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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 [...]
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 [...]
UFC 87 Heath Herring vs. Brock Lesnar Early Thoughts
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Right now Heath Herring is +210 at Bodoglife.com compared to Brock Lesnar’s -270. I think the odds for Herring are too good.
I’ve always thought that Herring is a top ten fighter, and I still do. MMA Weekly has Aleksander Emelianenko as their #10 heavyweight, and Sherdog.com has Ben Rothwell as their #10. Herring wouldn’t [...]
The UFC either loves Evan Tanner or they hate him
Monday, June 23rd, 2008They Hate Him
If the UFC hates Evan Tanner their one problem might be that they are being too obvious about it. He was obviously outclassed against Kendall Grove on Saturday night. Even though he was able to go the distance he stood no chance against the rededicated Hawaiian. Tanner has now lost [...]
UFC 83 Undercard: Joe Doerksen vs. Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Middleweights:
Jason MacDonald
Name (Odds)
Joe Doerksen
19-9-0 (3-2 in UFC)
Record
39-11-0 (1-4 in UFC)
Canada
Country
Canada
Pro Camp
Team
32 Years Old
Age
30 Years Old
Jason MacDonald has had a pretty good run in the UFC. His only 2 UFC losses came at the hands of Rich Franklin (#3 middleweight in the world) and Yushin Okami (#8 middleweight in the [...]
Bow Tie Betting - Week 4 Results
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Fighter
Fighter
Hypothetical Bet Size
Event
Winner
Running Total
Anthony Johnson (+235)
Tommy Speer (-295)
$100
UFC Fight Night 13
Anthony Johnson by KO
+$235
George Sotiropoulos (-165)
Roman Mitichyan (+135)
$100
UFC Fight Night 13
Sotiropoulos wins by TKO
+$135
Clay Guida (-600)
Samy Schiavo (+400)
$100
UFC Fight Night 13
Guida wins by TKO
+$35
Manny Gamburyan (-800)
Jeff Cox (+500)
$200
UFC Fight Night 13
Gamburyan wins by submission
+$60
Marcus Aurelio (-800)
Ryan Roberts [...]