Anyone here get into MMA?

[pennywisealfie]

very tough card to forecast., my picks would be:

Fitch
Guida
Almeida
JDS
Silva

 

[Alex Krycek]

Clay Guida v Rafael Dos Anjos


8-8-2010 11:00AEST



Head To Head Clay Guida 1.80 Rafael Dos Anjos 2.00
Other Bet Types: Method of Victory | Round Betting | Will The Fight Go The Distance

Jon Fitch v Thiago Alves


Oakland, USA - 8-8-2010 12:00AEST



Head To Head Jon Fitch 1.90 Thiago Alves 1.90
Other Bet Types: Method of Victory | Round Betting | Will The Fight Go The Distance

Junior Dos Santos v Roy Nelson


Oakland, USA - 8-8-2010 12:00AEST



Head To Head Junior Dos Santos 1.30 Roy Nelson 3.45
Other Bet Types: Method of Victory | Round Betting | Will The Fight Go The Distance

Matt Hughes v Ricardo Almeida


Oakland, USA - 8-8-2010 13:00AEST



Head To Head Matt Hughes 2.30 Ricardo Almeida 1.60
Other Bet Types: Method of Victory | Round Betting | Will The Fight Go The Distance

Anderson Silva v Chael Sonnen


Oakland, USA - 8-8-2010 13:30AEST



Head To Head Anderson Silva 1.23 Chael Sonnen


4.15

 

[Alex Krycek]

I can see some value in Fitch and Anderson but not much else really...

 

[andrew057]

I think Roy Nelson has a 50/50 chance to beat Junior.

 

[Stonecutter]

I think Roy Nelson has a 50/50 chance to beat Junior.

Don't forget Junior is in Nog's camp so he has excellent BJJ. So if it goes to the ground you could say 50/50 but standing up Junior will destroy him.

 

[andrew057]

Don't forget Junior is in Nog's camp so he has excellent BJJ. So if it goes to the ground you could say 50/50 but standing up Junior will destroy him.

True. Really looking forward to the fight personally. Whoever wins, I hope they do it impressively to build even more hype for the future bout against the winner of Brock and Cain.

 

[tiburon]

fitch
dos anjos
hughes
nelson for the upset
silva

 

[tiburon]

JDS only loss was a sub, nelson is better on the ground i would think, very under-rated


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0pdc_h0gg

 

[Alex Krycek]

Problem is Nelson won't be able to take him to the ground, the wrestling/TDD of JDS will be too good, and obviously he's got a huge edge standing.

<3 Nelson, I hope he somehow gets up.

 

[tiburon]

Problem is Nelson won't be able to take him to the ground, the wrestling/TDD of JDS will be too good, and obviously he's got a huge edge standing.

<3 Nelson, I hope he somehow gets up.

you're prob. right; i like both guys - don't want either to lose

 

[Eelementary]

I don't know....Jones has some amazing takedown, joudo and wrestling skills. If Evans tries to just push him agains the cage then bam he can throw one of those joudo takedowns. Stand up= Jones. He'd have 5-10 inch reach advantage over everyone in the divison especially the smaller rashad.

But you never know. that's what makes MMA so interesting. You think guys like Machida would beat Shogun (first fight) and Rampage beat Evans but it often doesn't happen that way.

I haven't much of Jones' clinch game, but suffice it to say Evans has some of the strongest work in that area. And in the clinch, you have to think Jones' height advantage would become a disadvantage.

In any case, that would be an excellent match IMO.

 

[Eelementary]

Never write off the underdog in MMA!

Emelianenko lost. Jones beat (I can't recall his name right now), and everyone said how that guy's wrestling was far superior to Jones', and if it went to the ground, Jones would struggle.

This is a great spectacle of a sport.

 

[andrew057]

I can see some value in Fitch and Anderson but not much else really...

The more I think about it the more Im leaning to Sonnen.

He is absolutely the best wrestler Silva has ever faced.

If Sonnen can survive the first two rounds or so, I think he will win.

Good value at the current odds.

 

[mozza91]

The more I think about it the more Im leaning to Sonnen.

He is absolutely the best wrestler Silva has ever faced.

If Sonnen can survive the first two rounds or so, I think he will win.

Good value at the current odds.

Hendo?
Sonnen is a chance though don't really rate Anderson's takedown defence and while Sonnen certainly isn't as good as Hendo he's a great wrestler.

 

[Selachimorpha]

Henderson, for as good as his credentials are, gets out-wrestled all the time. I'd certainly consider Sonnen a much better MMA wrestler than him.

Sonnen has a shot, but i don't see him surviving a full 25 with Anderson without getting KO'd or submitted along the way. Silva's most vulnerable when you pass his guard, and Sonnen never passes. If a guy with a mediocre bottom game (Marquardt) could put Sonnen in real danger several times, Silva with full guard will either catch a submission or cut him up with elbows from the bottom. Sonnen getting the takedown is only step one on a long list of things he needs to do to win.

 

[Tom155]

Silva by TKO RD 2

 

[andrew057]

Hendo?

Different types of wrestlers.

Hendo is a world class greco roman wrestler where everything begins from the clinch.

Sonnnen is a collegiate wrestler whos strengths are ground control and take downs.

 

[Carnifex]

Roy nelson has metal for a skull tbh.

 

[Special K]

f**k... Crazy main event I really was pulling for sonnen

 

[pennywisealfie]

oh man, me and my mate were devastated all fight, until the end and then we were jumping around the room. so awesome. Go Anderson!