Archive for August, 2008
Bodog Posts Their UFC 88 Lines
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Bodoglife.com posted their lines for the majority of the UFC 88 fights yesterday. Let’s take a look!
Fighter
Bodoglife Odds
Betus Odds
Nate Marquardt
-145
-140
Martin Kampmann
+115
EVEN
In my previous post I said I liked Kampmann at even odds, so I would definitely take him at the +115 Bodog is offering.
Fighter
Bodoglife Odds
Betus Odds
Karo Parisyan
-260
-280
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
+175
+210
I [...]
How to Bet on Mixed Martial Arts
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Deciding if a mixed martial arts fight is a good bet or not isn’t rocket science, but it does require some thought and math. The first step to deciding if a bet is good requires analyzing the fight and deciding who you think is the favorite, and what chance they have of winning. For example [...]
UFC 88 Early Thoughts
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008UFC 88 is just under three weeks away, and lines for five of the fights are available. Unless otherwise stated these lines come from betus.com. When Bodog gets around to putting up their lines I’ll do a comparison post.
Middleweights:
Martin Kampmann (EVEN)
Name (Odds)
Nate Marquardt (-140)
13-1-0 (4-0 in UFC)
Record
26-8-2 (5-2 in UFC)
Denmark
Country
United States [...]
Bow-Tie Reviews: UFC 43: Meltdown
Monday, August 18th, 2008Welcome to Volume 2 of The Bow-Tie Aficionado Reviews DVDs of Events That Happened Years Ago. Today I am going to look at UFC 43: Meltdown. UFC 43 took place on June 6, 2003 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Grades:
Pedro Rizzo vs. Tra Telligman B
Matt Lindland vs. Falaniko Vitale [...]
Bow Tie Betting has a New Family Member!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Check out the new member of the Bowtiebetting family: football.bowtiebetting.com. Every week my brother will use this site to make his football predictions.
Brock Lesnar: Heel or Asshole?
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Here’s an interesting question: Is Brock Lesnar playing the WWF style heel role, or is he as big of a prick as he lets on? For those who don’t know professional wrestling insider vernacular (shame on you!) a heel is professional wrestler who acts like a villain to incite the crowd. So is this what [...]
UFC 87 Recap and Thoughts
Monday, August 11th, 2008My picks in BOLD
Ben Saunders (-260) vs. Ryan Thomas (+200)
Ben Saunders won by armbar in the second round. This was an undercard fight that wasn’t televised, so I don’t have much to say about it, except I still can’t believe Ryan Thomas took this fight on 3 weeks rest.
Chris Wilson (-330) vs. Steve Bruno (+260) [...]
The Bow Tie Aficionado Picks UFC 87
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Ultimate Fighting Championship live from Minneapolis, MN Saturday August 9th at 10 PM ET!!! Let’s get to it.
Welterweights:
Luke Cummo (-140)
Name (Odds)
Tamdan "The Barn Cat" McCrory (+110)
6-5-0 (3-3 in UFC)
Record
8-1-0 (1-1 in UFC)
United States
Country
United States
Serra Jiu-Jitsu
Team
28
Age
21
Luke Cummo is 6-5 with no notable victories, yet he’s the favorite? Tamdan [...]
Heath Herring UFC 87 Betting Line Update
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Bodoglife.com now lists Heath Herring at +190 for his match against Brock Lesnar. I said +210 was too good to be true…
I’m working on a UFC 87 preview that I should have up on this site by Thursday at the latest. But until then, here is a video of Heath Herring discussing [...]