Official UFN 84 Thread

[Sham5916910]

1. Thales Leites/Gegard Mousasi* Over 2½ -190
2. Norman Parke/Rustam Khabilov* Over 2½ -280

Really like this parlay which pays a bit better than evens.

In the above interview Mousasi pretty well says he is taking it to decision...

You a euro guy? 365 has Mousasi Leites over -175 and Khab Parke over -250.

I nearly went for this as my main bet but thought thats my ticker pacing for over 30 minutes hoping no one gets finished! Took Mousasi out and put Breese ITD in instead albeit at worse odds. Heres hoping Breese does the business in r1 so im not screaming at my telly for long!

 

[EzFlyer]

leites +3.5 +120

i was hoping for +100, so i like it.

 

[Joseph Budden]

http://fightland.vice.com/blog/norman-parke-talks-tibau-cutting-weight-and-ufc-london

Parke saying he wants to strike. Dammit Norman we all need you to hug on the fence

 

[Card]

wow Grant has been out for 819 days... that's some serious ring rust for fighting a guy that's 7 years younger.

 

[Rebel_LioN]

Betting Forum respondent checking in here in LA

 

[LEMONZEST]

You a euro guy? 365 has Mousasi Leites over -175 and Khab Parke over -250.

I nearly went for this as my main bet but thought thats my ticker pacing for over 30 minutes hoping no one gets finished! Took Mousasi out and put Breese ITD in instead albeit at worse odds. Heres hoping Breese does the business in r1 so im not screaming at my telly for long!

I am Canadian so mainly play with BM and 5d. However, I think I actually can sign up for Bet365 and other euro sites so I may look into that when I am ready to start bonus whoring with some of my winnings.

 

[Ukram]

Parke wanting to strike...... I don't believe it give it 1-2 minutes being the judo and clinching against the cage occurs !

 

[EzFlyer]

parke-khabilov o2.5 price suuuuucks.

not khabilov DEC -120? in case parke wins? or in case khabilov gets a finish somehow?

 

[mkess101]

parke-khabilov o2.5 price suuuuucks.

not khabilov DEC -120? in case parke wins? or in case khabilov gets a finish somehow?

I still think it's parlay fodder, but agree would have liked a better price. I kinda like Parke by dec at +310. Fight goes to cards an overwhelming amount of the time. I think given Parke gets home field advantage it's maybe a 60/40 fight for Khabilov at worst for Parke. Gun to my head I'd pick Khabilov to win this but it's close and pretty likely to see the scorecards.

 

[Jae Gibbz]

Pickett +3.5 +120
Makwan SUB +245/Wilk KO +615
Vera SUB +450/Vera No SC +150
Askham KO +145
Svensson SUB +485

 

[wack3d]

Omielanczuk no scorecards -121 looks good to me.. i dont see danho being the first guy to stop Omi

 

[Jae Gibbz]

Omielanczuk no scorecards -121 looks good to me.. i dont see danho beting the first guy to stop Omi

Hmm, I just put a tiny bit on that. Also did Omie SUB +680

 

[EzFlyer]

Pickett +3.5 +120
Makwan SUB +245/Wilk KO +615
Vera SUB +450/Vera No SC +150
Askham KO +145
Svensson SUB +485

askham KO +145 would've appealed to me, it's -105 already (already have him -130 ITD)

that svensson sub +485 is interesting as a teymur bettor.. maybe as a psuedo hedge, but holding off

pickett +3.5 is very interesting cause it, to ME, is "not rivera ITD" -- i don't see how it loses unless pickett gets finished. that make sense? (that said, i think rivera finishes him, so there's that!) -- if you think pickett either survives and/or wins outright, +3.5 +120 is excellent

makwan sub +245 isn't bad. not betting it yet, but it's not bad.

 

[EzFlyer]

allen sub +627?

 

[Jae Gibbz]

allen sub +627?

I have been thinking about that one myself. Not sure yet

 

[Jae Gibbz]

askham KO +145 would've appealed to me, it's -105 already (already have him -130 ITD)

that svensson sub +485 is interesting as a teymur bettor.. maybe as a psuedo hedge, but holding off

pickett +3.5 is very interesting cause it, to ME, is "not rivera ITD" -- i don't see how it loses unless pickett gets finished. that make sense? (that said, i think rivera finishes him, so there's that!) -- if you think pickett either survives and/or wins outright, +3.5 +120 is excellent

makwan sub +245 isn't bad. not betting it yet, but it's not bad.

I have been wanting to bet Pickett somehow prior to the +3.5 release but didn't. So when I saw +120 for +3.5, I thought the price was great relative to his ML (+175)

 

[Card]

http://www.ufc.com/news/Danhos-long-journey-finally-leads-to-UFC

Danho’s family runs two pizzerias in Paderborn, Germany after coming into the country as refugees more than 25 years ago.

