On Saturday, February 23, 2013, UFC 157 will air live from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The main event of the evening features the first-ever women’s MMA fight in UFC history as undefeated armbar machine Ronda Rousey squares off against heavy-handed veteran Liz “Girl-rilla” Carmouche. Rousey has looked dominant, winning all 6 of her professional fights by first-round armbar, with five of those wins coming inside the first minute. If Carmouche wants to spoil Rousey’s big show debut, she is going to have to find a way to neutralize Rousey’s ground game, something no one else has managed to do.
Main card:
Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Rousey (-1000)
- Carmouche (+600)
Betonline.com Odds
- Rousey (-1050)
- Carmouche (+800)
Lyoto Machida vs. Dan Henderson
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Machida (-240)
- Henderson (+190)
Betonline.com Odds
- Machida (-240)
- Henderson (+200)
Urijah Faber vs. Ivan Menjivar
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Faber (-375)
- Menjivar (+285)
Betonline.com Odds
- Faber (-365)
- Menjivar (+305)
Josh Neer vs. Court McGee
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Neer (+230)
- McGee (-300)
Josh Koscheck vs. Robbie Lawler
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Koscheck (-500)
- Lawler (+350)
Preliminary card:
Brendan Schaub vs. Lavar Johnson
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Schaub (-150)
- Johnson (+120)
Michael Chiesa vs. Anton Kuivanen
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Chiesa (-205)
- Kuivanen (+165)
Sam Stout vs. Caros Fodor
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Stout (+125)
- Fodor (-155)
Dennis Bermudez vs. Matt Grice
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Bermudez (-450)
- Grice (+325)
Kenny Robertson vs. Brock Jardine
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Robertson (+135)
- Jardine (-165)
Jon Manley vs. Neil Magny
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Manley (+135)
- Magny (-165)
In the semi-main event, former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida will meet former PRIDE two-division champion Dan “Hollywood” Henderson. Machida is a surgical striker with a defensive counter-punching style, while Henderson is a heavy-handed wrestler who dominates in the clinch and has a destructive left hand. Rounding out the card are a Bantamweight showdown between “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and “The Pride of El Salvador” Ivan Menjivar, a Featherweight bout pitting Manny Gamburyan against Chad Mendes, and a Welterweight matchup featuring wrestler Josh Koscheck against slugger Robbie Lawler.
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