At UFC 106 Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz each earned $250,000 for their main event fight at Saturday’s. Griffin’s total prize included a $150,000 bonus for winning the fight, while Ortiz’s salary remained at $250,000.

Below are the disclosed paydays the UFC reported to the athletic commission and does not necessarily represent a fighter’s final earnings.

Forrest Griffin, $250,000 ($150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz, $250,000

Josk Koscheck, $106,000 ($53,000 win) def. Anthony Johnson, $7,000 

Paulo Thiago, $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Jacob Volkmann, $6,000

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, $100,000 ($30,000 win) def. Luiz Cane, $19,000 

Amir Sadollah, $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Phil Baroni, $25,000

Ben Saunders, $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Marcus Davis, $27,000

Kendall Grove, $44,000 ($22,000 win) def. Jake Rosholt, $15,000

Brian Foster, $12,000 ($6,000 win) def. Brock Larson, $26,000

Caol Uno, $20,000 drew Fabricio Camoes, $10,000

George Sotiropoulos, $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Jason Dent, $8,000

Performance bonuses included

$70,000 bonus to each fighter for each award for Fight of the Night: Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson, Knockout of the Night: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Submission of the Night: Josh Koscheck.

***Karo Parisyan had pulled out of his fight against Dustin Hazelett for undisclosed reasons. Hazelett was paid his full purse while Parisyan will no longer be a part of the UFC as Dana White was furious with Parisyan continual backing out of fights.

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DREAM.12 will take place on October 25, 2009 in Osaka, Japan. The event will mark the first time DREAM has used a hexagon cage. Fights will consist of three five-minute rounds, as used in the North American system, though elbows will remain illegal

Kazushi Sakuraba who just recently fought on Oct 6 will now fight again against Zelg Galesic. Galesic was suppose to fight Melvin Manhoef but he has to pull out due to injury.

Manhoef was replaced by Kazushi Sakuraba who is known as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time. Sakuraba snapped a two-fight losing streak when he submitted boxer Rubin Williams,Williams with a first-round kimura at Dream 11 on Oct. 6.

5 Dimes has put out hte ealry online MMA betting lines for all the fights. The best underdog pick of hte night looks to be Kazushi Sakuraba at +135

The Official Fight Card for Dream 12 includes:

Middleweight bout: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Zelg Galesic

  Middleweight bout: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tokimitsu Ishizawa

  Welterweight bout: Marius Zaromskis vs. Ho Bae Myeon

  Featherweight bout: Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Tomoya Miyashita

  Middleweight bout: Paulo Filho vs. Dong Sik Yoon

  Featherweight bout: Chase Beebe vs. Yoshiro Maeda

  Lightweight bout: Eddie Alvarez vs. Katsunori Kikuno

  Lightweight bout: Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Won Sik Park

Dream 12 Betting Lines:

Katsunori Kikuno +300
Eddie Alvarez -390

Won Sik Park +220
Kuniyoshi Hironaka -280

Yoshiro Maeda +115
Chase Beebe -145

Paulo Filho -410
Dong Sik Yoon +315

Zelg Galesic -165
Kazushi Sakuraba +135

Tokimitsu Ishizawa +173
Katsuyori Shibata -220

Myeon Ho Bae +290
Marius Zaromskis -380

James Thompson +675
Alistair Overeem -1235

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With UFC 105 just a week away the early betting lines have been released by BetUS and there are dome great dog picks for this event. If you are a UFC bettor and like to pick favorites this MMA event is not for you. Just look at the main event fight. A former pound for pound fighter is now at +325. The co main event has a guy with only 6 MMA fights as a -300 while the MMA veteran opens up at +220

As a UFC bettor we can not pass up betting on Shogun who is a +325. Just 2 years ago he was the most feared fighter coming to the UFC. I think with some poor fights and some injury problems he gets good betting value. If you want to read our MMA free pick for this fight got to our UFC handicapping report.

