Most online sportsbook have betting odds for the next UFC 87 Seek and Destroy but not all sportsbook have online UFC betting props like 5 Dimes does.

The up coming UFC does have some interesting bets like MMA newcomers Brock Lesner coming into the fight as a huge favorite over mixed martial arts veteran Heath Herring. If you read the UFC handicapping betting report for this fight you might want to wager on Herring at +190.

One of the most interesting bets is the UFC prop bets is the Georges St Pierre versus Jon Fitch fight. The online props betting odds to go the distance is +400. GSP went the distance with Jon Fitch’s teammate Josh Koscheck at UFC 74: Respect. Fitch fights like Koscheck’s style and is much better so going the distance is a really good bet to make at +400. To coincide with that bet a great UFC prop would be GSP winning by decision.

If you bet on the fight going the distance why not bet on GSP to win the fight by going the distance.

If you bet $100 on the fight to go the distance at +400 and bet $100 on GSP winning the fight by 5 round decision at +601 that $200 you wagered on will net you $1001 plus your $200 back.

That’s a UFC prop betting I would make which is a better bet to make than placing a straight up bet on GSP at -310.

For all UFC prop bets check out the odds below.

Georges St-Pierre -310
Jon Fitch +255

St-Pierre/Fitch goes 5 round distance +400

Fight won’t go 5 round distance -550 

St-Pierre wins inside distance -202

St-Pierre wins by 5 rnd decision +601

Fitch wins inside distance +326 

Fitch wins by 5 rnd decision +1207 

St-Pierre/Fitch draw +7500

Fight not a draw -20000 

Rob Emerson +210 
Manny Gamburyan -270  

Jason MacDonald +190 
Demian Maia -270  Kenny Florian -155
Roger Huerta +125

Florian/Huerta goes 3 round distance +280 
Fight won’t go 3 round distance -400 

Heath Herring +190 
Brock Lesner -250

Herring/Lesnar goes 3 round distance +400
Fight won’t go 3 round distance -600

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As the Affliction Banned fight gets closer. Online sportsbooks betting lines for the Heavyweight Championship bout between Fedor Emelianenko versus Tim Sylvia have drastically moved

The opening on line betting lines for the fight opened with Fedor as a -400 betting favorite as almost all the online sport betting sites.

However as the fight draws nearer there has been a lot of movement on the lines as a lot of money has been placed on Tim Sylvia which has pushed the online Affliction Banned betting lines down to -320 in favor of Fedor.

Every though many consider Fedor to be the top pound for pound fighter in the world people are hearing claims that Fedor is overrated like what Dana White stated when he says he has not fought any top level competition in over 2 years.

The Fedor backlash is now pushing the betting lines down as he opened as a huge favorite.

If you want to bet on Tim Sylvia 5 Dimes the online sportsbook now has the lines set at

Fedor Emelianenko -320

Tim Sylvia +260

This is the best online odds in a long time. If you want to bet on Fedor I would do so now as the lines might move higher up.

However if you think Sylvia will win you might want to wait to set if the Fedor supporters jump on this online bet

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Cung Le Seminar

Saturday August 2 2008
12pm To 4pm
(Autographs and photos following seminar)

Recent Strikeforce middleweight Champion who defended the legend Frank Shamrock, Cung Le will be coming to Vancouver Canada on Saturday August 2, 2006 to perform a MMA seminar. Cung Le will be doing a MMA seminar that will be unique and quite different from many seminars out there today.

Cung Le is a San Shou fighter and will give valuable insight in how to transform his style of martial arts into the world of mixed martial arts. Cung Le is one of the most dynamic strikers in MMA today and he style is something that the can only be learned from the master himself.

In MMA, Le is a striking genius as all of his 6 MMA fights has come by knock out. He has beaten high level fighters Jason Von Flue, Tony Fryklund, Sammy Morgan, and of course the MA legend Frank Shamrock at EliteXC / Strikeforce - Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

Cung Le was undefeated in his professional San Shou career (17-0-0). He earned three bronze medals in his amateur San Shou world competition. He has been a three-time captain of the United States teams that competed in the Wushu World Championships. Le was the U.S. team captain at the World Martial Arts Championships in 1997 (Italy) and 1999 (Hong Kong).

Cung Le will be demonstrating his fighting style to the people of Vancouver and this is an event you can not miss.

For more information see below

Host: Richmond Martial Arts.

Call Johnny for more info or sponsorships: 604-780-4001 or email info@richmondkicks.com

Location: Richmond Executive Airport Plaza
7311 Westminister Hwy, Richmond, BC V6X 1A3
Hotel: 604-278-5555 http://www.executivehotels.net/airport/s_richair_home.cgi

Cost: $150 (early registration)
$175 after July 20 2008
(No refunds after sale)

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Affliction Banned Betting Lines

Online sports book 5 Dimes has just put forth their online mixed martial arts betting lines for all the undercard fights for Affliction Banned that will be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday July 19th.

