Saturday, March 19th
Newark, New Jersey
UFC Light Heavyweight Title
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (19-4) +160 vs. Jon Jones (12-1) -200
Urijah Faber (24-4) -450 vs. Eddie Wineland (18-6-1) +325
Jim Miller (19-2) -260 vs. Kamal Shalorus (7-0-2) +200
Nate Marquardt (30-10-2) -300 vs. Dan Miller (13-4) +220
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (27-8-2) +210 vs. Brendan Schaub (7-1) -280
Luiz Cane (10-3) -210 vs. Eliot Marshall (10-2) +165
Edson Barboza (7-0) -260 vs. Anthony Njokuani (13-4) +200
Ricardo Almeida (13-4) -160 vs. Mike Pyle (20-7-1) +130
Kurt Pellegrino (16-5) +135 vs. Gleison Tibau (21-7) -165
Joseph Benavidez (13-2) -350 vs. Ian Loveland (14-7) +250
Raphael Assuncao (16-3) +140 vs. Erik Koch (11-1) -170
Nick Catone (8-2) -260 vs. Costantinos Philippou (7-1) +200
Don't have time to put up records and lines, but liking this card already!
Most public perception on Shogun, title-holder as a dog - normally I'd bite, but Bones is the real deal. Shogun hasn't fought in over a year, and he's off an ACL injury... he had it repaired back in Brazil and came back too soon, only to injure himself again. This time a doctor around here took care of it and voila, he faces the hottest, fastest, most-talked about LHW in a long time. Good luck.
Bones has a decent reach advantage, but Shogun may stand and want to trade with him. Do we know what Jones is like when he takes a punch? Not yet. Bader certainly didn't land one before he was ousted.
Lots of big names. More analysis tomorrow!
Lean: Jones, Faber, Schaub, Pyle, Tibau
Newark, New Jersey
UFC Light Heavyweight Title
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (19-4) +160 vs. Jon Jones (12-1) -200
Urijah Faber (24-4) -450 vs. Eddie Wineland (18-6-1) +325
Jim Miller (19-2) -260 vs. Kamal Shalorus (7-0-2) +200
Nate Marquardt (30-10-2) -300 vs. Dan Miller (13-4) +220
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (27-8-2) +210 vs. Brendan Schaub (7-1) -280
Luiz Cane (10-3) -210 vs. Eliot Marshall (10-2) +165
Edson Barboza (7-0) -260 vs. Anthony Njokuani (13-4) +200
Ricardo Almeida (13-4) -160 vs. Mike Pyle (20-7-1) +130
Kurt Pellegrino (16-5) +135 vs. Gleison Tibau (21-7) -165
Joseph Benavidez (13-2) -350 vs. Ian Loveland (14-7) +250
Raphael Assuncao (16-3) +140 vs. Erik Koch (11-1) -170
Nick Catone (8-2) -260 vs. Costantinos Philippou (7-1) +200
Don't have time to put up records and lines, but liking this card already!
Most public perception on Shogun, title-holder as a dog - normally I'd bite, but Bones is the real deal. Shogun hasn't fought in over a year, and he's off an ACL injury... he had it repaired back in Brazil and came back too soon, only to injure himself again. This time a doctor around here took care of it and voila, he faces the hottest, fastest, most-talked about LHW in a long time. Good luck.
Bones has a decent reach advantage, but Shogun may stand and want to trade with him. Do we know what Jones is like when he takes a punch? Not yet. Bader certainly didn't land one before he was ousted.
Lots of big names. More analysis tomorrow!
Lean: Jones, Faber, Schaub, Pyle, Tibau
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