“UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop” Gambling Odds

Koscheck4Champ · 09-04-2010, 11:49 AM

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Anybody interested in finding out how to make a slightly less than spectacular fight card a little more interesting? Well, the Gambling Gods would like to encourage you to scope out the latest “UFC 119: Mir vs.Cro Cop” betting lines.

A heavyweight rematch between former heavyweight champions Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was slated to headline the pay-per-view broadcast, however Big Nog suffered multiple injuries and was forced to withdraw.

The show much go on and the UFC hardly missed a beat as former Pride superstar Mirko “Cro Cop Filipovic agreed to make the September 25th date.

The event will be jumping off inside Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, will face Ryan Bader in a pivotal light heavyweight affair in the night’s co-main event.

Here are the latest betting odds for the show: (Courtesy of BetUS.com):

Joey Beltran +120
Matt Mitrione -150

CB Dollaway -350
Joe Doerksen +250

Evan Dunham -235
Sean Sherk +185

TJ Grant -165
Julio Paulino +135

Melvin Guillard -130
Jeremy Stephens +160

Chris Lytle -140
Matt Serra +110

Ryan Bader -160
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +130

Frank Mir -220
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic +171

I'm very suprised to see Chris Lytle as the favorite here!!!!

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Rocky>Fedor · 09-04-2010, 11:57 AM

Ryan Bader is the favorite to beat Nogueira?????
I find that weird

Koscheck4Champ · 09-04-2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Pashak

Ryan Bader is the favorite to beat Nogueira?????
I find that weird

But Jason Brilz pretty much took care of Lil Nog......Bader is a much better wrestler and all around fighter then Brilz......I got Bader as the favorite to win and fight Jon Jones next!!

beau420 · 09-04-2010, 12:20 PM

Upsets I might put money on:

-Joe Doerkson - he is still training with Jeremy Horn and if he doesn't get out wrestled in the first 2 minutes, if CB stands and wants to trade, he will get beat on the feet, but I hope Doerkson doesn't start throwing kicks and get taken down
-Sean Sherk - guess we will find out if Evan Dunham is for real or not...only way I see Sherk losing is if he sabotages himself and doesn't follow his gameplan (which seems to happen to him a lot...but still)
-Jeremy Stephens - Guillard has yet to win 3 fights in a row in the UFC, this one might be a close one

Bader should win. Lil Nog's stamina and wrestling looked really suspect last fight...and I saw him lose that last fight against Brilz.

On second thought....I might only put money on Sherk

I am surprised that MIR isn't a bigger favorite. I would put money on Sean McCorkle to beat Mark Hunt too.

apardo · 09-04-2010, 12:31 PM

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03/09/10 - Mir says CroCop has no advantages in their fight

Frank Mir doesn’t see a single advantage for Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic in their forthcoming fight at UFC 119.

Filipovic is a late stand-in, having taken the fight on five weeks notice when Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira pulled out injured, and he has repeatedly been described as being well past his PRIDE FC glory days - but that isn’t the source of Mir’s confidence.

“I think Crocop is still the same individual we saw in PRIDE. I think a lot of guys have seen enough tape on him to know that if you walk away from him or stand there in front of him you could be in for a dangerous night because he still has the same leg he always had,” Mir says in a video interview for UFC.com

“He has a lot of speed and quickness… Mirko is very good on his feet; I’m not bad on my feet either. Add in the wrestling that I have been working on, the jiu jitsu aspect, he has many more things to worry about. Once that cage door shuts every advantage is mine.

“I don’t see anywhere I don’t feel comfortable with CroCop - I can beat him in more ways than he can beat me.”

Mir is coming off a TKO loss to Shane Carwin at UFC 111 in March and is 2-2 in his last four, while Filipovic is coming off a scrappy submission win over Pat Barry at UFC 115 and is 3-1 in his last four. Their fight headlines UFC 119, which takes place in Indiana on September 25th.

I cant start a new thread but since this is relevant, just thought id throw it in here.

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TapOut27 · 09-04-2010, 01:03 PM

CC is worth putting money on. If Mir thinks he can stand with CC he is in for a rude awakening. Throwing the same 1-2 combo over and over again will not beat CC, and CC has elite TDD.

Otomosix · 09-04-2010, 01:43 PM

Do any of you guys bet regularly on MMA and if so, where do you go? I called up an MMA bet company a couple years ago or so (forget which one) but the guy who picked up the phone sounded like he was on a cell phone taking a drive. He didn't even announce his company at all (just "Hello?"). So I'm looking for reputable (if any) MMA bet companies.