UFC 134 Rio de Janeiro Aug 27th

[Vandelay]

I got a 25 to win 800 parlay that needs: not okami itd, not griffin itd, schaub-nog doesnt go the distance and jones-rampage doesnt go the distance. i think the schaub fight either ends in a schaub tko or nog sub. or at least i hope it ends that way.

[SPX]

Anyone else thinks Fisher beats Tavares?

[poopoo333]

Not really

[SPX]

Yeah, that makes sense. I agree with your solid analysis.

[sideloaded]

Matchbox car?

yep

[edman5555]

I was thinking of making a big bet on Tavares. I think he will make it a in your face grappling match and wear Fischer out. He'll probably look to clinch and put him up against the fence, go for submissions. I think he is bigger and stronger as well. He also puts up a really really high pace. He is younger. Fischer will win if it is a kickboxing match but I can't imagine Tavares is going to let that happen. Fischer got tired striking with Pearson, though he did come out really hard in the first round.

[MMA_scientist]

Agree that Tavares will beat Fisher. He has pretty solid takedowns and I think he will win a top control special.

[edman5555]

I wonder what the line will be though. I think Tavares will prob open the fav.

[MMA_scientist]

My guess is -180

[SPX]

If Tavares is -180 then I will definitely be betting Fisher.

[Svino]

Should Pearson really be +240 to Barboza? I'm thinking I should be a little more impressed with his win over Siver than I used to be, given how Siver has looked since then.

As for Barboza, I'm not sure he deserved that win over Njokuani.

[edman5555]

Yeah I am on the same page as you. I could see Pearson winning. Supposedly Barboza was injured for the Njokuani fight. Ross is a bit more experienced in MMA but Barboza has a lot of MT exp. It is hard to say who has the exp advantage. Pearson turned pro in 2004 but didnt have his second pro fight until september of 2007. He has had 16 pro fights. That is a little under 4 years of experience in MMA. Barboza started in April 2009, this is about 2 years 3 months, about half the mma exp. Pearson does have a lot more exp fighting against good MMA fighters though.

This article talks about how Barbozas leg and hand were injured before his fight with Anthony. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Man...-UFC-128-30974

Pearson barely beat Fischer, his fight with Winner was close and so was his fight with Siver. Barboza will probably kill him. I don't think Barboza will be easy to push around the cage. He is physically very strong and his knees should make that difficult..

[edman5555]

Barbozas line is just getting worse and worse though.

[edman5555]

Should Pearson really be +240 to Barboza? I'm thinking I should be a little more impressed with his win over Siver than I used to be, given how Siver has looked since then.

As for Barboza, I'm not sure he deserved that win over Njokuani.

I think Pearson spent a lot of that fight pushing Siver up against the cage. I don't know how good Pearsons actual takedowns are though, or how good Barbozas takedown D is. One thing I can say about the difference between those two fights is this. Siver is a kickboxer who doesn't use knees a lot, he excels more at range. Barboza will knee the fuck out of Pearson if he tries to perform a clinch fest.

[Svino]

This article talks about how Barbozas leg and hand were injured before his fight with Anthony. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Man...-UFC-128-30974

Ah, OK. That is interesting.