Monday, September 26, 2011

UFC 135 picks, Vegas-style: Koscheck is a massive favorite for a guy fighting on 19 days notice

Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole joined "The MMA Insiders" show in Las Vegas to give his plays for UFC 135.

From a gambling standpoint, this is an interesting card to breakdown. The main and co-main events feature veteran fighters tabbed as massive underdog. Who has a better shot - Quinton Jackson or Matt Hughes? Adam Hill from the Las Vegas Review-Journal made a strong case for Hughes over Josh Koscheck.

Three weeks ago, Koscheck seemed to prepping for a fight at middleweight at UFC 139 in November. When Diego Sanchez dropped off this card with an injury, Koscheck jumped at the chance to fight Hughes. He looked good at the UFC weigh-in yesterday.

There's heavy public steam on some of the undercard favorites. That's pushing the numbers through the roof.

UFC 135 betting odds (Courtesy Cantor Gaming Las Vegas):

Best plays in bold

Jon Jones (-500) vs. Quinton Jackson (+375) - Light heavyweight title

Matt Hughes (+375) vs. Josh Koscheck (-500) - Welterweight

Mark Hunt (+270) vs. Ben Rothwell (-350) - Heavyweight

Rob Broughton (+300) vs. Travis Browne (-380) - Heavyweight

Nate Diaz (-250) vs. Takanori Gomi (+210) - Lightweight

Aaron Riley (+270) vs. Tony Ferguson (-350) - Lightweight

Tim Boetsch (-170) vs. Nick Ring (+140) - Middleweight

Junior Assuncao (+105) vs. Eddie Yagin (-135) - Featherweight

Cole Escovedo (+175) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (-210) - Bantamweight

Ricardo Romero (+135) vs. James Te Huna (-165) - Light heavyweight

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-135-picks-Vegas-style-Koscheck-is-a-massiv?urn=mma-wp7231

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