UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson!!

the UFC returns to the land of the rising sun for the first time in 12 years. i wasn't entirely convinced about the lack of big pride names on the card, but there are some really good match up's that they've added, and also some pretty good bets to be had here

im going with pettis and rampage for my main bets, i dont see what bader can do to win, rampage has a big advantage standing up, and i can't see bader being able to take him down. pettis, also has an advantage on the feet over lauzon, and i think he has good enough bjj to thwart lauzon's offence should it go to the ground. but pettis's wrestling should be able to stop that from happening, i cna imagine pettis being extremely motivated for this fight especially as ben henderson is fighting for the title, who he has already beaten and should of gotten a title shot because of it.
im thinking of putting a bit on palaszewski, he looked great in his last fight, with a spectacular k.o of tyson griffin

looking forward to the hunt kongo fight, if that stays on the feet im looking forward to a nostalgic KO from the super Samoan! hopefully kongo doesnt elect for his shrt grabbing techniques again.
I think Jake shields is a bit short at 1.35ish, sexyyama should have a speed, power and striking advantage, my only worry is about his cardio, im hoping he should have more energy for his debut at welterweight as he's fighting people more his own size now. shields doesn't have the best takedowns, but if he manages to wear akiyama down enough to get the fight to the ground, i see him grinding out the decision.
I don't know much about gomi's opponent, but from what i hear he's got pretty good bjj, and gomi's weakness has always been submissions.
frankie and benson could well live up to a 5 round war, and strong fight of the night favourite too, i can't make my mind up about this one, i keep changing my mind, i think henderson will have a pretty good gameplan for this, i reckon he will look to utilise a lot of kicks and might outmuscle edgar in the clinch and on the ground...if he can catch frankie, who will use his great footwork and speed to try and pick henderson appart. if frankie manages to take henderson down, i can't see him holding him there, and we can pretty much rule out frankie by sub. both guys have incredible stamina as well so i can see a very fast paced fight. haven't been looking forward to a title fight as much as this one in a long time


who's everyone else going for?

all that walking around with Helwani obviously didnt help then...

yeah trying to watch it now in between bets, pretty cool so far

im wondering why rampage's price is drifting so much considering he didn't have to cut as much weight as normal, and he said his injury had pretty much completely healed

tiequan zhang just got knocked out really badly in the facebook prelim,
the rest of the prelims about to start on ufc.tv

yeah, it's going to be a long night

worst decison i've seen in a long time, mizugaki clearly won rounds 1 and 2. the 3rd was close too

i actually think, that's a weird enough score that they might of got the scorecards mixed up

did not see kid yammomoto getting rocked! then subbed

Pettis lauzon up first, one of my main bets on showtime, hopefully joe gasses again, who's everyone else on?

anyone there?

i gave up on the boxing after watching the huck fight earlier, and then the cleverly fight where he was like 1.03 prefight

lol, yeah neither were great fights, mainly want to see Maidana v Alexander

holy **** hioki is on fire, im amazed bart got out of that armbar

bart powered out of it more than he defended it

if you get a armbar razz it dont matter what the other guy has its your whole body against his arm..even world strongest man against a fit cace fighter should have to tap or get his arm broke..that was **** from the **** before imo

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japs