Tim Sylvia -280 vs Randy Couture +220

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UFC 68: The Uprising Game
Tim Sylvia vs Randy Couture
Saturday March 3, 2007
Couture +220
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Tim Sylvia (23 – 2) is one of the most over rated fighters in the world. Being big does not mean you are a good fighter. I can not believe how weak the UFC heavy weight division is. Randy Couture sees the opportunity to become a 3 time heavyweight champion and he is taking it against an average slow heavyweight. If you look at the top ten heavyweights in fighting-mma.com he is barely listed in the top 10 heavyweights in the world.

Team Quest is on a roll now. Just look at the historic feat of Randy’s teammate Dan Henderson who last week became the Pride middleweight and welterweight Pride champion and Sokodjou impressive win over Antônio Rogério "Minotouro" Nogueira. Now the big daddy of Team Quest attempts to become 3 time champion in the UFC heavy weight division.

All sportsbooks have Randy Couture as the Underdog by a large margin (betUS.com Couture +220). How can you bet against Captain America? This guy has done it all in MMA and he will defeat Tim Sylvia this Saturday with experience and a tight ground and pound. Tim Sylvia record is quite deceiving. Sylvia has not fought a top quality opponent except for Andrei Arlovski and his loses to Arlovski and Frank Mir has been by way of submission. Couture will look to close in on the gap and take down Sylvia and ground and pound. This won’t be like the Jeff Monsson fight where Monson could not shoot in and take Tim down, as Randy Couture is an Olympic caliber wrestler (semifinalist at the 2000 Olympic Trials; a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association D-I All-American and a two-time NCAA finalist) and he will be able to storm a much slower Sylvia and take him down with a double leg takedown.

Bottom Line: When Couture gets Sylvia on the ground unlike his other opponents he will be able to maneuver and keep him on the ground with his superior wrestling skills. Tim Sylvia is not as great of fighter as everyone thinks. Look for Randy to be the first 3 time UFC heavyweight champion in the world.

Randy wins by ground and pound on Sylvia or he turns his back and is caught in a rear neck choke in round 2

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