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UFC 86 Fight Odds at Mandalay Bay Vegas

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin

Date: Jul 05, 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nev. Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center Broadcast: Pay Per View Current light heavyweight champion of the UFC, none other than Rampage Jackson, will be putting his belt on the line at UFC 86. He is now officially scheduled to take on Forrest Griffin on July 5th, 2008.

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UFC 86 betting Odds & Information

Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will take on Justin McCully at UFC 86 on July 5 in Las Vegas. Frank Mir (11-3-0) last stepped into the cage at 81 defeating Brock Lesnar by submission in the first round.

Mir is riding high after a come-from-behind victory over Brock Lesnar in February. McCully, meanwhile, will return from injuries and fight in the octagon for the first time since his successful UFC debut nearly a year ago.

Mir, a former UFC heavyweight champion, earned co-main-event status during his UFC 81 fight with former NCAA Division I wrestling champion and WWE performer Lesnar. On the verge of suffering a TKO early in the fight, Mir got a break when Lesnar was deducted a point for blows to the back of the head. Lesnar continued to deliver brutal strikes, but Mir survived to slap on a fight-ending kneebar just 90 seconds into the fight.

Mir, who suffered a devastating motorcycle accident in 2004, picked up his second straight victory and his third win in his past four fights.

McCully (8-3-2) has not fought since April of last year, due to an injury that forced him off a scheduled bout at UFC 77. McCully's last win came at UFC Fight Night 9 where he defeated Antoni Hardonk by unanimous decision.

With his victory over Antoni Hardonk a year ago, McCully, a member of Tito Ortiz's Team Punishment, is now 3-0 since returning to MMA after a three-year break from the sport. He has a four-fight win streak and has won five of his past six fights overall.

Joe "Daddy" Stevenson will take on Gleison Tibau at UFC 86, July 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stevenson is coming off a hard fought loss for the UFC lightweight title to the "Prodigy" BJ Penn at UFC 80.

Joe Stevenson (28-8) will look to get back in the 155-pound title hunt when he takes on Gleison Tibau (15-5) at UFC 86 on July 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Joe Stevenson is coming off a very rough submission loss to arguably the top mixed martial artist in the game, that being BJ Penn. Tibau is coming off a loss as well but to top lightweight Tyson Griffin at UFC 81. It will be interesting to see how both react to tough losses.

UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard (21-7-2 MMA, 4-3 UFC), who briefly left the organization after back-to-back first-round submission losses, will return to the UFC to fight Dennis Siver (11-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at UFC 86.

Melvin Guillard earned a unanimous-decision victory over Eric Regan (9-9) in a Rage in the Cage event last month and now set to return to the UFC against Siver.

Dennis Siver is the 29-year-old fighter had been booked to take on Guillard. The German made his octagon debut at UFC 70 and suffered an 81-second submission loss to Jess Liaudin.

Siver bounced back for a second-round knockout of Naoyuki Kotani at UFC 75 before a unanimous-decision loss to Gray Maynard earlier this year at UFC Fight Night 12.

UFC 86 Main Card
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio
Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau

Preliminary Card
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Justin Buchholz vs. Corey Hill
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson

UFC 86 Results