UFC 100 Betting - Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir

UFC 100
Date: Jul 11, 2009
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Broadcast: Pay per view

The night will get even better with, heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim champion Frank Mir will meet in a title unification rematch and “The Ultimate Fighter 9” coaches Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping will clash in a middleweight matchup in the third billing on the UFC 100 fight card.

Bisping was an early selection to coach Team U.K. on the show, which is the first season to use a country-vs.-country format. Henderson won the Team U.S. slot by beating Rich Franklin in January.

Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves

St. Pierre (18-2) defeated UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn in their Jan. 31 rematch at UFC 94, stopping the vaunted Hawaiian between the fourth and fifth rounds.

Thiago Alves (16-3), who is coming off wins against Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck. Alves has been an absolute monster of late, finishing top-ranked opponents Matt Hughes and Karo Parisyan, as well as
outpointing Josh Koscheck on all three judges scorecards, in his three most recent performances.

He has been on a two-year tear, with five of his last seven wins ending by way of (technical) knockout. Alves, in fact, has not lost since 2006, which was against another top fighter in the division, Jon Fitch.

Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Frank Mir

Mir, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, stopped former Pride champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira with strikes in the second round at UFC 92 in December to earn the interim gold. Mir submitted Lesnar with a kneebar in 90 seconds during their first encounter at UFC 81 in February 2008.

Brock Lesnar (3-1) toppled former champion Randy Couture with a second-round technical knockout at UFC 91 last November to seize the title in only his fourth career bout.

Heavyweights Lesnar and Mir were originally scheduled to face off at UFC 98 on May 23 in Las Vegas, but Mir withdrew from the bout to recover from knee surgery.

Despite lacking anything resembling a good jiu-jitsu game, Lesnar is still a -275 to +190 favorite over Mir, who is one of the best submission fighters in the UFC regardless of division.

Casual fans betting on Lesnar no doubt have had an impact on the line, but there is also a school of thought that Lesnar will be much more prepared to at least avoid being submitted by Mir on the ground this time around if the fight goes there, unlike their first meeting when Mir slapped a leg lock on Lesnar after being knocked around early in the fight.

Early UFC 100 Betting Odds

Brock Lesnar -275 (Heavy Favorite / Likely Winner)
Frank Mir +190

Thiago Alves +200
Georges St. Pierre -300 (Heavy Favorite / Likely Winner)

Dan Henderson -300 (Heavy Favorite / Likely Winner)
Michael Bisping +200

Jon Jones -500 (Heavy Favorite / Likely Winner)
Jake O'Brien +300

Rap-rock and nu-metal band Limp Bizkit will add a little more history to the UFC 100 extravaganza when the multi-platinum-selling group makes its first North American concert in eight years as a part of the UFC 100 weekend.

UFC 100 Pay-Per-View Bouts:

* Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (UFC Heavyweight Title)
* Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (UFC Welterweight Title)
* Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
* Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

Preliminary Bouts:

* Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar
* Dong Hyun Kim vs. Jonathan Goulet
* Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
* Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
* CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
* Shannon Gugerty vs. Matt Grice

UFC 101 Betting - BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian

UFC 101 Declaration - B.J. Pemm vs. Kenny Florian
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Venue: Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Penn

The Wachovia Center will host UFC 100, which is home to the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, can accommodate more than 22,000 spectators. A light-heavyweight bout between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former 205-pound title-holder Forrest Griffin,

will share co-main-event honors with a UFC lightweight championship bout between title-holder B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian.

UFC 101 - Live on PPV at 10:00 p.m. E.T

* B.J. Penn (13-5-1) vs. Kenny Florian (13-3) (Main Event)
* Anderson Silva (24-4) vs. Forrest Griffin (16-5)
* Amir Sadollah (2-0) vs. Johny Hendricks (5-0)
* Kendall Grove (12-5) vs. Ricardo Almeida (10-3)
* Josh Neer (25-7-1) vs. Kurt Pelligrino (19-4)

Preliminary Card

* Shane Nelson (13-3) vs. Aaron Riley (27-11-1)
* Tamdan McCrory (12-2) vs. John Howard (11-4)
* Thales Leites (14-2) vs. Alessio Sakara (17-7-1)
* Matt Riddle (2-0) vs. Dan Cramer (1-0)
* George Sotiropoulos (9-2) vs. Rob Emerson (10-7-1)
* Jesse Lennox (14-1) vs. Danillo Villefort (9-2)

Lines on UFC 102 Odds have not been posted yet, but you can get UFC 101 odds and UFC 100 odds now at GamblersPalace.com

Understanding UFC Betting Odds:

UFC betting odds on the UFC Ultimate Fight Night in Las Vegas. If a newcomer to the betting world took a look at these numbers, he or she may be a bit confused. However, it really isn't all that complicated.

To help explain how the odds for betting on UFC or other MMA events work, I will provide an example of odds from one of the most watched UFC main events of all time, the rematch of Georges St Pierre vs BJ Penn.

Picking the outright winner:
Georges St Pierre to win -265
BJ Penn to win +175

Should a bettor pick Georges St Pierre to win, St Pierre would have to win by any means, and the bettor would receive $100 for every $265 bet. If the better had chosen BJ Penn to win, Penn would have to win by any means and the better would receive $175 for every $100 bet.

Pick each fighter individually to win by knockout:
Georges St Pierre by KO or stoppage +210
BJ Penn by KO or stoppage +270

Should a bettor pick Georges St Pierre to win by knockout or ref stoppage, he or she would win $210 for every $100 bet. Choosing Penn by knockout or ref stoppage would pay $270 for every $100 bet.

Pick each fighter to win by submission:
Georges St Pierre by Submission +285
BJ Penn by Submission +315

Picking a winner by submission is similar to picking a fighter by knockout. Should a bettor pick Georges St Pierre to win by submission, the bettor would receive $285 for every $100 bet. Picking BJ Penn by submission would pay $315 for every $100 bet.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a test of pure gladiator fighting skills. The fight occurs inside an octagon that is 32 feet across. The fighters are contained by a 5 foot link fence. Most participants have martial arts training in some discipline, however, this is by no means a requirement. It has a no holds barred philosophy although some rules have been added recently.

Although there can be a lot of blood, fights usually end with joint locks or choke holds and it is generally the more skilled opponent that wins. Size is an advantage, but skill in ending the fights with a finishing move (choke out, joint locks, etc.) are the best.