UFC 134 Rio de Janeiro Aug 27th

[Vandelay]

Let's see, fighting at home: check, Coming off a loss: check, forrest wrestling: awful. I think griffin can win, but it's a slim chance that basically hinges upon the fact that shogun gasses or gets injured during the fight. Ill throw enough to win 100 for sure, possibly 200

[Thewisemann]

I'll be on Griffin Dec

[SPX]

You should cum on his face while you're at it.

[poopoo333]

Vandelay, how much you betting on Shogun?

[SPX]

I'll say that while I do favor Shogun, I would not be surprised to see Forrest run away with it.

[Vandelay]

I already have 4u on Forrest Griffin

[SPX]

I just feel like Miller is one of those guys who does well against mid-level competition but can't handle anything above that. Neither guy has any big wins, but I think that Palhares at least has the potential to be something approaching a contender. Miller never will be, though.

[poopoo333]

I'm with you on most of that, but I really doubt that Miller wins. I'd probably take Paul Harris up to -200.

In my opinion, if Dan Miller makes it a competitive fight in round 1, he will take over in rounds 2 and 3.

[SPX]

I'm with you on most of that, but I really doubt that Miller wins. I'd probably take Paul Harris up to -200.

[poopoo333]

Ok so I am trying to get a head start on all the UFC cards for now on...here is what I have so far

I already have 4u on Forrest Griffin. Schaub/Big Nog has too many ?s, but Schaub will probably unfortunately blast Nog. I might bet Okami if he hits +400.

For fights without lines, I plan on taking Barboza up to -225, Cane up to -300, and Dan Miller @+125 or better.

Does anybody have any thoughts on any of the other fights that I didn't mention? Or thoughts on the fights I did mention?

[poopoo333]

“We were almost gonna pull Edson from that fight, because he had really injured his hand about three and a half weeks ago during a training incident,” Joe Mullings, Barboza’s manager and owner of Jupiter, Fla., gym The Armory, told Sherdog.com on Sunday. “He hit an overhand right and caught the top of somebody’s head, and it really bruised the top of the hand bad.”

However, Mullings asserted that the damaged paw was a secondary concern to a serious leg injury Barboza sustained while preparing for his sophomore Octagon outing.

“About six weeks ago, he blew out his right leg in a training situation,” said Mullings. “We were training and he kicked one of his training partners who had shin pads on. The guy grabbed his leg, ‘Junior’ went to turn out of it and his knee stayed in place, and the shin rotated. He dropped to the ground like a ton of bricks and he’s been in rehab literally six days a week since then. He had not thrown a kick in six weeks.”

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[poopoo333]

Barboza will be the favorite. Not sure how much of a favorite though. Probably open at -200ish or worse.


Also, anybody have thoughts on Luiz Cane/Stanislav Nedkov? I really think Cane is going to beat him, probably pretty easily. I would take him up to -300

[Vandelay]

Barboza injured his knee prior to the njoukuani fight.

[SPX]

I think Barboza will win.

This is one of those weird fights where the line is hard to determine. I don't even know who will be the underdog.

[poopoo333]

Anybody really like Barboza over Pearson? I kind of do. Barboza was getting out worked in round 2 and 3 against Njokuani, but Njokuani has more length and a diverse striking game compared to Pearson imo. I think Barboza's striking will probably be on another level than Pearson's, and I think he will be able to avoid any danger in the grappling department. Barboza apparently had a broken hand or something of that sort a few weeks before the Njokuani fight so he couldn't fight at 100%. Also, Barboza is training with some really good guys to work with him with his grappling.

"I'm training striking with coach Ouali and my partners Luis Cane and Marlon Moraes," he said. "I've been training jiu-jitsu and grappling with big names like Eduardo Guedes, Rafael Chaves, Pablo Popovitch, Roberto Cyborg {Abreu) and Vagner "Ceara" Rocha, and also I'm training wrestling at Imperial Gym. I'm doing my strength and conditioning with Joe Mullings. So I'm working all of MMA points for that fight because I want to be able to work standing up and on the ground in this fight."