Two other dog picks look great for the pickings. Cain Velasquez might still be too green to lump him in with the top heavyweights and his opponent Ben Rothwell is a dog bet at +220. Ill take the +220 bet for the veteran who have fought top level guys versus the guy who has not. Read the full UFC prediction for this fight.

No idea why Chael Sonnen +185 is the underdog in this fight but he is. Yushin Okami is a very slow starter and has not fought in almost a year. Those two combinations leads to a great value bet on the underdog. Read full UFC preview for this fight.

One dog bet to stay away from is Anthony Johnson. This guy has too much power in the stand up and Japanese fighters for some reason done do well in the octagon.

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Lyoto Machida -450
Mauricio Rua +325

Cain Velasquez -300
Ben Rothwell +220

Pat Barry -105
Antoni Hardonk -125

Yushin Okami -250
Chael Sonnen +185

Joe Stevenson -220
Spencer Fisher +175

Ryan Bader -500
Eric Schafer +350

Anthony Johnson -300
Yoshiyuki Yoshida +220

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UFC Fight Night 19 Betting Lines

UFC Fight Night 19 Diaz vs. Guillard online betting lines have been put out by 5 Dimes and it will hold some very interesting fights for online UFC sports bettors. The event is to be held on September 16, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with the main event being Melvin Guillard versus Nathan Diaz  but for most MMA fans the best fight of the night will be Roger Huerta versus Gray Maynard.

Roger Huerta is going into this fight as a pretty big online betting underdog at +260. No idea why online sportsbook oddsmakers have Gray Maynard as such a high betting favorite but Huerta is a great underdog bet to make. His pressing style will confuse Maynard. I predict Huerta will win this fight with his pressure and fast paced attack. At +260 this is a great bet to make to win a lot of money.

Another great bet to make is the Phillipe Nover versus Sam Stout fight. Nover opens up at +165 and has great value against Stout who is a very one dimensional fighter. He has no ground game and relies on his striking. Nover is a very well rounded fighter that can win this fight either in the stand up or on the ground. Nover can hold his own on the stand up and he will be able to take Stout to the ground and submit him. Stout is very overrated as a fighter and Nover will expose his ground game.

Tim Credeur comes into his fight with Nate Quarry as a huge betting dog at +210. Nate Quarry is so over rated. Credeur is a black belt level fighter and Quarry has no ground game and marketing more so as a fighter than his skill dictates. Bet heavily on this underdog fight.

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Brian Stann  +235 
Cantwell  -275

CB Dollaway  +205
Dan Miller  -245 

Phillipe Nover  +165  
Sam Stout  -190

Chris Wilson  +115 
Mike Pyle  -135 

Steve Steinbeiss  +145 
Ryan Jensen  -165 

Justin Buchholz  +210
Jeremy Stephens  -250

Mike Pierce  +385
Brock Larson  -485

Roger Huerta  +260  
Gray Maynard  -320 

Huerta/Maynard goes 3 round distance  -260
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  +180 

Tim Credeur  +210  
Nate Quarry  -250

Melvin Guillard  +205 
Nathan Diaz  -245

Guillard/Diaz goes 3 round distance  +170
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  -230

Jake Ellenberger  +325
Carlos Condit  -400 

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Carlson Gracie Black Belts list

Carlson Gracie, Sr. (August 13, 1935 – February 1, 2006)

The Carlson Gracie system is know to be the best transition to MMA and his brand of juijitsu favored a ‘warrior style’ of Jiu-Jitsu that encouraged physical prowess and barraging your opponent with a series of attacks which was distinct from that being taught by Helio which focused on emphasized technical proficiency.

Carlson opened up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to the masses, and the masses responded, hungry to learn everything they could while Helio Gracie’s academy taught only the most basic positions to outsiders, reserving the advanced positions for the family elite. 

Carlson reigned as world champion for thirty years covering the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s and to this day his brand of jiu-jitsu is the most aggressive and is considered the best form of jiujutsu to this day.

