{"id":5208,"date":"2009-08-08T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-08T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/penn-florian-preview-against-the-ufc-101-vegas-odds\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T17:04:00","slug":"penn-florian-preview-against-the-ufc-101-vegas-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/penn-florian-preview-against-the-ufc-101-vegas-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn-Florian Preview Against the UFC 101 Vegas Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The quarterback rotations for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahalo.com\/nfl-picks\">NFL picks<\/a> preseason betting contest between the Titans and Bills is forthcoming in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles\">free NFL spread picks<\/a> section right about the time the <span class=SpellE>UFC<\/span> 101 results come pouring in. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>The top NFL betting expert GI Joe Duffy is compiling them now. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes the Red Sox-Yankees is a great appetizer for the fights, but now it&#8217;s time to take a look at the betting preview of <span class=SpellE>Florian<\/span>-Penn. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Early our great friends at <\/span><\/font><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/\">Bodog<\/a>, the Micheal Jackson of sportsbooks,<\/span><span lang=EN> <\/span>previewed the sensational <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lines-maker.com\/2009\/08\/official-mma-betting-previews-for-ufc.html\"><span class=SpellE>MMA<\/span> <span class=SpellE>UFC<\/span> 101 <span class=SpellE>undercard<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Kenny Florian<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'> has been waiting a long time for a second shot at the lightweight title.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>On Saturday at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, only champion <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">B.J. Penn<\/font><\/b><\/strong> stands in his way.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Florian looked impressive in his most recent wins over <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Stevenson<\/font><\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Roger Huerta<\/font><\/b><\/strong>, neither of whom had answers for his well-rounded game. But Penn, at his best, is an artist in the cage. And he will have plenty of motivation, looking to put the GSP loss behind him and proving that he is still relevant.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Penn is nicknamed The Prodigy for the speed in which he earned his jiu-jitsu black belt and won the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Penn is also the favorite heading into this match at -280 to win. Florian is priced at +220 to pull off the upset.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Florian is one of the best lightweights in the fight game today and will be a load for Penn on Saturday<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Get the latest <\/span><\/font><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sports-betting\/mixed-martial-arts.jsp\">MMA Odds<\/a> at Bodog. <\/span><span lang=EN><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speaking of Titans-Bills betting, here is a look at the Hall-of-Fame <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Canton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> inductees. <\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Before you watch Sunday&#8217;s Hall of Fame Game, take a moment to remember the past on Saturday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>The Hall of Fame&#8217;s honor roll will grow to 253 with the enshrinement of <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Bob Hayes, Randall McDaniel, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas, Ralph Wilson, Jr.<\/font><\/b><\/strong>, and <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rod Woodson<\/font><\/b><\/strong>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Hayes, while playing for the Dallas Cowboys, proved a track man could succeed in a contact sport. McDaniel had a streak of 202 consecutive starts and earned 12 straight Pro Bowl berths.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Smith was a dominant player during his 19 playing seasons with the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins. Thomas, a member of the NFL&#8217;s All-Decade Team of the 1990s, was named first-team All-AFC seven times during an eight-year stretch.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Wilson, Jr. was the man responsible for reintroducing pro football to Western New York when he formed the Buffalo Bills in 1959. Finally, Woodson recorded 71 interceptions; 1,483 interception return yards; 2,362 punt return yards; and 17 touchdowns.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Get your <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sports-betting\/football-futures.jsp\">NFL Exhibition Odds<\/a> in the Bodog Sportsbook!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quarterback rotations for the NFL picks preseason betting contest between the Titans and Bills is forthcoming in the free NFL spread picks section right about the time the UFC 101 results come pouring in. \u00a0The top NFL betting expert GI Joe Duffy is compiling them now. Yes the Red Sox-Yankees is a great appetizer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/penn-florian-preview-against-the-ufc-101-vegas-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Penn-Florian Preview Against the UFC 101 Vegas Odds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208","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=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}