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Strikforce Evolution is this Saturday night and the online betting lines are out for this mixed martial arts event. There are few surprises in the sports betting lines. Once surprise is the is how wide the betting lines are for the Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza  and Matt Lindland  fight. I actually think Lindland should be the online betting favorite despite his brutal KO at the hands of Vitor Belfort at Affliction.

True MMA and jiujutsu lovers love Jacare who is a grappling wizard and is one of the best grapplers in the world. He has won such prestigious title like 2009 ADCC Super fight winner, 2008 Dream Middleweight GP runner up, 2004 Open weight World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, 2005 Openweight World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, 2005 ADCC 77-87KG Division winner and 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up.

However, he still has to work on his stand up skills but with a 10 and 2 record he will draw some bets. Opening up at +220 is worth a small bet on Lindland who is not the greatest standup striker and is getting older.  If this goes to the ground look for a pretty good beating by Jacare but he is fighting a Olympic caliber wrestler. We saw how hard it was for Jacare to beat Randy Couture in a grappling match.  We think the lines should be much closer than people think but the smart money bet is still on Jacare.

Scott Smith has good hand but he will totally be confused with the awkward fighting skills of Cung Le . Smith will not be able to handle the kicks of Le and he will eventually get KO’ed. This bet is a no brainier but the fight will be very entertaining to watch. Look for Le to easier retain his Middleweight title.

The main event has former champion Gilbert Melendez taking on current champion Josh Thomson. The challenger opens up as a slight underdog at -110. He was surprised by Thomson in his first fight and I expect him to put on a better show for the once top ten pound for pound MMA fighter in the world. Take Melendez  to win a decision with a tougher work ethic in this fight. 

For all Strikeforce betting lines go to BetUS

Matt Lindland  +220 
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza  -280 

Mike Whitehead  +405  
Muhammed Lawal  -560

Scott Smith  +270  
Cung Le  -360

Gilbert Melendez  -110
Josh Thomson  -120

All other main fights and preliminary fights include: Main Card

Preliminary Card

Light Heavyweight bout:  Scott Lighty vs.  Antwain Britt
Lightweight bout:  Daisuke Nakamura vs.  Justin Wilcox
Featherweight bout:  Luis Mendoza vs.  Juan Nunez
Lightweight bout:  Alex Trevino vs.  Bobby Stack
Lightweight bout:  Alexander Crispim vs.  AJ Fonseca

For all Strikeforce betting lines go to BetUS