This Black Belts was the last one updated by Carlson Gracie himself. Notice that he signaled the guys that he had expelled but he hadn’t taken out their names from the list so anyone claiming to be a black belt directly under Carlson Gracie must be on this list or else is not telling the truth. The highest ranking black belt under Carlson Gracie is Marcus Soares at 7th degree black belt.

Here the complete list: Alan Goes (expelled)
Alberto “Apaga Vela” Dos Santos
Alexandre Macedo
Alexandre Derizans
Amaury Bitetti
Andre Pederneiras
Anselmo Montenegro
Antonio Claudio Correia Buchaul
Antonio Ricardo Bittencourt Cavalcanti
Antonio Ricardo Jardim Liborio (expelled)
Antonio “Tuninho” Rodrigues
Armando Alves “Maninho” Goncalves Filho
Arthur Virgilio Neto
Ary Galo
Braulio Carsalade
Cassio Cardoso (expelled)
Carley Gracie
Carlos “Penao”Alexandre Da Conceicao
Carlos Antonio Rosado
Carlos “Bagana”
Carlos Eduardo De Oliveira
Carlos Rollyson
Carlson Gracie Jr.
Carlson Guimaraes
Christian Kennedy Grandi
Cleiton De Souza
Clovis Rodrigues
Crezio De Souza
Daniel Cristoph
Djalma Jose De Santana Filho
Edir “Monge” Da Silva
Edson Carvalho
Elair Gilberto Da Silva Reis
Elcio Figueiredo
Fabio Macieira
Felipe Figalo Barbosa
Fernando “Nutri-Baby” Da Silva
Fernando “Pinduka” Guimaraes
Fernando Rosental
Francisco “Grego” Trivelas
Francisco “Toco” Albuquerque
Gustavo Gussem
Gutenberg Mello
Henrique Chvaicer
Isaias De Souza
Jeronimo Ventura
Joao Antonio Fernandes Filho
Jose De Oliveira
Jose Eduardo Gomes De Oliveira
Jose Mario Sperry (expelled)
Julio “Foca” Fernandez
Leo D’ilha
Luis Fernando “Nando” Da Costa
Luis Carlos “Manimal” Matheus
Luiz “Bebeo” Duarte (expelled)
Luiz Carlos Vallois
Manuel “Maneco” Maria Cardoso Neto
Marcel Duque Estrada
Marcelinho “Cremulhao”
Marcelo Alonso
Marcelo Bustamante
Marcelo “Playmobil”
Marcelo Procopio
Marcelo Tadeo De Oliveira
Marcello Saporito| 
Marco Aurelio Kuhner De Oliveira
Marco Aurelio Valadares Lisboa
Marcos “Parrumpinha” Da Matta (expelled)
Marcos Flexa
Marcos “Conan” Silveira (expelled)
Marcus Vinicius De Macedo Soares
Mario Cupertino
Marvin Swhab
Mauricio “Saddam”
Miguel Kelner (expelled)
Miguel “Dentista” Monteiro
Murilo Bustamante (expelled)
Orlando Saraiva
Oswaldo “Paqueta” Gomes Rosa
Oswaldo Viana
Otavio Augusto De Oliveira
Paulo Filho
Paulo “Mamao” Albuquerque Filho
Pedro De Secco
Renato “Macaquinho” Frossard
Renato Tavares (expelled)
Ricardo De La Riva
Ricardo “Rey” Diogo
Ricardo Luis Perrone
Ricardo Juca Santos
Ricardo “Kiko” Velloso
Rinaldo Santos
Roberto De Souza
Rocian Gracie
Rodrigo Medeiros
Sergio Abhimery
Sergio “De Niteroi” Iris Jose De Almeida
Sergio “Bolao” De Souza
Vinicius Cruz
Vitor Belfort (expelled)
Wallid “Paraiba” Ismail
Walter “Soldado” Da Silva
Walter “Casquinha” GuimaraesWander De Sousa

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Chuck Liddell still received the highest reported payday at this past weekend’s “UFC 88: Breakthrough” event with a $500,000 fight purse.

