UFC 102 betting on August 29th will feature Randy Couture against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in UFC: Couture vs. Nogueira. UFC betting odds will be exciting again with five fights on the main card and six bouts on the preliminary card.
UFC betting at the sportsbook will definitely be popular on Couture vs. Nogueira since both fighters are former Heavyweight champs who have recognizable names in the UFC. There are a total of five fights on the main pay-per-view card in UFC betting odds. In addition to Couture and Nogueira there are some popular UFC betting choices at the sportsbook.
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Keith Jardine faces Thiago Silva in what should be an interesting bout and is technically the co-feature in UFC betting odds. Chris Leben takes on Jake Rosholt while it is Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia and Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski. The Marquardt-Maia bout should be intense since both fighters are looking to a title shot. Maia is unbeaten at 10-0 in MMA and 5-0 in UFC while Marquardt is a veteran of MMA with a record of 28-8-2 and 7-2 in the UFC. Unfortunately for these two fighters, a title shot won’t come until 2010 at the earliest since Silva is facing Griffin and Dan Henderson is getting a shot as well.
The undercard has six bouts in UFC betting at the sportsbook. It is heavyweight fights in UFC betting between Gabriel Gonzaga and Chris Tuchscherer, Justin McCully vs. Mike Russow, Tim Hague vs. Todd Duffee; middleweight bouts in UFC betting between Wilson Gouveia and James Irvin and Nick Catone facing Mark Munoz and a lightweight fight between Matt Veach and Evan Dunham.
The UFC betting odds at the sportsbook have Couture almost a 2-1 favorite over Nogueira in the feature bout. The co-feature has Jardine a -180 favorite against Silva in UFC betting. Marquardt is -150 in his bout against Maia in UFC betting. Vera is -165 in UFC betting against Soszynski and Leben is listed at -160 in his bout as he takes on Rosholt.
In some of the other bouts, it is Gouveia more than a 2-1 favorite in UFC betting against Irvin and Gonzaga more than a 3-1 UFC betting favorite against Tuchscherer.
UFC betting should get a lot of attention from gamblers with big names like Couture and Nogueira headlining what should be a very exciting night of UFC action in Portland.