While starting out in MMA is - for most people anyway - a humiliating experience at best, the first foray on to the mats might just naturally be a little more convenient for someone who modestly describes himself as “the big ox.”

“I just steamrolled most guys,” Danho laughs at the memories of his first training session. “I just tried it out for fun and they saw potential in me.”

Danho decided to test out that potential in the ring soon after. Hindsight is known to be 20/20, but it obviously wasn’t a good idea for the kid on the other side of the square to go in there with a man seemingly twice as broad.

Danho touched gloves and then demonstrated that size sometimes does matter – grabbing a hold of the poor guy, lifting him up and crashing him down on the canvas with a sound that echoed throughout the gym. The kid was tapping before Danho could land any more blows. His debut lasted a total of ten seconds.

Still, Danho realized he couldn’t rely on strength alone.

“Technique is essential, power is a bonus. I’m a little stronger than most, so if you combine that with endurance and technique, then that’s pretty monstrous.”

Realizing that, Danho decided to train with some other big boys at Hammers Gym in Nuremberg. Driving 250 miles back and forth every week between Nuremberg and Paderborn, Danho decided to leave the pizza business behind late last year and set up shop for good with his new team.

For Danho, it’s his big chance now after just two fights in two years. The whole time, his team searched for opponents in a total of 17 countries, but the answer was always the same.

“Nobody wanted to fight me”, Danho laughs.

When Finland’s Marcus Vanttinen took a fight with Danho early last year, the German-Syrian didn’t steamroll his way to victory but proved that he carries his force late into a bout as Vanttinen finally succumbed to the clubbing power shots of the Man Mountain halfway through the third round. Surprisingly, Danho got another fight just three months later and punched his ticket to the UFC with another knockout over Stefan Traunmüller.

Now, he won’t have such a hard time finding willing foes anymore.

“I actually do see myself running my own restaurant,” he laughs. “Cooking.”

 

[Joseph Budden]

Also on Pickett +3.5

 

[Card]

http://www.ufc.com/news/After-layoff-Rustam-Khabilov-happy-to-be-back-on-track

“A layoff is a terrible thing for any professional athlete, in my opinion,” Khabilov said. “First, I had those visa issues, after that I injured my back. Treatment and rehabilitation took some time and finally I’m here.”

“For the last fight (against Martins), I had a really bad camp,” he explains. “I trained only boxing, no wrestling at all. A weak performance was the result. A lack of five-round fight experience and an awful weight cut are the reasons for my loss to Benson. He knew what he was going for, and I didn't. But I wouldn't change anything in my life. I believe that all difficulties and tests are sent to us by God, and there are always good lessons in it.”

For the Parke fight, Khabilov has prepared in the mountains close to his home in Dagestan, though he says that his first destination once he comes back to the United States will be the Jackson-Wink MMA gym in Albuquerque. But he has no complaints about the work he’s gotten at home.

“Training in the mountains at the high altitude automatically improves your endurance and stamina conditioning,” he said. “If you have opportunity to train in the mountains, you better do it.”

“The longer you are out, the more hungry you get - hungry for a fight, for action,” Khabilov said. “It's a huge motivation to get back to the game and climb back again to the top, especially after losing two fights. So I have no problem with motivation and the mental game. Physically, I kept training all the time, except when I was injured.” expect a new version of Rustam Khabilov - hungry and desperate.”

 

[Card]

http://www.ufc.com/news/Things-looking-up-for-Mike-Wilkinson-despite-bad-injury-luck

He got the spectacular win over Backstrom in October of 2014, and a fight with Alan Omer last June would have kept the momentum going.

Then Wilkinson got injured. Twice. But he pressed on.

“I had two torn groins, but there was no way I was pulling out; I wanted to fight,” he said. “I’m going to stand and go to war and put a show on for the fans. I had no grappling for that camp. But obviously the universe had a plan for me, and it dislocated my shoulder and said ‘listen, you’re not ready. Take a step back and heal.’”

Wilkinson finally did as the universe told him, withdrew from the Omer fight, and it was a time for him to get his body back to a hundred percent. Now heading into the Amirkhani fight, it is, and he can’t wait to strap the gloves back on.

“My coach has not seen me train this well in a good couple of years,” ASW’s Wilkinson said. “He said he’s really got to see me doing a camp and being able to do everything that needs to be done for the fight, leaving no stones unturned. There’s nothing holding me back in any sessions, my body’s feeling a hundred percent and I’m super excited to put a show on for the fans, because that’s what it’s all about at the end of the day.”