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James Toney (+120) 4 units to win 4.8
Toney ITD (+425) 1 unit to win 4.25
I'm late to the party here due to frustrating internet issues but I've had this one in my head for a while. Hasim Rahman is tailor made for JToney, assuming he is in fact in good shape. Rahman has been going through the motions in my opinion for quite a while and thats a recipe for disaster. Toney will be able to get inside and punish a sluggish Rahman. I could really see him stopping him. Toney has his faults but in the ring, he is always live and making him a dog against Hasim Rahman is just too tempting not to hammer. Lights out for the Rock tonight.
 
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Don't know how I missed your post earlier.  Congrats my man.  Big night.

Glad that I was on the winning end of the controversy with you this time, the boxing gods have been nice to you lately.
 
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+9.05 units for the week.

I'll take it. By the line of the law, it should have been a no contest and I think Rahman's appeal has a chance. That said, Rahman did look like he was looking for a way out and it would have been disappointing because i think Toney was going to stop him anyway.

Definitely a break I will take.

My thoughts are with Oscar Diaz.
 
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Wright to upset McCloskey

Med  bet

I won’t disclose my reasons, I reckon an upset is coming.

Yes I know McCloskey is home turf and unbeaten, I’ll stick my neck out here.

 

Spider to win (UFC)

Med bet

Lousy odds on offer for someone moving up a weighclass for the first time but truly Anderson is miles above Irvin. Irvin has one way to fight, a round 1 slug o war and Silvia has never been suceptible to this sort of action, with his excellent boxing defences and circling footwork. He looked fine verus Hendo who tried to land big overhand rights on him to no avail.

The weigh-in staredown photo shows an Irvin, who to me, looks scared.

 

Fedor to win (Affliction)

Med/Big bet

I’ll take this at -400 with confidence. Big Tim has never been TKO’ed but has been submitted many times yet he never ever learns or changes his game. It’s gonna be the same old story, once this hits the canvas Tim won’t be getting up. I don’t spot that rabid desperation in Tim’s eye during the weigh-in photos so I’m guessing he won’t be coming to try a crazy new strategy this time(he should!), and is just happy to headline this event.

Has Tim learn anything from Nog? I’m betting no.

 

 Unlike Nog, Fedor has just enough stand up firepower to hurt a bit and I’m hoping Fedor’s top team knows Tim will be trying for a facial cut like Lindland did and take precautions. Fedor should come with a forward head lean in this fight to reduce the chances Tim’s straight shots (the only kind Tim has) cutting him up. Tim has never shown a good uppercut. For those who think Fedor has “been out too long”, remember Fedor has top team, his preparation has always been good, he won’t lose his mystique so cheaply with a loss to someone who was beaten by Nog, who he has splattered twice.

 

Barnett to win (Affliction)

Small bet

I reckon Josh tools him! Enuf said

 
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Quote Originally Posted by HakAttack1:

+9.05 units for the week.

I'll take it. By the line of the law, it should have been a no contest and I think Rahman's appeal has a chance. That said, Rahman did look like he was looking for a way out and it would have been disappointing because i think Toney was going to stop him anyway.

Definitely a break I will take.

My thoughts are with Oscar Diaz.


Yep, it will be interesting to see what happens with the appeal.

Sounds like Oscar's surgery went well, hopefully the coma doesn't last long and a speedy recovery follows.  Sounds like the Texas commission handled the situation very well.
 
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Coweringbeef:  I would be interested to hear what your reasoning is for backing Wright.  The little that I have seen of McCloskey is that he is pretty talented and has a lot of tools; I really like his body work when he makes it a priority.  Not laying the chalk here, but I was just interested to hear an anti-McCloskey view.

Good luck on your MMA bets.
 
 
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Fullbrights, there were a few things prompting me to take a dog shot at Wright.

1) McClottey is nowhere as good as his 16-0 record suggests because he has fought ‘cans’. McClottey is plainly a ‘protected’ guy.

2) Wright is, IMHO significantly stronger and hits harder. He fades a bit, but if he simply toned down his hit power, he’d have the same tank as Clottey.

3) Sure McClottey can box, but he has never been pressured by anyone good. He has an unchinny look to him?

4) In the one and only staredown photo I found, I prefered the look in Wright’s face. I use a few odd things in my considerations.

In the Santos/Alcine staredown, in the only pic I found, the looks were similar and I prefered Santos but Mr.Houston sounded like he strongly expected an Alcine win so it scared me off Santos.

* The above, combined with the attractive odds made it worth a shot

 

If anyone hasn’t seen Fedor v Big Tim,

 

https://www.dailymotion.com/Fedor_Emelianenko/video/10388281

 

I dunno what Tim’s strat was, looks to me he had no plan. He came in scared, hands right up, right hand pasted on his temple fearing the left hook (which he got hit with anyway). Fedor came in half asleep as usual, really, I think he should come in warmer.

What a demolition…  

 

Well, a crap weekend, I’m right back to where I was when Tavares and Carneiro screwed me at the UFC. Normally, Im up a bit after each UFC weekend. Not lately…

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