fight. Edgar's fight was one of the more exciting fights of the night (Not that that's saying anything).
Maybe I'm splitting hairs but Sherk is pound for pound probrably the single most dull fighter at W.W. The Dean Lister of W.W. Edgar would have to do a epic amount of crap matches before he ever came close to reaching that level.
After his war with Tyson G. that's just not fair to put his name any where near Sherks.
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Post by DUCE on Nov 24, 2007 0:49:36 GMT -5
If you can not see the technique or know its effectiveness. If you can not stop someone from forcing his/her will on you. You can not learn.
How can you dislike Japanese pro wrestlers turn to MMA fighting because they "are cans" but whine about fighters being "boring"?
What happens if I find a "exciting" Shawn Sherk fight?
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Post by LWPD on Nov 27, 2007 20:51:54 GMT -5
Look for a heavy hitter to be entering the league real soon...with a few more possibly on the way. Now is the time for guys who are slumping or are on the bubble to regroup and reload. A huge series of shows is coming up to close out a blockbuster year...step up, make the most of it and finish 2007 strong!
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Post by JamieOD on Nov 28, 2007 5:07:01 GMT -5
Doesn't K1 have that New Year's Eve show? That should be a great way to make or lose as much money as possible.
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Post by hofclemens on Nov 30, 2007 21:20:34 GMT -5
K1 does have an NYE show, and its rumored they are trying to bring in Evander Hollyfield. yowzers!
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Post by LWPD on Dec 4, 2007 20:34:27 GMT -5
Matt Hughes Trains For UFC 79Part 1Part 2
LWPD (can the legend defeat GSP?...+205)
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Post by LWPD on Dec 8, 2007 12:22:13 GMT -5
As a reminder...all lines are now up for tonight's UFN 12. Good luck and enjoy the show!
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Post by LWPD on Dec 9, 2007 9:23:24 GMT -5
Fun show last night. Congrats to Mac Danzig for winning the contract. He had more experience than anyone else on the show and made his opportunity count.
Great comeback by Roger Huerta. Guida is a legit fighter...RH's toughest competition yet...and Huerta made a spectacular third round rally. While the blatant marketing approach turns me off RH deserves respect.
With the exception of Saunders/Barrera there were no other decisions on the undercard. KO's or submissions all around. Arroyo and George looked slick. Hightower throws much harder than I expected before being KTFO. War Machine has a quirky charisma and likability that may make him a B Level favorite for these types of shows. Kopenhaver/Rollins was a Zuffa Dream for the casuals.
One of the best free shows UFC has ever put on.
Courtesy of MMA Junkie.com
Saturday’s live finale of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra” featured two marquee matches. One lived up to all the hype; the other was over far too soon.Tonight’s event, which was broadcast live on Spike TV, took place at The Palms Las Vegas.
The show was supposed to feature cast members from the sixth of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series — 17 fighters in all — but earning top billing was a lightweight battle between 155-pound contenders Roger Huerta (20-1-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Clay Guida (22-9 MMA, 2-3 UFC).
Anyone familiar with the well-rounded fighters expected nothing short of fireworks. Huerta and Guida delivered — and then some.
It was a back-and-forth battle throughout the first two rounds. Huerta got the better of the stand-up, and Guida did more damage on the ground. After a close first round, Guida got the advantage in the second. After faking a shot at a takedown. Huerta dropped to his knees. Guida pulled up short and then tagged Huerta with a right hook that temporarily rocked him. However, Huerta hung on and survived the second round.
Possibly down two rounds, Huerta wasted little time in the third. A couple well-placed knees caught Guida flush, and as he hit the canvas, Huerta took his back and locked in the fight-ending rear-naked choke 51 seconds into the round.
It was another comeback victory for the resilient Huerta — and another heart-breaking loss for Guida.
As for the night’s co-main event, a winner from “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra” was quickly determined.
It was all set up by a takedown that was relied more on brute than finesse. Surprisingly, though, it was Mac Danzig (17-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) — not the bigger Tommy Speer (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) — who got it.
Danzig quickly transitioned into full mount once he scored the takedown and rained down a barrage of punches that had Speer looking for an escape. But once he tried to roll free, Danzig took his back, locked in a body triangle, flattened his opponent, and sank in the rear-naked choke.
Speer then did the unthinkable: he tapped. After showing a never-die attitude on the UFC’s sixth installment of the reality series, Speer knew he was beat and tapped out for the first time in his career. It came at 2:01 of the first round.
With the victory, Danzig is the welterweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but in a post-fight interview, he confirmed he’ll be moving down to 155 pounds for subsequent fights.
In a true fight-of-the-year candidate, John Koppenhaver (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) rebounded from the brink of defeat to pull a stunning TKO victory over Jared Rollins (6-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC).
The fighters traded a series of elbow strikes late in the first round that left both a bloody mess. The back-and-forth battle would continue through the first two rounds and halfway into the third.
In the final frame, Koppenhaver was on the proverbial ropes when Rollins struck him with a knee flush to the face and then a right hook that caused him to collapse to the mat. Just when Rollins looked as though he might force a stoppage, Koppenhaver reversed the position, worked from full mount, and rained down a series of unanswered blows that finally forced the referee to step in.
Officially, Koppenhaver got the TKO at 2:01 of the third round in perhaps the night’s most entertaining undercard fight.
After suffering his first-ever knockout at the hands of Tommy Speer in the show’s semifinals, George Sotiropoulous (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was pitted against an overmatched Billy Miles (2-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in the show’s live finale.
Miles bum-rushed his opponent to start the fight, but Sotiropoulous jockeyed for position and took Miles’ back once they hit the mat. After unloading a series of unanswered blows, Sotiropoulous locked in a body triangle, flattened out his opponent, and secured the fight-ending choke.
Officially, it was a submission victory via rear-naked choke — at 1:36 of the first round — for Sotiropoulous.
In the night’s first televised bout, Ben Saunders (5-0-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) took Dan Barrera (1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) the distance for the eventual unanimous-decision victory.
Barrera scored a number of takedowns, but Saunders proved more effective on the ground, scoring some solid body punches and a few near-successful submission attempts. While standing Saunders was equally successful, landing some key body and head kicks.
In the end, the judges had it 30-27, 29-28, 30-27 for Saunders.
PRELIMINARY FIGHTS
* As expected, a fight between Troy Mandaloniz (3-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Richie Hightower (7-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) turned into a slugfest. Thanks to his late-round right hook and a barrage of hammerfists, Mandaloniz earned the TKO victory at 4:20 of the first round.
* He had to pull out the show’s semifinals because of a rib injury, but Matt Arroyo (3-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) bounced back with a pivotal win over John Kolosci (8-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Arroyo tried submission after submission and finally used an arm bar to force a tap-out at 4:42 of the first round.
* Roman Mitichyan (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) lasted less than one episode on “The Ultimate Fighter” because of a pre-existing elbow injury, but he made a statement with a quick, 23-second submission victory via ankle lock over Dorian Price (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC).
* In the night’s opening bout, MMA veteran Jonathan Goulet (21-9 MMA, 3-3 UFC) shook off a left hook from Paul Georgieff (5-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) to score a submission victory via rear-naked choke at 4:42 of the first round.
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