UFC 124 Results: GSP vs. Koscheck 2

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In the main event, Georges St-Pierre will defend his UFC welt…

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Georges St. Pierre will battle Josh Koscheck in the main event of UFC 124.FanHouse has UFC 124 results for all of the Dec. 11 UFC 124 fights, plus live coverage from Montreal, live blogs of all the fights and live UFC 124 twitter updates.

In the main event, Georges St-Pierre will defend his UFC welterweight title against Josh Koscheck. St-Pierre defeated Koscheck in their previous meeting via a unanimous decision at UFC 74 on Aug. 25, 2007.

Check out the UFC 124 results below.

UFC 124 BETTING ODDS

Our MMA analyst, Steve Cofield of Cagewriter.com and ESPN Radio returns to host MMAFix UFC 123 Betting Odds. Cofield debates the UFC 124 betting odds with guest panelists Damon Martin of MMAWeekly.com and Larry Pepe of ProMMARadio.com.
The three experts weigh in on Thiago Alves in his “final” attempt at cutting weight to 170lbs as […]

Our MMA analyst, Steve Cofield of Cagewriter.com and ESPN Radio returns to host MMAFix UFC 123 Betting Odds. Cofield debates the UFC 124 betting odds with guest panelists Damon Martin of MMAWeekly.com and Larry Pepe of ProMMARadio.com.

The three experts weigh in on Thiago Alves in his “final” attempt at cutting weight to 170lbs as Dana White gives him one more chance and he takes on John Howard. Alves is considered a -300 favorite against Howard who is at +220, though both are coming off losses. Alves actually holds two recent back to back losses to the top 2 ranked Welterweights in the world, Jon Fitch and Georges St. Pierre. Howard suffered his first loss in the UFC at UFC on Versus 2, when his fight with Jake Ellenberger was stopped in the 3rd round due to TKO (doctor stoppage). Is the money worth laying down on John Howard or Thiago Alves? Damon Martin and Larry Pepe make their determinations in the video below:

Watch UFC 124 Betting Odds: St-Pierre Vs. Koscheck Part 1 on RawVegas.tv

Steve Cofield also asks the panel if +300 is worth staking on Josh Koscheck in his Main Event title contendor shot against UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St. Pierre, who is about -400 to -500 in online sportsbooks. Check the video below if Kos would be a good bet.

Watch UFC 124 Betting Odds: St-Pierre Vs. Koscheck Part 2 on RawVegas.tv

For a full breakdown of the lines from all the major online Sportsbooks, check out our Odds Sidebar on our Home Page.

UFC 124 GSP vs Koscheck

Main card Welterweight Championship bout: Canada Georges St-Pierre (Current Champion) vs Josh Koscheck Striking advantage: St-Pierre Wrestling advantage: St-Pierre Submission advantage: St-Pierre KO Advantage: Even Mental advantage (from winning previously): St-Pierre Cardio advantage: Even MMA IQ: St-Pierre Fighting in Hometown: St-Pierre Experience: Even I don’t see how on paper Koscheck wins this fight the second […]

Main card

Welterweight Championship bout: Canada Georges St-Pierre (Current Champion) vs Josh Koscheck

Striking advantage: St-Pierre
Wrestling advantage: St-Pierre
Submission advantage: St-Pierre
KO Advantage: Even
Mental advantage (from winning previously): St-Pierre
Cardio advantage: Even
MMA IQ: St-Pierre
Fighting in Hometown: St-Pierre
Experience: Even

I don’t see how on paper Koscheck wins this fight the second time around. However, Koscheck is an extremely tough individual and always has the puncher’s chance. I’m going to skip that chance and take St-Pierre. GSP is a heavy favorite, but I still think he is going to win.

Heavyweight bout: Netherlands Stefan Struve vs Sean McCorkle

Two giants here. However, Struve has more experience and has shown to have a really tough chin. Couple that with his long jab and good Thai clinch work plus his excellent submission game. I give a heavy edge to Struve.

Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs Charles Oliveira

I think Oliveira has the striking advantage here. I’m going with Chuck.

Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs Mac Danzig

Not sure Mac Danzig brings enough to the table to beat Joe Stevenson. Should be an excellent fight though.

Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs John Howard

Thiago Alves against John Howard. Interesting matchup. Thiago provides a lot of standup weapons against Howard who is dangerous in the clinch and on top when on the mat.

I lean towards the favorite here, but I could see Howard getting takedowns and winning a decision just the same. Haven’t seen odds for this yet.

Preliminary card

Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs Dustin Hazelett

Going to be interesting fight against two jiu-jitsu aces. Hazelett likely to have a significant reach advantage. Bocek is a zombie who is hard to finish. Neither one is probably going to submit the other and neither one is going to KO the other. I lean towards Bocek because he never stops moving forward. That is enough to take a decision.

Middleweight bout: Jesse Bongfeldt vs Rafael Natal

Pass

Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle vs Sean Pierson

Unfamiliar with Pierson. Riddle has been impressive though.

Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs Dan Miller

I don’t see anything Doerksen can do take Miller out here. Miller not be able to do anything to Doerksen either though. Depending on how bad odds are skewed, I like Miller. If they are outrageous its worthwhile to go the other way. Evenly matched fight, Miller has better cardio.

Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs Ricardo Almeida

Another close match. The always gritty TJ Grant will put up a good fight against Ricardo Almeida who was choked out by Matt Hughes in 20 seconds, but he won’t finish Almeida and I lean towards Almeida getting the sub.

Lightweight bout: Pat Audinwood vs John Makdessi
Pass