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The UFC 100 is tonight, Saturday, July 11th at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. Most UFC fans are calling this the best card the UFC has ever had. It will be headlined by a Heavyweight title unification bout between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir. Lesnar is a -270 favorite while Mir is +210 at 5dimes.com. Of course the odds vary from sportsbook to sportsbook so be sure to shop around for the best price. We’ll post the odds on the rest of the fights below.

So where can you watch this spectacle? Well, you can watch it at home on PPV if you’re not lucky enough to be there in person. You can also watch it on yahoo. For those not willing to pay to watch the UFC 100, you can always do a search online for UFC 100 live stream. You’ll find several places where you can watch it for free, although the quality is not always the best. Justin.tv is one such sOurce.

From 5dimes.com – The main event is a Heavyweight title unification match between champion Brock Lesnar (-250) and “Interim” champion Frank Mir (+190). This is a rematch of Lesnar’s UFC debut on Feb. 2, 2008, when he lost to Mir by kneebar submission at 1:30 of the first round. Lesnar was all over Mir like a wet blanket from the outset; however, he gave Mir that one sliver of opportunity, and didn’t properly defend against the submission.

Here are the rest of the betting odds for UFC 100 – If you watch, enjoy. It should be a night to remember for MMA fans.

8:00 PM 31575 THIAGO ALVES – – +235 31576 GEORGES ST PIERRE – – -295

8:00 PM 31577 FRANK MIR – – +190 31578 BROCK LESNAR – – -240

7:00 PM 31579 MICHAEL BISPING – – +185 31580 DAN HENDERSON – – -225

7:00 PM 31581 PAULO THIAGO – – +370 31582 JON FITCH – – -470

7:00 PM 31583 ALAN BELCHER – – +200 31584 YOSHIHIRO AKIYAMA – – -250

6:00 PM 31585 MARK COLEMAN – – +305 31586 STEPHAN BONNAR – – -375

5:30 PM 31587 MAC DANZIG – – +150 31588 JIM MILLER – – -190

5:00 PM 31589 JAKE OBRIEN – – +300 31590 JON JONES – – -400

4:30 PM 31591 TJ GRANT – – +180 31592 DONG HYUN KIM – – -220

4:15 PM 31593 TOM LAWLOR – – +210 31594 CB DOLLAWAY – – -260

4:00 PM 31595 SHANNON GUGERTY – – -145 31596 MATT GRICE – – +115

UFL Betting Odds

Will There Be Any Interest in Betting on the United Football League?

7/19/09

Need even MORE football Games to bet on in the fall? Well, you got em. The United Football League kicks off it’s inaugural season in October and where there’s football you can be sure there will be odds posted on their Games. It looks like the UFL will start with just 4 teams and then will add a couple more the following year. Currently there will be teams in Las Vegas, New York, Orlando and San Francisco. Next year, Hartford and Los Angeles will join the league.

The UFL has already attracted some big name coaches. Jim Haslett will coach Orlando. Jim Fassel will coach Vegas. Ted Cottrell will coach New York and Dennis “there as good as we thought they were” Green will coach San Francisco. Some familiar names on the field as well, such as QB’s JP Losman in Vegas and Tim Rattay in San Fran.

The two questions I have right now are, will anyone be interested in watching the United Football League, and will anyone be interested in betting on the UFL? I have a feeling that, at least initially, the answer to both of those questions is NO. As for the first question, will anyone be interested in general, it seems as though there is simply too much “real football” being played in October and November for anyone to care. You have college football in full swing and the NFL as well. As it is, the public is flooded with football just about every day of the week these days during the regular season. We have weeknight Games in college, Monday and Thursday Night Games in the NFL and of course Saturday and Sunday Games. Enough is enough. The UFL will play it’s Games on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.

Will there be any betting interest on UFL Games? Well, where there is odds there is interest, however, so many football fans won’t even realize there is a new league! Some sharps might be interested but you can be sure the betting limits will be very low on these Games, which tends to push the sharps away. So expect the betting volume to be very low on these Games. Heck, even back in the days of the old USFL the betting on those Games never really took off. I know personally, I’ll be too busy handicapping college football and the NFL to pay much attention to the UFL.

It’s been said that the UFL was created with it’s sites set on the 2011 season when the NFL and the players union contract ends. If the NFL were to go on strike, NFL players would have a place to play and the UFL would have hit the mother load with all fans interested in watching professional tuning in to watch their league. We shall see. In the meantime, if you don’t like the college football offerings on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays you can always tune in to the UFL for your fix. I imagine I’ll watch a Game or two out of curiosity myself. But I doubt seriously this league will be around past next season. After all, all leagues that have come before this one, and tried to compete with the NFL, failed, with the exception of the old AFL which ended up merging with the NFL. Stay tuned…….