The main event will have the former pound for pound best MMA fighter in the world Fedor Emelianenko  taking on former two time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia. 

The online betting odds for the main event fights have been out for months as the MMA clothing line Affliction has been promotion their inaugural organization for months now. 

Online sports betting sites have had the lines out for awhile but now 5 Dimes has put out the preliminary betting odds for the undercards. For a MMA handicapping report for all undercard fights go to http://www.fighting-mma.com/articles/2008/affliction-mma-betting-preliminary-fights.php

Surprisingly the betting odds for the Antonio Rogerio Nogueira  versus Edwin Dewees are so great that betting -1050 just to make 100 dollars is just too much to wager on. Also Vitor Belfort is a huge betting advantage at -325. The best betting value might be the Black Superman Savant Young at +125. For dogs bets he has the best betting odds.

The 5 Dimes betting lines for the under card fights are shown below

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -1050
Edwin Dewees +600

Vitor Belfort -325
Terry Martin +250

Savant Young +125
Mark Hominick -155

Mike Pyle -370
JJ Ambrose +280 

Justin Levens -215
Ray Lizama +170 

Aleksander Emelianenko -335
Paul Buentello +275

To bet on the under cards go to 5 Dimes today
 
 

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UFC Fight Night 14 Props Bets

Not many online sports betting sportsbooks have props bets for mixed martial arts betting except for 5 Dimes.

5 Dimes is the only major online sports book that carries MMA parlay bets and MMA prop bets on major events. For the upcoming UFC Fight Night 14, 5 Dimes has online UFC prop bets for the main event fight between the pound for pound best fighter in the world Anderson Spider Silva and James Sandman Irvin.

Irvin is going to have a very tough time since he is a huge UFC betting underdog at +405 at most online sportsbooks. One wild card bet is +10000 if the fight is a draw. www.fighting-mma.com UFC handicap matchup for this fight has Anderson Silva winning by first round KO

“There is not much to say, Anderson Silva is the best pound for pound mixed martial arts fighter in the world and there will be no size disadvantage even though he is moving up a weight division.”

Read full match up report here

5 Dimes has put out a lot of UFC props bets for this fight which include:

Silva wins inside distance -283

Silva wins by 3 round decision +560

Irvin wins inside distance +561

Silva/Irvin draw +10000

Fight not a draw -30000

A.Silva wins in round 1 +210  
Any other result -270 

A.Silva wins in round 2 +290
Any other result -380 

A.Silva wins in round 3 +380 
Any other result -520 

J.Irvin wins in round 1 +1300
Any other result -2150 

J.Irvin wins in round 2 +1700
Any other result -3400 

J.Irvin wins in round 3 +2100
Any other result -4200

To wager on any UFC prop or parlay bet go to 5 Dimes today

 
 

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If you wanted to put on a mixed martial arts event to rival the new Affliction organization why would you put on a crappy card? Well thats what UFC president Dana White has done with a head line fight between Anderson Silva vs James Irvin.

Are you kidding me, come on Dana White you have the money and resources to do better than that but instead he tries to cheap out and put on a crappy MMA card. If you are going to put on a free show on Spike TV, do so with gusto not some lame attempt with a MMA card with a bunch of nobodies.

Dana White should really put a dagger in the hearts of the Affliction event by actually using some money to pay the fighters and get a good card together. He is cheaping out and putting Silva in with a punching dummy. The one fight to look forward to is the Frank Edgar versus Hermes Franca fight but that’s about it.

Affliction Banned has Fedor Emelianenko, two time UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo, Ben Rothwell, Matt Lindland Renato Sobral and Vitor Belfort.

This star studded line up has 4 top ten heavyweights in the world fighting and a number of high profile stars while the UFC is having Kevin Burns, Reese Andy, and Brodie Farber fighting so people will tune in. Also you can see all the under card fights for free for Affliction Banned at the Fight Network.

Dana White can fool novice fans and people who are mildly interested in MMA but he can not fool the real fans and hardcore MMA fans that put the UFC to where it is today.

If you really want to hurt Affliction do it right instead of being cheap and not paying for what people are worth. The UFC makes tons of money and they do not kick any of it back to the fighters and putting on a crappy show at UFC Fight Night 14 is a lame attempt to kill off competition with a pellet gun instead of a shotgun.

This all comes back to the UFC paying people for what they are worth and treating people fairly. If they did treat people fairly fighters like Josh Barnett, Matt Lindland, and Fedor would be happy to sign with the UFC. Instead they are rivaling the UFC and helping Dana off his high horse.

