UFC 102 predictions and picks
Robert K - August 15th, 2009 .UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira takes place on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon and will feature former UFC Heavyweight champion, Randy “The Natural” Couture, taking on fellow legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Both are coming of devastating losses, only a win will do if these man plan to stay in the title picture.
The co feature two is an entrancing battle between Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine (14-6-1) and Thiago Silva (13-1). Once again two fighters coming off losses in desperate need for victory. Expect both to swing for the fences this Saturday. To access our UFC 102 picks simply sign up to our email newsletter.
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It has come to this—there is a very well known and respected offshore bookmaker taking action on professional wrestling. The British bookmaking firm Bet365.com took action on the WWF’s United Kingdom PPV in October, and is now offering futures odds on the 1/20/01 “Royal Rumble” pay-per-view. While some may view betting on pro wrestling as a sign of the apocalypse, I personally don’t have an issue with it. Now I know it’s not what purists consider a “real” sport—there’s that little business about the outcomes being predetermined—but so what? The outcomes of other events are predetermined—the Academy Awards and the Survivor TV show come to mind—and that hasn’t stopped bookmakers from taking action on them. So why not pro wrestling? Before a wrestling event there’s significantly fewer people who “know” the outcome than in the previous examples. Vince McMahon calls the shots, and he’s notorious for coming up with the unexpected (good or bad) so there’s always the possibility of an upset. It’s certainly less of a foregone conclusion than a lot of the Ferrari dominated Formula 1 races were this year.
I’m most excited about the opportunity to bet on WWF events, however, because I’m a legitimate authority on professional wrestling. I’ve been following the pseudo-sport since the days of Jack Brisco, Dory Funk, Jr. and Harley Race and I can actually say that I understand its somewhat convoluted logic. This knowledge, along with the application of fundamental handicapping principles, makes me very optimistic that I’ll be able to bet WWF wrestling as profitably as all of the other sports, entertainment events, etc. that I deal with. So now that we know we can bet on let, let’s discuss the event and get to work handicapping it for fun and profit!
THE ROYAL RUMBLE—A HISTORY:
The first Royal Rumble was held in 1988, and since the early 1990’s has become one of the WWF’s biggest and most significant annual PPV events. The first Royal Rumble was shown on the USA Network—sort of a “beta test” to see how it would go over. The concept proved very attractive to both the promotion and the audience, and so in 1989 it moved to PPV. Since 1993, the winner of the Royal Rumble has “officially” gone on to wrestle the current WWF champion for the title at Wrestlemania, the biggest PPV event of the year. Since the outcome of the event has such broad ramifications not only for wrestling fans, but for the bottom line of the WWF, the winner is chosen very carefully so as to provide the best possible matchup to headline the Wrestlemania PPV. This fact is going to be crucial in handicapping the event since it’s pretty clear who Vince McMahon and the WWF has no interest in seeing headline their most important show of the year.
Since the first “beta test” Royal Rumble (won by journeyman Hacksaw Jim Duggan), the event has been won by ten different men(including a tie with two winners in 1994). With the exception of Duggan’s victory in 1988, all of the winners have been among the top stars of the organization—clearly with the intention of setting the table for the best possible matchup at Wrestlemania.
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1 Cappers Island Sports Handicapping Forum - 11/3/2009 at 2:31 pm
when can we expect some new content?