{"id":3650,"date":"2009-03-03T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/ufc-96-odds-jardine-wants-respect\/"},"modified":"2009-03-03T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:10:00","slug":"ufc-96-odds-jardine-wants-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/ufc-96-odds-jardine-wants-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 96 odds – Jardine Wants Respect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we approach the Rampage vs<\/span> Jardine<\/span> odds<\/a> , it seems the Dean of Mean gets no respect. Can you blame fight fans and fellow UFC<\/span> fighters alike for not getting too excited over Keith Jardine<\/span> (<\/span><\/font>14-5-1<\/st1:date>)? For one, everyone hates the apparition growing from his chin. Secondly, considering that he’s known as a striker, Jardine<\/span> sure has trouble knocking people out. He doesn’t seem to be what the UFC<\/span> advertises him to be, so it’s no wonder online betting<\/a> fans don’t seem to trust him at the sportsbook. Heading into his battle against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Jardine<\/span> is a +240 underdog against Rampage.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to argue against Rampage as the favorite (-300). He’s a world-class fighter (29-7 record), having held the UFC<\/span> heavyweight title and beaten Chuck Liddell (twice), Dan Henderson and, most recently, Wanderlei<\/span> Silva in a vicious knockout. Rampage has the advantage in virtually every category\u2014he’s a better wrestler, has a stronger chin and has more knockout power than Jardine<\/span>. But is Rampage, like many online betting fans, underestimating Jardine<\/span>? He reportedly turned down a title shot against Rashad<\/span> Evans so he could “tune up” against Jardine<\/span> first. If that doesn’t motivate the Dean of Mean in the Rampage vs<\/span> Jardine<\/span> odds, nothing can.<\/p>\n

Jardine’s<\/span> secret weapon is his ability to beat counterpunchers<\/span>. He took down Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell and actually poses a sneakily difficult matchup for Rampage. Those who bet on UFC<\/span> could do worse if they felt like picking a big sportsbook<\/a> underdog in the UFC<\/span> 96 betting lines. Overall, Rampage is still the safer bet. He’s stronger and more experienced than Jardine<\/span>; he’s also smart enough to change his strategy and catch Jardine<\/span> off guard. History suggests that walking forward is the way to beat the Dean of Mean (and badly\u2014<\/span><\/i>aggressive fighters like Silva and Houston Alexander demolished him that way), so online betting fans shouldn’t be surprised if Rampage tries exactly that this Saturday.<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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As we approach the Rampage vs Jardine odds , it seems the Dean of Mean gets no respect. Can you blame fight fans and fellow UFC fighters alike for not getting too excited over Keith Jardine (14-5-1)? For one, everyone hates the apparition growing from his chin. Secondly, considering that he’s known as a striker, … Continue reading UFC 96 odds – Jardine Wants Respect<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}