{"id":5081,"date":"2009-07-30T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/ufc-101-betting-silva-vs-griffin\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T19:37:00","slug":"ufc-101-betting-silva-vs-griffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/ufc-101-betting-silva-vs-griffin\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 101 Betting – Silva vs Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If Community Shield betting<\/a> ain’t<\/span> your thing, you’re probably a fight fan. Why not bet on one or both of the main events at UFC<\/span> 101? Let’s handicap the Silva\/Griffin bout.<\/p>\n

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/font>Anderson<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> “The Spider” Silva
<\/span><\/b>Record: 24-4
Notable victories: Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin, Nate<\/span> Marquardt
Odds to win: -330<\/p>\n

BOOM: He’s right up there with the best pound-for-pound fighters on planet Earth, as he can do it all in the Octagon. His striking is amazingly fast, accurate and powerful. He can crush people with his knees in the Muay<\/span> Thai clinch, he can bust out head kicks or spinning backfists<\/span>, and his elbows are great too. On the ground, he controls opponents with his lanky limbs and can submit opponents. He’s a fantastic evader of punches, bobbing and weaving like Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n

BUST: Unless you want to say he’s susceptible to submission because of that one flying heel hook from Ryo Chonan<\/span>, there’s not much to dislike about Silva. I suppose you can say his dedication is in question after he seemed disinterested in his last two wins, but that’s it. <\/p>\n

Forrest <\/span><\/b>Griffin<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
<\/span><\/b>Record: 16-5
Notable victories: Rampage Jackson, Shogun Rua<\/span>
Odds to win: +255<\/p>\n

BOOM<\/span>: Few fighters can match Forrest Griffin’s heart and chin. He’s a self-proclaimed “dog,” willing fo<\/span><\/span> fight anyone and never giving up. He’s fast for his size and can really slow opponents down with his accurate leg kicks. He’s decent on the ground, as his Jiu-Jitsu<\/span> keeps improving\u2014and that’s a product of his smarts and eagerness to learn.<\/p>\n

BUST: Forrest has no power. Just two of his 16 wins came via knockout and, since he’s inferior to Silva on the ground, I’m betting<\/a> he won’t finish Silva. He also leaves himself open to big shots because of his brawling style, so Silva may seriously hurt him in the clinch.<\/p>\n

Pick: Griffin<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will do everything in his power to make this fight worth watching for those who pay per head<\/a>, but Silva will win. He’s better in almost every way and Griffin<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s aggression will only bring out the best in him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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If Community Shield betting ain’t your thing, you’re probably a fight fan. Why not bet on one or both of the main events at UFC 101? Let’s handicap the Silva\/Griffin bout. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Anderson “The Spider” Silva Record: 24-4 Notable victories: Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin, Nate Marquardt Odds to win: -330 BOOM: He’s right up there with … Continue reading UFC 101 Betting – Silva vs Griffin<\/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-5081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081","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=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}