I really hope the UFC gets the fact that there is competition now. The last UFC cards were bad and the upcoming UFC 87 and 88 are not looking to great either. The UFC like to put 2 to 3 good fights and mix in with crappier fights with no real talent so they can cheat the pay per view audience and keep cost down. With cheaper talent instead of putting on a grat show form top to bottom like how Pride was.

Bet on the Affliction at BetCRIS.com

TIM SYLVIA +305
FEDOR EMELIANENKO -375

PEDRO RIZZO +280 
JOSH BARNETT-350

FABIO NEGAO +345
MATT LINDLAND -425

MIKE WHITEHEAD +215
RENATO SOBRAL -275

PAUL BUENTELLO 
ALEKSANDER EMELIANENKO-320

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Affliction MMA Betting Handicapping Preview

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Vitor Belfort vs  Terry Martin

Vitor Belfort is still a top MMA fighter and fighting now at middleweight might be the best thing for him in his career. His is the former UFC heavyweight tournament champion, light heavyweight champion and the current Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.

At one time Vitor was the best fighter in the world when he was under Carlson Gracie but due personal problems, management problems and taking the sport of MMA for granted Belfort dropped from the world of mixed martial arts.

But Vitor is back and has a renewed dedication to training hard and has begun training with Chute Boxe in Brazil. Belfort is a complete fighter with incredible grappling skills and striking. His striking is one of his most underestimated qualities and Belfort ever competed in a pro boxing fight and with his training at Chute Boxe he will be a very devastating striker, especially at middleweight.

Belfort has fought at a top level throughout his career with wins over Wanderlei Silva, Heath Herring at PRIDE 14 Clash of the Titans,  Randy Couture at UFC 46, Marvin Eastman at UFC 43, James Zikic, Gilbert Yvel and David “Tank” Abbott. He has also fought top level fighters like Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson and Alistair Overeem.

Terry Martin is a good fighter with good stand up skills but that about it. He lacks cardio and is only looking for the one punch KO. He has not fought a top level fighter and was on his way to beating Chris Leben at UFC Fight Night 11 but could not close the fight and was eventually KO’ed. He has also lost to average fighters like Jason Lambert and James Irvin and lost a decision to Marvin Eastman at UFC 81: Breaking Point while Belfort beat Eastman with a brutal KO in just over a minute.

Betting wise Belfort should be a slight betting favorite but since online odds makers sometimes miss the mark I would not be surprised if they put Martin as the betting favorite since he has been more in the North American spotlight. Whatever the case take the favorable betting lines for Belfort.

Vitor will be fighting at middleweight and will be the better striker and has better hands than Martin. Also Belfort has only been KO’ed one in his career ad that was to Randy Couture at UFC 15: Collision Course. If this fight goes to the ground it will be over quick.

Belfort is still a top level fighter and now at middleweight he is even more dangerous. I would bet a lot on Belfort for an easy victory over an average fighter with only a punchers chance and bad cardio.

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Savant Young vs  Mark Hominick

Trenell “Savant” Young (9-6) will bet fighting hard hitting Canadian fighter Mark Hominick who trains under Shawn Tompkins and with Sam Stout at Team Tompkins Muay Thai and Submission Academy in London, Ontario. Striking wise Hominick is the much better fighter but the problem with him is that he is susceptible to submissions.

Young has fought better fighters and has an impressive victory over Takeshi Inoue recently but in the past when he has faced top level competition he loses. He has losses to Ryan Schultz, Chris Lytle, John Alessio, Jason Von Flue and the fat guy on the TIUF reality show Gabe Ruediger.

Young does have a more well rounded MMA game but Hominick striking power should overwhelm Young in this fight. One major factor is this fight wil be preparation. Young is a part time fight and has a full time job outside of MMA while Hominick trains and instructs full at a club so he is constantly surrounded by working out and training.

The Black Superman will not want to trade punches with Hominick but this fight will turning into a striking fight and Hominick is technically a better striker with much better leg kicks. Young is more powerful but will try to please the crowd and stand up and trade with Hominick and that will be his down fall.

The online betting lines will be close but I think The Black Superman might be the favorite. I would be on Mark Hominick who is a full time fighter compared to Young and is more technical.

Hominick has been working on his sprawls and take down defense with Shawn Tompkins and Young is no world beater with takedowns. I would bet on Mark Hominick for striking demonstration of the Black Superman.

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Mike Pyle vs  JJ Ambrose

Mike Quicksand Pyle (16-5-1) is one of the best fighters you might have never heard of. He is one of Randy Couture’s best students at Xtreme Couture. He is a great wrestler with very good grappling skills. With victories over top UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch, and Shonie Carter, Pyle has the skills ot beat and compete with top level fighters. He has loses to top level guys like Quinton Jackson, Matt Horwich and Jake Shields.

