UFC betting in UFC 102 will include a great matchup between Nate Marquardt and Demian Maia. UFC 102 has the feature bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera. While that bout will get a lot of attention from gamblers who bet on UFC, the Marquardt-Maia fight might be more exciting.
UFC betting favors Marquardt against Maia in UFC 102 on August 29th. Marquardt is a -160 favorite in UFC betting against Maia in a bout that will probably determine who the #1 contender for the UFC middleweight title will be. Marquardt is coming off a UFC betting win over Wilson Gouveia at UFC 95. Maia fought on that same card in UFC betting and defeated Chael Sonnen.
Marquardt is the fighter that most gamblers who bet on UFC believe has the best chance to challenge Anderson Silva for the middleweight title. He had a shot at Silva in 2007 but lost by TKO. He has gotten better since that fight and many people who bet on UFC believe he can give Silva a good bout should they meet again. Marquardt is 3-1 since that bout in UFC betting with the only loss being a split decision defeat to Leites in which he was penalized two points during that fight.
Marquardt comes into this UFC betting bout with a record of 28-8-2 while Maia is 10-0. The key in this bout will be for Marquardt to stay on his feet since Maia is a submission expert and wins most of his bouts that way.
UFC 102 betting at the sports book has Couture vs. Nogueira as the co-feature along with Keith Jardine facing Thiago Silva. Couture is a 2-1 favorite in UFC betting at the sportsbook against Nogueira while Jardine is a 2-1 favorite against Silva. Also on the main card for gamblers who bet on UFC are the Marquardt-Maia bout and two other fights. It is Chris Leben a -170 UFC betting favorite against Jake Rosholt at the sportsbook and Brandon Vera a -165 UFC betting favorite against Krzysztof Soszynski.
There are six preliminary bouts in UFC betting for UFC 102. It is Gabriel Gonzaga about a 4-1 favorite over Chris Tuchscherer, Wilson Gouveia more than a 2-1 choice at the sports book over James Irvin, Justin McCully vs. Mike Russo, Todd Duffee vs. Tim Hague, Nick Catone vs. Mark Munoz, and Matt Veach vs. Evan Dunham.
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