April 13th, 2007, 12:27 PM
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UFC 70 Nations Collide
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April 16th, 2007, 03:37 AM
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I really want to see the Cro Cup fight, Isn't this free and live on spike?
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April 18th, 2007, 11:52 AM
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My predictions for the main card:
Heavyweight Fight Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Gabriel Gonzaga I think it is already a foregone conclusion that Cro Cop will win. Gonzaga has some decent BTT skills but Cro Cop isn't all that bad on the ground himself. Cro Cop by KO late first; early second round. Light Heavyweight Fight Michael Bisping vs. Elvis Sinosic Another match that shouldn't be all that competitive. Sinosic was thrown to Bisping in front of Bisping’s home crowd to make him look good. Sinosic probably shouldn't be fighting anymore. Bisping by TKO first round. Heavyweight Fight Andrei Arlovski vs. Fabricio Werdum This is probably the most competitive fight of the night and a fight that could go either way. If the fight stays standing it is an advantage to Arlovski; if the fight goes to the ground the advantage is with Werdum. Werdum has already gone the distance with Big Nog. I'll say Werbum by submission in the third round. Light Heavyweight Fight David Heath vs. Lyoto Machida Too bad we couldn't have seen the Machida-Griffin fight that would have been a battle. Machida resume is a lot more impressive than Heath’s with wins over BJ Penn; Rich Franklin; Stephan Bonner; and Sam Hoger. Heath has wins over Victor Valimaki and Sean Salmon. I'll go with Lyoto Machida by decision. Heavyweight Fight Assuerio Silva vs. Cheick Kongo Assuerio Silva has faced a lot stronger opponents in his career than Kongo. Some of his loses came to Tim Sylvia; Brandon Vera; and Aleksander Emelianenko. Kongo is coming off a tough loss to Carmelo Marrero at UFC 64. I'll go with Silva by KO in the second round. |
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April 19th, 2007, 05:08 PM
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Here are the current odds:
UFC 70 Odds BOF Betus Sportsbetting Bodog Mirko Cro Cop -525 -500 -600 -500 Gabriel Gonzaga +425 +350 +400 +350 Michael Bisping -525 -600 -500 -525 Elvis Sinosic +425 +450 +350 +375 Andrei Arlovski -120 -115 -115 -120 Fabricio Werdum -110 -115 -115 -110 Matt Grice +105 -105 +110 +110 Terry Etim -135 -125 -140 -140 David Heath +190 +250 +275 +325 Ryoto Machida -240 -350 -350 -450 Junior Assuncao -170 -200 -200 David Lee +140 +160 +160 Victor Valimaki +150 +140 +150 +150 Alessio Sakara -180 -170 -180 -180 Dennis Siver -135 -140 -160 -160 Jess Liaudin +105 +110 +130 +130 Cheick Kongo +215 +190 +215 +210 Assuerio Silva -265 -240 -275 -270 Edilberto Crocota -240 -200 -200 Paul Taylor +190 +160 Link |
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April 21st, 2007, 08:00 AM
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UFC 70 weigh-in results for ‘Nations Collide’ Main Card Gabriel Gonzaga (243) vs Mirko Cro Cop (225) Lyoto Machida (199) vs David Heath (205) Elvis Sinosic (205) v Michael Bisping (204) Fabricio Werdum (233) vs Andrei Arlovski (238) Assuerio Silva (241) vs Cheick Kongo (229) Prelims Matt Grice (155) vs Terry Etim (154) Junior Assuncao (155) vs David Lee (155) Victor Valimaki (203) vs Alessio Sakara (204) Dennis Siver (167) v Jess Liaudin (168) Edilberto Crocota (169) vs Paul Taylor (169) Link |
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April 26th, 2007, 07:50 PM
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Arlovski v Werdum was an awful match. It should have been declared a tie just because that isn't the level of competition that UFC should be promoting.
Though Arlovski dominated the first round the other two were just flat boring. The rare times that I watch MMA of any kind I want to see fights, not dances. When I want to watch dance I will watch Dancing with Stars. I first watched MMA back with UFC 1 and stopped watching when Gracie didn't return to defend. I tend to enjoy good fights with some back story or intriguing stylistic matchups. This had neither.
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