 
 

Rashad Evans - $120,000 (incl. $60k win bonus)
Chuck Liddell - $500,000
Evans also earned “Knockout of the Night,” worth an additional $60,000

Rich Franklin - $100,000 (incl. $50k win bonus)
Matt Hamill - $10,000

Dan Henderson - $250,000 (incl. $150k win bonus)
Rousimar Palhares - $7,000

Nate Marquardt - $56,000 (incl. $26k win bonus)
Martin Kampmann - $15,000

Dong Hyun Kim - $46,000 (incl. $23k win bonus)
Matt Brown - $8,000

Kurt Pellegrino - $24,000 (incl. $12k win bonus)
Thiago Tavares - $13,000
Both fighters also earned “Fight of the Night” bonuses, worth an additional $60,000 each

Tim Boetsch - $16,000 (incl. $8k win bonus)
Mike Patt - $5,000

Jason MacDonald - $44,000 (incl. $22k win bonus)
Jason Lambert - $17,000
MacDonald also earned “Submission of the Night,” worth an additional $60,000

Ryo Chonan - $30,000 (incl. $15k win bonus)
Roan Carneiro - $9,000

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BLOWING THROUGH STICKING POINTS

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I first truly realized how powerful drills can be about 15 years ago.

At that time I was I was teaching a self defense class.  I had a student of average size and strength with severely below-average punching power.  He was a chronic “arm-puncher,” which means he just couldn’t get his body behind his punches to make them powerful. I tried explaining how to use his body.  I tried showing him.

Nothing helped  

Finally I grabbed a heavy medicine ball and stood back-to-back with him.  From that position we passed the medicine ball around and around, first in one direction, then in the other.  To do this drill you really have to twist your upper body, which is quite similar to the movement required to punch properly.

A few minutes later, when I put the focus mitts on again, I was shocked at the difference in his punches. He finally started moving his body properly, and punch after punch thudded into the target.

His miracle cure was a single drill.

Sometimes you can have the same miracle cure for grappling problems.

If someone is having a rough time with a technique, it’s often because they’re having trouble with a certain aspect of the technique - a movement or transition that their body just doesn’t want to do (yet).   If this is the case, then isolating that movement and training it often goes a long way towards solving the problem.

Here’s a concrete grappling example.  Last year I wrote about a ’secret’ of the Half Guard, about destabilizing your opponent by bringing your knees up to your chest.  (If you don’t remember this tip, you can read it again at the url below.)

www.grapplearts.com/2008/05/half-guard-secret.htm

Some people have a hard time getting this movement - maybe it’s because bringing both knees up to one’s chest explosively is just not a ‘natural’ movement.

So here’s a simple solo drill that I’ve found helps people to understand this movement, and then later apply it in grappling

1 - First lie stretched out on your back, with your arms and legs extended in a straight line

2 - Then QUICKLY bring your knees to towards your chest and slap the bottom of your feet.

3 - Then recoil back to the starting position and repeat.

It’s a little bit harder than it sounds, so start with about 20 repetitions.  For maximum benefit keep the following points in mind

A - Pull your knees up to your chest EXPLOSIVELY.  This is NOT a slow leg-lift type of exercise.

B - Touch the bottoms of your feet with your hands to make sure that you’ve pulled your legs up far enough.

C - Remember what this is for; as you’re doing the exercise visualize trapping one of your opponent’s legs between your legs.  Imagine pulling him over you and getting underneath his center of gravity every time.

This movement resembles an abdominal exercise, but don’t let that fool you.  It’s true that it does challenge and strengthen your muscles, but that’s only a side benefit. It’s main purpose is to put a killer edge onto a very sports-specific movement.

