WEC 51: Leonard Garcia vs. Mark Hominick Video

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September 30, 2010

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WEC 51: Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan Video

September 30, 2010

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WEC 51: Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan Prediction

September 30, 2010

145 lbs.: Jose Aldo vs. Manvel Gamburyan

Odds: (-600 Aldo / +400 Gamburyan )

In the main event of the evening, the two top-ranked Featherweights in the world will go at it with the WEC title on the line. The champion, dynamic striker Jose Aldo, has looked completely unstoppable since his WEC debut, destroying everyone he has faced with relative ease. The challenger, Manny “Pitbull” Gamburyan, has also looked like a machine since leaving the UFC and dropping down to 145 pounds. Aldo is clearly the more dangerous striker of the two, but Gamburyan is hardly lost in the standup game and has a very dangerous ground attack as well, so this is a compelling bout that will crown an undisputed Featherweight king.

The champion, Jose Aldo, is currently riding a 10 fight win streak and has not lost a fight since 2005. Since debuting under the WEC banner, Aldo has made continual steps up in competition and has not only won all his fights, he has never really been in trouble for a single second. In his last two appearances, he destroyed two former champions in Urijah Faber and Mike Thomas Brown without really breaking a sweat at all. While he does have a serviceable ground game, there is no doubt that Aldo’s best work comes in the standup, where he is extremely dynamic and explosive. He has great boxing with a lot of power, brutal leg kicks as he showed in the fight against Faber, and can explode with flying knees and other unorthodox but effective strikes. If he can keep the fight standing, there is likely no one in the Featherweight division who has a chance of stealing his title.

The challenger, Gamburyan, made it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter at 155 pounds, where he was eliminated due to a freak injury against Nathan Diaz. His results as a Lightweight in the UFC were uninspiring, but dropping to his more natural weight of 145 has reinvigorated his career and he looks extremely formidable now. A tenacious and aggressive fighter, Gamburyan has powerful punching, solid takedowns, especially from the clinch, and a dangerous ground game with solid top control, ground and pound, and submissions. While it is not impossible that he catches Aldo with a hard shot on the feet and wins the fight, chances are he will be outclassed in the striking exchanges, so his best bet is going to be to try and force the clinch and put Aldo on his back, somewhere he has not spent very much time.

It is almost impossible to pick against Aldo. He is too fast, too explosive, and too athletic to reasonably expect anyone to beat him. Gamburyan is not known for his world-class striking prowess, and Aldo will probably exploit that early and often en route to an eventual TKO victory. That said, Gamburyan is a ridiculously large underdog considering his skillset and the fact that he is capable of giving Aldo looks that none of his previous opponents have been able to bring to the table. At +400 or more, Gamburyan is a very attractive underdog pick from a betting standpoint.

Prediction: Jose Aldo via third round T/KO.

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WEC 51: Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan Predictions

September 29, 2010

Here are my quick picks for WEC 51 along with the Main and Co-Main event write ups.

WEC 51 Betting Odds

Jose Aldo over Manny Gamburyan via third round T/KO.

Aldo vs. Gamburyan Prediction Page.

Donald Cerrone over Jamie Varner via unanimous decision.

Varner vs. Cerrone Prediction Page.

Miguel Torres over Charlie Valencia via second round KO.

Chan Sung Jung over George Roop via unanimous decision.

Leonard Garcia over Mark Hominick via unanimous decision.

Mike Brown over Cole Province first round T/KO.

Chris Horodecki over Ed Ratcliff via unanimous decision.

Diego Nunes over Tyler Toner via unanimous decision.

Antonio Banuelos over Chad George via second round submission.

Demetrious Johnson over Nick Pace via first round T/KO.

Tiequan Zhang over Pablo Garza via unanimous decision.

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Strikeforce San Jose: Nick Diaz vs. KJ Noons 2 Promo Part 1

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UFC 121: Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez Odds

September 28, 2010

Current UFC 121 Odds. Live on Saturday, October 23, 2010 The Honda Center in Anaheim, California will host UFC 121. The Highly anticipated Heavyweight show down is near. UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (5-1) takes on undefeated number one contender Cain Velasquez (8-0). Brock Lesnar has successfully defended his belt twice and will look to add one more. In his last outing he nearly escaped a first round beat down by the hands of Shane Carwin. In round two a gassed out Carwin had nothing and Brock easily scored a take down and slipped in a choke. Cain won knockout of the night honors in his last bout over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110. Both fighters have an excellent wrestling base with great cardio. Cain has the better boxing but gives up size and strength. I guess we will find out soon if Velasquez has any tricks up his sleeve Brock hasn’t seen thus far. Either way this should make for a very exciting Heavyweight show down.

Updated Odds on 10.23 at 2:53 p.m. E.T.

Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez