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UFC 133 Evans vs. Ortiz Free Picks, Live Odds, & Predictions

August 3rd, 2011 by Adam Markowitz (Bankroll Sports Columnist) | Posted in UFC / Boxing   Comments Off on UFC 133 Evans vs. Ortiz Free Picks, Live Odds, & Predictions
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This Saturday night is fight night at the Wells Fargo Center in the City of Brotherly Love, and we have some of the best MMA picks in the world as we dissect the UFC 133 live odds!

2011 UFC 133, Picks & Info
UFC 133 Date: Saturday, August 6th, 2011, 9:00 ET
UFC 133 Location: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
UFC 133 Main Event: Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
UFC 133 Live TV Coverage – Network: Pay-Per-View

Making UFC 133 picks is going to be quite interesting in the bout between Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz. This is actually the third different fighter that Evans was scheduled to go up against in this bout, as both Jon Jones and Phil Davis pulled out of it previously. Ortiz fought Ryan Bader in a match that might have saved his career at the most recent UFC event, winning in just 1:56 with a guillotine choke, stopping a five match winless streak. Still, Evans is the hefty choice of the oddsmakers thanks to his pristine 15-1-1 mark. These two have already fought once in their careers back in 2007 at UFC 73, but that fight went to a draw. Now, with the form that both are in, it’s hard to see how Ortiz is even going to last the distance in this one, let alone be able to put up a fight for the ‘W’.

In the undercard, there are a number of other fantastic fights. The signature bout of the bunch is between Brazilian Vitor Belfort and Japanese native Yoshihiro Akiyama. Belfort just lost his chance at the UFC Middleweight Championship in February against Anderson Silva, a fight in which he was a heavy underdog, and now, he is going to hope to get back in the saddle in a very winnable fight. Akiyama has had three straight fantastic fights dating back to July 2009, all of which have gone near the distance. A loss by unanimous decision against Michael Bisping in the highlight fight of UFC 120 really set him back, and he is expected to struggle in this fight as well after back to back losses.

Veteran Dennis Hallman has already had a whopping 56 fights in his career, but he is going to be the less experience of the two fighters in his bout with Brian Ebersole in the welterweight division. Ebersole has never been knocked out in his career, a streak that will probably continue against a man who has only posted five knockouts in his career. This is only the second fight in UFC for Ebersole, who beat Chris Lytle at UFC 127 back in February via unanimous decision.

It’s not often that you see the country of Cyprus represented in a predominantly American sporting event, but that’s the case with Constantinos Philippou, who will be taking on Jorge Rivera. Rivera is definitely the favored of these two fighters on the UFC 133 odds, as this is only the second fight for Philippou at the UFC level. Philippou had won seven straight fights (with one no contest as well) before losing to Nick Catone at UFC 128 in March, and now, he has to go up against Rivera, who has a rock solid 7-3 mark in his 10 fights in UFC. His most recent loss against Michael Bisping at UFC 127 probably cost him a chance at moving up the ladder in the middleweight division.

Finally, Canadian Rory MacDonald will look to do his homeland proud when he faces off with American Mike Pyle in a welterweight bout. This is definitely not a fight with the same type of pomp and circumstance as the Evans/Ortiz fight, but it is definitely one to watch out for. Both Pyle and MacDonald have a legitimate chance of being in line for the welterweight championship in the near future, especially with the sparkling 11-1 career mark of MacDonald’s in the balance in this one. Pyle is no slack though at 21-7-1, especially knowing that he has taken care of Jesse Lennox, John Hathaway, and Ricardo Almeida in three straight fights leading up to this one.

Current 2011 UFC 133 Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook) (as of 8/3/11):
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Tito Ortiz +350
Rashad Evans -440
Over/Under 2.5 Rounds (over -275)

Yoshihiro Akiyama +250
Vitor Belfort -300
Over/Under 2.5 Rounds (over +120)

Dennis Hallman -125
Brian Ebersol +105
Over/Under 2.5 Rounds (over -200)

Costantinos Philippou +140
Jorge Rivera -160
Over/Under OTB

Mike Pyle +240
Rory MacDonald -280
Over/Under 2.5 Rounds (over -195)

Current 2011 UFC 133 Odds @ JustBet Sportsbook) (as of 8/3/11):
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Tito Ortiz +350
Rashad Evans -430

Mike Pyle +220
Rory MacDonald 270

Yoshihiro Akiyama +240
Vitor Belfort -300

Dennis Hallman -120
Brian Ebersole -110

2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Odds, & Free Picks

August 3rd, 2011 by Adam Markowitz (Bankroll Sports Columnist) | Posted in Nascar / Auto Racing   Comments Off on 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Odds, & Free Picks
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NASCAR betting fans: We’re back with another fantastic race this weekend at Watkins Glen, as 43 of the best drivers in the world look to make for great Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen picks!

2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Odds, Picks & Info
2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Date: Sunday, August 14th, 2011
2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Green Flag Time: 1:14 ET
2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Location: Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Favorite: Marcos Ambrose (+475)
Defending Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Champion: Juan Pablo Montoya
2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen TV Coverage – Network: ESPN

Road races often times give some very, very strange results in NASCAR betting action, and it wouldn’t get any stranger if the man who is the favorite to win this race, Marcos Ambrose (Current Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Odds: 4.75 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook) took the checkered flag. Ambrose sits in just 23rd place in the Chase for the Championship, needing to make up 19 points just to get into the Top 20 to qualify for a Wild Card spot in NASCAR’s postseason, and he has never won a race before in his career. So why is Ambrose the favorite in this one? He has three career races here at Watkins Glen. He finished in the Top 5 in all three and very well could have ended up winning all three as well.

List Of Past Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Champions (Since 2000)
2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya
2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Tony Stewart
2008 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Kyle Busch
2007 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Tony Stewart
2006 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Kevin Harvick
2005 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Tony Stewart
2004 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Tony Stewart
2003 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Robby Gordon
2002 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Tony Stewart
2001 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Jeff Gordon
2000 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Winner: Steve Park

Want a good case as to why Ambrose should be the overwhelming favorite in this one? Another man who switched over from the INDY cars to NASCAR, Juan Pablo Montoya (Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Lines: 8.50 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook) won this race last year. It remains the only race of Montoya’s Sprint Cup career in which he took the checkered flag, but don’t think for one moment that he can’t do it again. Montoya, also outside the Top 20 in 21st place, needs to win a race somewhere along the way at the end of the regular season to have a shot of getting into the playoffs as a Wild Card. He is one of the rare drivers that has run the full season that doesn’t have a DNF, and that sort of consistency can really pay off at a track like this one with so many twists and turns.

However, the man of the hour in this one very well could be another man with his postseason hopes fleeting, Tony Stewart (Odds to Win the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen: 6.50 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook). We love the price here on the No. 14 Mobil 1 machine, especially knowing just how well Stewart has run on this road course in his career. The edgy driver has five wins in the last eight years on this track, and he has an average finishing position of 5.4. On road courses, Stewart has seven wins, 11 Top 5s, and 18 Top 10s in 25 runs. Especially knowing that he is in ninth place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and that he doesn’t have a win under his belt yet this year to get him into the playoffs should he not finish in the Top 10, we know that Stewart is going to be gunning hard to take that checkered flag.

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 8/10/11):
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Marcos Ambrose 4.75 to 1
Tony Stewart 6.50 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 8.50 to 1
Kyle Busch 8.50 to 1
Kurt Busch 8.50 to 1
Jeff Gordon 9 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 9.75 to 1
Kevin Harvick 11 to 1
Carl Edwards 14 to 1
Denny Hamlin 22 to 1
Jamie McMurray 27 to 1
Robby Gordon 27 to 1
Ryan Newman 33 to 1
Kasey Kahne 33 to 1
Boris Said 33 to 1
Clint Bowyer 40 to 1
AJ Allmendinger 45 to 1
Greg Biffle 55 to 1
Paul Menard 55 to 1
Joey Logano 55 to 1

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Odds @ JustBet Sportsbook (as of 8/11/11):
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Marcos Ambrose 4.50 to 1
Tony Stewart 6 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 8 to 1
Kyle Busch 8 to 1
Kurt Busch 8 to 1
Jeff Gordon 9 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 9 to 1
Kevin Harvick 10 to 1
Carl Edwards 15 to 1
Denny Hamlin 20 to 1
Jamie McMurray 25 to 1
Robby Gordon 25 to 1
Ryan Newman 30 to 1
Kasey Kahne 30 to 1
Boris Said 30 to 1
Clint Bowyer 40 to 1
AJ Allmendinger 40 to 1
Greg Biffle 50 to 1
Paul Menard 50 to 1
Joey Logano 50 to 1
Field 14 to 1