Think about the sticking points in your techniques that bother you. Then find, modify or invent grappling drills to make that sticking point a thing of the past.

Stephan Kesting
www.grapplearts.com

P.S. Check out my blog tomorrow - I’ll post this tip AND add a few photos to illustrate the exact exercise I’m talking about.

P.P.S. There are several resources you can consult for more information on sports-specific exercises.  I put my favorite drills onto DVD a few years ago, and there are also some free BJJ drills online.  Check out both resources by going to

www.grapplearts.com/Grappling-Drills-Info.php

and/orwww.grapplearts.com/2007/08/online-grappling-drill-videos.htm

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UFC 95 full online sportsbook lines and props by 5 Dimes have just been released. 5 Dimes is the only online sportsbook that offers great mixed martial arts betting proposition bets.

This UFC fight card the money line odds are not worth betting but there are some interesting props bets that minimize the investment. For example if you think Demian Maia  will win the fight -265 is not worth the bet but wagering on Maia to win by inside the distance  -150 is a much better bet to make. If you read our MMA matchup report we suggested a Chael Sonnen upset at +225 but if you want to bet on him ot KO Maia within the distance it pays out  +436.

Also betting on Josh Koscheck to win is a no brainer but shelling out -515 to win 100 is not worth it. For the fight to not go the 3 round distance  at -170 is a much better bet to make than at -515.

The UFC betting lines are not the greatest for this event but one fight the staff do like is the Rory Markham fight at -120. He has very good odds and you will not have to bet a lot to win.

For all UFC 95 odds check the lines out below.

Chael Sonnen  +225
Demian Maia  -265 

Sonnen/Maia goes 3 round distance  +220
Sonnen wins inside distance  +436
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  -280
Not Sonnen inside distance  -707 
Sonnen wins by 3 rnd decision  +462
Not Sonnen by 3 rnd decision  -785 
Maia wins inside distance  -150 
Not Maia inside distance  +110 
Maia wins by 3 rnd decision  +460
Not Maia by 3 rnd decision  -780 
Sonnen/Maia draw  +6500 
Fight not a draw  -16500

Rory Markham  -120  
Dan Hardy  +100 

Markham/Hardy goes 3 round distance  +280 
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  -400

Wilson Gouveia  +230 
Nate Marquardt  -270 

Gouveia/Marquardt goes 3 round distance  +210
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  -290

Paulo Thiago +410 
Josh Koscheck -515

Thiago/Koscheck goes 3 round distance +130
Fight won’t go 3 round distance -170

Brian Cobb +200 
Terry Etim -260

Stefan Struv  +240  
Junior Dos Santos -300  

Neil Grove -105
Mike Ciesnolevicz -125

Evan Dunham +140  
Per Eklund -170 

Troy Mandaloniz +260
Paul Kelly -350

Joe Stevenson  +260  
Diego Sanchez  -320 

Stevenson/Sanchez goes 3 round distance  +155
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  -185 
Stevenson wins inside distance  +415 
Not Stevenson inside distance  -635 
Stevenson wins by 3 rnd decision  +630 
Not Stevenson by 3 rnd decision  -1290
Sanchez wins inside distance  -105  
Not Sanchez inside distance  -125 
Sanchez wins by 3 rnd decision  +248 
Not Sanchez by 3 rnd decision  -320 
Stevenson/Sanchez draw  +6500  
Fight not a draw  -16500 

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Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (-300) vs. Joe “Daddy” Stevenson (+240)

Demian Maia (-275) vs. Chael Sonnen (+215) Nate “The Great” Marquardt (-260) vs. Wilson Gouveia (+210)

Josh Koscheck (-410) vs Paulo Thiago (+330)

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UFC Fight Night 17 betting odds are out and you can bet UFC parlays and UFC prop bets at 5 Dimes.com

Best bet of the night is the Luigi Fioravanti  vs Anthony Johnson  fight. Johnson is a -350 and mostly because of his fight where he KO’ed Kevin Burns at the TUF 8 Finale. Belvie me Luigi Fioravanti  is a very good fighter that can take Johnson to the ground where he is very weak.