He will be fighter JJ Ambrose (8-1) who is a very good submission fighter. However, Ambrose has never fought a top level guy and Pyle is as tough as they come. Also Ambrose has never fought at a major MMA event and will not be use to the media attention and the big crowds.

Since trains with Randy Couture he will be able to nullify any submission attempts by Ambrose. Pyle has great upper body strength and once he gains top position on Ambrose he will be very hard to get out of side control or half guard. Pyle has a very good ground and pound and once Pyle gains top position it will be over quick.

In the stand up Pyle has very quick hands which he uses to set up his takedowns. If this fight stays standing Pyle will score a lot of point because he is an aggressive fighter.

The Affliction betting lines will have Pyle as a huge betting favorite. I would estimate around -250 but he is a very god fighter and worth the price to lay your money one. 

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DREAM.5 Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round final mixed martial arts matchups have been announced. Shinya Aoki, Caol Uno, Eddie Alvarez and Tatsuya Kawajiri will all try to compete for the Dream Lightweight title. The online Dream.5 betting lines for this event have been put out by Bookmaker.com

Eddie Alvarez who had been an underdog in all of his Dream fights and will be an underdog again against a really top wrestler in Tatsuya Kawajiri. Caol Uno also comes in as a huge underdog as he will be fighting Shinya Aoki who has mowed down Katsuhiko Nagata and Gesias Calvancante. MMA props bets have Aoki as the big favorite to win the lightweight title but watch out for the hard hitting  Eddie Alvarez who has surprised many going this far into the tournament already.

Also announced in the undercards will be former lightweight contestants Joachim Hansen fighting Canadian MMA fighter Kultar Gill or the Black Mamba which should be candidate for fight of the night.

The event is scheduled to take place on July 21, 2008 at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka Japan.

On the undercard Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto a top ten pound for pound fighter will make his Dream debut fighting US fighter Joseph Benavidez. Controversial fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama will also fight New Japan Pro Wrestling fighter Katsuyori Shibata

Nick Diaz was originally scheduled to fight Hayato Sakurai to determine the DREAM Welterweight Champion, but Diaz had to pull out due to contractual obligations to EliteXC and the MMA organization might restrict him form fighting elsewhere again as EliteXC was not happy he fought in Japan at DREAM.3

Crocop was also rumored to fight at Dream.5 and was scheduled to fight Jerome LeBanner, and later Mighty Mo Siligia but Cro Cop withdrew due to a recovering shoulder injury and minor knee surgery. It looks like he will be rescheduled to fight at DREAM.6.

Canadian MMA fighter Denis Kang was also rumored to but was pulled from the card late in July for unknown reasons. Kang has only one fight left on his FEG contract and might not be rescheduled to fight which might leave way for him to fight elsewhere preferably the UFC which lacks quality middleweight fighters.

The Dream.5 fight line up includes:

Featherweight Bout:  Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto vs.  Joseph Benavidez
Middleweight Bout:  Yoshihiro Akiyama vs.  Katsuyori Shibata
Welterweight Bout:  Motoki Miyazawa vs.  Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Lightweight Grand Prix Bout:  Shinya Aoki vs.  Caol Uno
Lightweight Grand Prix Bout:  Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Lightweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout:  Joachim Hansen vs. Kultar Gill
Lightweight Championship bout: Shinya Aoki/Caol Uno vs. Eddie Alvarez/Tatsuya Kawajiri

MMA betting lines for Dream.5

Eddie Alvarez +110
Tatsuya Kawajiri -140
 
Caol Uno +265
Shinya Aoki -325

Bet Dream.5 at Bookmaker.com today

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Official Weigh-In Results - UFC 86

All fighters participating in UFC 86 JACKSON vs GRIFFIN weigh-in at the Mandalay Bay Events Center took place and all fighters made wieght so no penalties wil be assessed 

Jackson vs Griffin, which will take place Saturday night (PPV 10pm ET / PT) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

To place a bet on any of these fights go to Bookmaker.com

Main Event – UFC Light Heavyweight Championship

  Forrest Griffin (205) VS Quinton Jackson (205)

Ricardo Almeida (185) VS Patrick Cote (185)

Chris Lytle (170) VS Josh Koscheck (170)

Marcus Aurelio (155) VS Tyson Griffin (155)

Gleison Tibau (156) VS Joe Stevenson (155)

Justin McCully (236) VS Gabriel Gonzaga (249)

Cole Miller (155) VS Jorge Gurgel (155)

Dennis Siver (155) VS Melvin Guillard (155)

Justin Buchholz (155) VS Corey Hill (155)

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