UFC 75: Champion vs Champion

UFC 75: Champion vs Champion will take place on September 8th at 4:00pm EST in the 02 Arena in London, England.

GamblersPalace.com is proud to offer early UFC Odds on the UFC 75 whose title card will feature the current UFC Light Heavyweight champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson 27-6-0 in a battle against the current Pride Fighting Light Heavyweight champ Dan "Hollywood" Henderson 22-5-0. UFC had puchased the Pride Fighting League back in May and this bout will look to unify the belt at the Light Heavyweight division.
The bookmakers currently have Jackson medium favorite at -150(risk $150 to win $100) with Henderson bringing back a respectable +120(risk $120 to win $100). Both fighters are wrestlers by trade, however lately we have seen wrestlers who would much rather box it out with strikes instead of going to the mat. These 2 fighters are prime examples of this as 13 of Jackson's 27 wins have come by way of KO while Henderson has posted up 10 his 22 wins via KO. Jackson is on a 5 fight win streak coming off his championship fight win over Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell with a stunning knockout in the 1st round that left Liddell dazed and confused. This win has no doubt raised Jackson into the upper echelon of UFC fighters and he will no doubt dish out all that Henderson can take. Henderson on the hand is no slouch and has fought the best of the best in Pride, his last fight was back in February when he KO'ed Wanderlei Silva at Pride 33. This will be Henderson's UFC debut and I would expect hes bringing his A game but it has been a while since his last fight which is probably the reason for Jackson being favored so early. Regardless of the touts I believe this will be an all out war and there will be a knockout!!!

The undercard that night will feature a Heavywieght fight between Mirko Cro Cop 22-5-2 and Cheick Kongo 19-3-1. Currently Cro Cop is a heavy favorite at -330(risk $330 to win $100) with Kongo on the comeback at +250(risk $100 to win $250). Cro Cop is coming off a heartbreaking loss against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70 where he suffered a devasting kick to the head that rendered him unable to standup, this alone will be enough motivation for the knockout artist Cro Cop to easily dispose of Kongo. Cheick Kongo has been in the UFC for about a year now and has a few wins under his belt, his latest was at UFC 70 where he won by decision against Assuerio Silva. Other than that I really don't recognize anyone else hes fought, if the handicappers are right then it should be a short night for Kongo as he will most likely get knocked out by the Croation. Some other fights on the card that GP will be providing odds for as we get closer to the event date:

Matt "The Hammer" Hamill vs Michael "The Count" Bispin
Naoyuki Kotani vs Dennis Silver

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UFC 74: Respect Early Odds

There are early lines out for UFC 74 which will be held August 25th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The main event will be a Heavyweight title fight between the current champ Randy Couture 15-8-0 and challenger Gabriel "Napo" Gonzaga 8-1-0 who is fresh off his stunning 1st round knockout of Mirko "Cro Cop" in UFC 70.

Currently the lines available have Gonzaga favored at -125 (risk $125 to win $100) with Couture at -105 (risk $105 to win $100).

The undercard to the main event will be Welterweights: Josh Koscheck 9-1-0 vs Georges St. Pierre 13-2-0.

The bookmakers currently have St. Pierre a heavy favorite at -245 (risk $245 to win $100) while Koscheck brings back +185 (risk $100 to win $185).

Keep checking back for fight updates and major line moves as I will be adding more and more info on UFC 74: RESPECT.....

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UFC 73 Results

Well I picked 6 out of 9 right problem is that the 3 I missed were the ones I bet!!! Damnit

UFC 73 was by far the most anticipated MMA event of the year with 9 fights on the card, 2 of which were title fights in the Middleweight and Lightweight divisions. The night started off with sparks when Heath Herring a huge underdog nearly knocked out Pride Fighting champ Minotauro Nogueira with a kick to the head, but ended up losing the fight by decision. The Lighweight championship was nothing short of an all out war between Hermes Franca and defending champ Sean Sherk. The bout went all 5 five minute rounds and ended with Sherk by unanimous decision. One of the more anticipated fights of the night was between Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz at the Lightheavy Weight division. Sparks were flying and both fighters put on quite a show for the sell out crowd at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, but the crowd was left disappointed when the bout ended in a draw due to a point deduction incurred by Ortiz in the 2nd round when he was penalized for holding onto the fence to prevent a takedown. The main event of the night was the Middleweight championship bout between defending champ Anderson "The Spider" Silva and the challenger Nate Marqaurdt. With the ring of the bell Silva opened up with a quick flurry of striking combos, Marquardt tried to defend but was no match for the Brazilians speed and Nate "The Great" was TKO'd with 1:30 left in the 1st round.

Complete Results for UFC 73:
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUTFrankie Edgar defeated Mark Bocek at 4:55 of Round One by TKO.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUTChris Lytle defeated Jason Gilliam 2:15 of Round One by triangle choke.

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUTJorge Gurgel defeated Diego Saraiva by unanimous decision (30-27 on all three scorecards)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUTStephan Bonnar defeated Mike Nickels by Rear Naked Choke at 2:14 of Round One.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUTAntonio Rodrigo Nogueria defeats Heath Herring by unanimous decision (29-28 on all score cards)

LIGHT WEIGHT UFC WORLD TITLE BOUT
Sean Sherk defeats Hermes Franca by unanimous decision (50-45 on all judges scorecards)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
Tito Ortiz vs Rashad Evans. All 3 judges score the bout 28-28 for a unanimous draw mostly due to the point taken away from Ortiz in the 2nd round. MIDDLEWEIGHT UFC WORLD TITLE BOUTAnderson Silva defeats Nate Marqaurdt by TKO Rd 1 (Referee's stoppage due to strikes)

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
Kenny Florian defeats Alvin Robinson by TKO (Referee's Stoppage due to strikes on the ground) Rd 1

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