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Tonight kicks off the 1st of 3 consecutive UFC events in Las Vegas, with
UFC 194 on Saturday. I honestly haven't been this excited for a UFC PPV
in my entire life. The card is most likely the BEST card from top to
bottom that I have ever seen. And no major injuries to any of the main
fighters, which always seems to be the case (knock on wood). I'll get to
those fights in a few days. Tonight, we start things off with UFC Fight
Night 80. The main event is headlined by 2 girls and neither of them
are Ronda Rousey. The UFC is hyping the hell out of VanZant and it's
mostly because of her looks. She has potential to be a solid fighter one
day but she is so inexperienced and not very technical at the moment.
I'm going to be making a small play on Namajunas for some extra action
but I don't recommend playing either fighter to be honest. If anything, I think it's likely that Namajunas catches PVZ in a sub when Paige leaves an opening, or Paige's pace and cardio take over in the later rounds and PVZ gets the finish at that point. I'll make a play on the fight not lasting 5 full rounds.
Sage Northcutt is another UFC hype-train that is probably getting more attention than he should at the moment. Again, it's mostly because he's only 19 and looks like an Abercrombie model. He made quick work of Trevino in his UFC debut but Trevino sucks. So we don't really know much about how Northcutt's chin, cardio, etc. are. Pfister is probably not skilled enough to really give us much more of an indication in this fight either. Pfister is the toughest guy Northcutt's ever faced and he is durable, but not very skilled anywhere. I don't think Nortchutt deserves such steep odds at this point, but there's definitely no way I can make the case for taking a shot on Pfister. I'll probably use Northcutt in a parlay or two, but definitely won't be depending on him across the board.
There are a lot of other fighters I'm betting on tonight but I don't have much more time to get into each one in-depth. In short, I think Tim Means will destroy Howard and likely get a finish. Sterling gets a stiff test in Eduardo, who has a puncher's chance, but I expect Sterling to get him to the ground and submit him in the 2nd or 3rd round. Sterling just needs to make sure he doesn't stand with Eduardo too long, because I think he is definitely at a disadvantage if they keep the fight standing. Tukhugov has a good style matchup and I think he knocks out Nover. Curran is another chick fighter, so you don't want to rely on someone like her too heavily, but Kagan sucks and Curran should have the better pace and cardio to take a clear decision.
UFC Fight Night 80
10 Unit Play
A. Sterling + T. Means + S. Northcutt (-165)
5 Unit Plays
Z. Tukhugov + A. Sterling + S. Nortchutt (-130)
K. Curran + T. Means (-160)
3 Unit Plays
S. Ponzinibbio + A. Sterling (-120)
A. Sterling + E. Theodorou (-130)
R. Namajunas/P. VanZant Under 5 Rounds (-145)
2015 Record: 7-16 (-54 units)
*All plays are made on a scale of 1-10 units
Sage Northcutt is another UFC hype-train that is probably getting more attention than he should at the moment. Again, it's mostly because he's only 19 and looks like an Abercrombie model. He made quick work of Trevino in his UFC debut but Trevino sucks. So we don't really know much about how Northcutt's chin, cardio, etc. are. Pfister is probably not skilled enough to really give us much more of an indication in this fight either. Pfister is the toughest guy Northcutt's ever faced and he is durable, but not very skilled anywhere. I don't think Nortchutt deserves such steep odds at this point, but there's definitely no way I can make the case for taking a shot on Pfister. I'll probably use Northcutt in a parlay or two, but definitely won't be depending on him across the board.
There are a lot of other fighters I'm betting on tonight but I don't have much more time to get into each one in-depth. In short, I think Tim Means will destroy Howard and likely get a finish. Sterling gets a stiff test in Eduardo, who has a puncher's chance, but I expect Sterling to get him to the ground and submit him in the 2nd or 3rd round. Sterling just needs to make sure he doesn't stand with Eduardo too long, because I think he is definitely at a disadvantage if they keep the fight standing. Tukhugov has a good style matchup and I think he knocks out Nover. Curran is another chick fighter, so you don't want to rely on someone like her too heavily, but Kagan sucks and Curran should have the better pace and cardio to take a clear decision.
UFC Fight Night 80
10 Unit Play
A. Sterling + T. Means + S. Northcutt (-165)
5 Unit Plays
Z. Tukhugov + A. Sterling + S. Nortchutt (-130)
K. Curran + T. Means (-160)
3 Unit Plays
S. Ponzinibbio + A. Sterling (-120)
A. Sterling + E. Theodorou (-130)
R. Namajunas/P. VanZant Under 5 Rounds (-145)
2015 Record: 7-16 (-54 units)
*All plays are made on a scale of 1-10 units
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