Bellator 33

[SPX]

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In case ya'll missed this. . .

[ctm0808]

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“I’m going in there to finish him,” Huerta said. “I’m not going in there to play patty cake or to fight a technical fight. I’m coming in to fight. … I’m telling you this right now: I’m not holding anything back. From the moment they say go, we touch gloves -- it’s going to be on.”

“I feel like if Eddie wins, he ends up killing my career,” Huerta said. “I can’t take another loss. This is really personal for me. This is my life.”

I'm hoping Huerta gets this win. Very tough fight though, I'm not sure if the +200 is enough for a bet on him.

[edman5555]

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I think Alvarez and Askren will win.

[poopoo333]

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http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play ... hields-ask

^^Askren and Shields training together

[MMA_scientist]

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After another brutal week I am betting Askren and Hawn here. If I can't get anything going, I am mailing it in for a while. I am losing too much money. I have given back almost all of my 2010 gains. I only bet to win, if I am not winning, I quit. I am going to go back to playing notional bets for a while until I get my steam back.

So
4u on Askren @ -255

4u on Hawn/Askren to win 3.3

[MMA_scientist]

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video of Askren and Shields training. I don't think I have been giving Shields enough credit, his technique is tight, and he handles Akren's superior wrestling really well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r3FKntr ... r_embedded

[poopoo333]

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video of Askren and Shields training. I don't think I have been giving Shields enough credit, his technique is tight, and he handles Akren's superior wrestling really well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r3FKntr ... r_embedded

Copycat.


Askren better win on thursdsay.

[MMA_scientist]

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lol. I didn't even see you posted it.

Askren will win. He has a superior ground game and the means to get the fight to his realm. At this point, Askren has fought and beaten way better competition than Good as well. The only issue is whether Good will be able to catch Askren coming in or stand up repeatedly. I doubt it. This is the type of fight in need to bet and only this type of fight.

[SPX]

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After another brutal week I am betting Askren and Hawn here. If I can't get anything going, I am mailing it in for a while. I am losing too much money. I have given back almost all of my 2010 gains. I only bet to win, if I am not winning, I quit. I am going to go back to playing notional bets for a while until I get my steam back.

Notional bets?

[MMA_scientist]

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After another brutal week I am betting Askren and Hawn here. If I can't get anything going, I am mailing it in for a while. I am losing too much money. I have given back almost all of my 2010 gains. I only bet to win, if I am not winning, I quit. I am going to go back to playing notional bets for a while until I get my steam back.

Notional bets?

Pretend bets.

I don't really need to do it, I just need to stop betting like a fucking asshole and get back to my game. Even the Kongo and Hathaway bets this weekend, they don't fit my criteria. Pyle surprised the shit out of me, but I can excuse that one because it was part of a parlay.

[SPX]

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We should've won the Kongo bet, but whatever.

The Hathaway fight was a perfect example of why MMA is so hard to cap. I really thought Hathaway would run right through Pyle and if his line had been just a little better I would've taken him. It's crazy that he ended up getting to like -600 at some books.

[MMA_scientist]

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We should've won the Kongo bet, but whatever.

The Hathaway fight was a perfect example of why MMA is so hard to cap. I really thought Hathaway would run right through Pyle and if his line had been just a little better I would've taken him. It's crazy that he ended up getting to like -600 at some books.

I would not have bet him straight up, but I had him as part of my locks parlay. I just didn't see any way that Pyle was going to get him down and keep it there. Pyle came out with improved takedowns and just shut him down. He was doing better than I imagined he would in the stand up exchanges too.

I really think we are starting to see another shift in mma. At first we had bjj. Then wrestlers came in and figured out how to stop the triangle. Then strikers figured out how to stop the takedowns. We have been in the "wrestlers that can strike" phase for a while... now I think we are seeing non "wrestlers" round out thier games a little bit with takedowns and standing up. If everybody can do a little of everything, it is going to make it hard as hell to cap.

[SPX]

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I really think we are starting to see another shift in mma. At first we had bjj. Then wrestlers came in and figured out how to stop the triangle. Then strikers figured out how to stop the takedowns. We have been in the "wrestlers that can strike" phase for a while... now I think we are seeing non "wrestlers" round out thier games a little bit with takedowns and standing up. If everybody can do a little of everything, it is going to make it hard as hell to cap.

Yeah, I think you're right. If nothing else we're definitely seeing a general move toward well-roundedness among more fighters.

I wonder if the time will come when EVERYONE is well-rounded or if there will always be guys who are REALLY good at one particular skills while lacking in others (wrestlers and BJJ guys who can't strike, strikers who have no ground game, etc.).

[MMA_scientist]

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I think there will always be guys that are dominant in one area, and those guys will continue to be the best fighters, IMO. Being a great striker requires a different athletic skill set than being a great wrestler. But it is the in-between skills that are getting better. But the best guys are still the guys that can force their games on the other guy.

[MMA_scientist]

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Rick Hawn is a beast. He was scheduled to fight Braulio Estima on the Shine card that got cancelled in Florida this summer. He is an olympic judoka that has massive KO power in his hands. His line has dropped a lot, as I think people finally got around to looking at who who is and who he is fighting. I bet him at the early line, but I wish I would not have done that dumbass parlay.