UFC 82: ” PRIDE OF A CHAMPION”
UFC 82 takes place on March 1st in Columbus, Ohio and will feature a main event Middleweight clash between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Dan “Hollywood” Henderson. Anderson Silva enters the fight as the hotter fighter on a 6 fight winning streak while Henderson is coming off a loss back in September and looks to avoid losing two in a row, something that has only happened once in his career, back in 2002. Henderson is 22-6 overall while Silva is 20-4.
The Odds favor Anderson Silva. 5dimes.com has Silva -150 and the underdog Henderson at +120.
We think the price on Silva is too high. The fight breaks down as dead even to us. If we’re right, then the value is with Henderson. If these two were to fight 100 times, and each fighter won 50, we would lose money betting on Anderson Silva at -150 each time. However, winning 50% of the time is good enough to show a profit with Dan Henderson at the price of +120. Whether you are betting on a football Game, a cockroach race, or an MMA fight, it’s all about obtaining value and winning over the long term, not the short term. Keep making wagers with value in mind and you will grind out a profit.
Henderson is dropping down a weight class for this fight. He plans on winning this one, and then making a few defenses of the title before moving back up in weight. We expect Henderson’s wrestling ability will help set up his striking here. We expect Henderson to win the take down battle all night long finding himself in position to wail away at Silva, more often than Silva will find himself in position to wail away at Henderson. Fairly elementary stuff here, but that’s how we see it going.
You can watch the fight on ppv and for the first time, just in case you can only get to a computer, YAHOO will offer the fight online for the same PPV price.
There are 10 fights on the UFC 82 card. Another top sportsbook with odds posted is 5dimes.com. Here are all the odds for all the match ups on March 1st.
UFC 82: ” PRIDE OF A CHAMPION” – COLUMBUS, OHIO
8:30 PM 32651 DAN HENDERSON – – +135
32652 ANDERSON SILVA – – -165
8:00 PM 32653 HEATH HERRING – – +135
32654 CHEICK KONGO – – -165
7:30 PM 32655 EVAN TANNER – – +190
32656 YUSHIN OKAMI – – -240
5:00 PM 32657 DUSTIN HAZELETT – – +365
32658 JOSH KOSCHECK – – -445
7:00 PM 32659 ALESSIO SAKARA – – +130
32660 CHRIS LEBEN – – -160
7:00 PM 32661 CHRIS WILSON – – +500
32662 JON FITCH – – -650
5:00 PM 32663 JAKE O`BRIEN – – +285
32664 ANDREI ARLOVSKI – – -355
5:00 PM 32665 LUKE CUMMO – – -165
32666 LUIGI FIORAVANTI – – +135
5:00 PM 32667 DAVID BIELKHEDEN – – +400
32668 DIEGO SANCHEZ – – -550
4:30 PM 32669 JOHN HALVERSON – – +165
32670 JORGE GURGEL – – -205