At +260 at most sportsbooks this is a fight the odds maker got way off. Fioravanti  has fought top level competition like Jon Fitch and Diego Sanchez while Johnson has fought no one.

Another great bet to make that our staff recommends is for Mac Danzig to beat Josh Neer. Neer is tough and a game fighter but Danzig is smart and will win this fight on the ground.

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Rob Emerson  +180
Kurt Pellegrino  -240

Steve Bruno  +115  
Matt Riddle  -145 

Derek Downey  +180
Nick Catone  -240

Matt Veach  +120
Matt Grice  -150

Gleison Tibau  -120
Rich Clementi  -110

Luigi Fioravanti  +260  
Anthony Johnson  -350

Jake Rosholt  +160
Dan Miller  -195

Josh Neer  +110
Mac Danzig  -140

Denis Stojnic  +430
Cain Velasquez  -625 

Jeremy Stephens  +145
 Joe Lauzon  -175

Stephens/Lauzon goes 3 round distance  +450 
Fight won’t go 3 round distance  -750

 
 

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UFC 94 Salaries

I see their payouts as particularly low for the “biggest fight in UFC history”. With all the hype that went into this match, I’m very surprised at how low the salaries are for Penn and GSP. How can both fighters make so littel comparableto how much the UFC made on the pap per view. Penn only get $125,000? That isn’t right. His and GSP’s fame/talent are what sold most of the pay-per-views and the gate, so unless they get a % of the PPV’s.

Salaries for UFC 94 main event winner Georges St. Pierre led the way with a $400,000 payday while TUF alum Matt Arroyo brought up the rear with $8,000. The total discloses salary total for UFC 94 was $1,057,000. UFC 94 attracted a sell-out crowd of 14,885 for an estimated live gate of $4.3 million.

Not withstanding the Pay per view numbers nad merchandise sales which will put the total profit for the UFC above 300 million by most estimates.

Here are the complete figures according to MMAWeekly.com:

• Georges St. Pierre: $400,000 ($200,000 to show plus $200,000 to win)
• Lyoto Machida: $185,000 ($60,000 to show; $60,000 to win; and $65,000 for “Knockout of the Night”)
• B.J. Penn: $125,000 (would have earned an additional $125,000 had he won)
• Clay Guida: $105,000 ($20,000 to show; $20,000 to win; and $65,000 for “Fight of the Night”)
• Nate Diaz: $85,000 ($20,000 to show and $65,000 for “Fight of the Night”;would have earned an additional $20,000 had he won)
• Karo Parisyan: $80,000 ($40,000 to show and $40,000 to win)
• Chris Wilson: $80,000 ($15,000 to show and $65,000 for “Fight of the Night”; would have earned an additional $15,000 had he won)
• John Howard: $71,000 ($3,000 to show; $3,000 to win; and $65,000 for “Fight of the Night”)
• Jon Fitch: $68,000 ($34,000 to show and $34,000 to win)
• Thiago Silva: $29,000 (would have earned an additional $29,000 had he won)
• Akihiro Gono: $28,000 (would have earned an additional $28,000 had he won)
• Dong Hyun Kim: $26,000 (would have earned an additional $26,000 had he won)
• Thiago Tavares: $26,000 ($13,000 to show and $13,000 to win)
• Stephan Bonnar: $22,000 (would have earned an additional $22,000 had he won)
• Manny Gamburyan: $14,000 (would have earned an additional $14,000 had he won)
• Dan Cramer: $16,000 ($8,000 to show and $8,000 to win)
• Jon Jones: $14,000 ($7,000 to show and $7,000 to win)
• Matt Arroyo: $8,000 (would have earned an additional $8,000 had he won)

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