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UFC 120 Betting Odds Recap

Watch UFC 120 Betting Odds: Bisping Vs. Akiyama on RawVegas.tvHope you watched our fight picks vid (reposted above) last week as the gang landed some solid picks.
The biggest score of UFC 120 was the Mike Pyle upset, as he was posted at +300 before the fight. At Fix, we all felt the line was way […]

Watch UFC 120 Betting Odds: Bisping Vs. Akiyama on RawVegas.tv

Hope you watched our fight picks vid (reposted above) last week as the gang landed some solid picks.

The biggest score of UFC 120 was the Mike Pyle upset, as he was posted at +300 before the fight. At Fix, we all felt the line was way out of whack there, and Pyle ended up being a good bankroll booster.

While not a huge dog, taking Carlos Condit at +145 proved a decent decision.

And Michael Bisping did as expected, and pulled through at -210.

More on the big UFC 121 card coming later in the week. But if you can’t wait until then, place your bets here.

Report: At Some Point Brock Lesnar Thought it Would be Smart to Learn the ‘Fundamentals of Punching’

(“What you don’t seem to understand, *Pat*, is that our reliance on Lockean liberalism is precisely what’s allowed America to live under this guise of exceptionality that leads us to deny our own history in the name of social order. Look, go read some Louis Hartz and then we’ll talk.” PicProps: @DCBrockLesnar)

Those of you who’ve been keeping up with “UFC Primetime” have likely already noticed two things: 1) Visiting sparring partner Pat Barry is far and away the most engaging and interesting (read: smartest) personality inside Brock Lesnar’s DeathClutch gym. 2) Yeah, it’s a little weird for Barry to be training with Lesnar leading up to his UFC 121 clash with Cain Velasquez. Somehow I just don’t see those two guys having compatible personalities. Nonetheless, Barry’s status as an invited guest at DeathClutch is another clear indicator that The Dark Lord is making an effort to get his leather together in the striking department. That endeavor, according to a recent article in the Boston Herald, has also included a second straight training camp with noted boxing coach Peter Welch.

“I never learned just the basics in boxing,” Lesnar explains. “I wanted to go get a grassroots boxing coach to get my feet underneath me, to try to combine my wrestling positions and mold into a boxing stance, and just lower myself and learn to punch from my feet to my hands. And so he’s been a huge help — just being able to understand the fundamentals of punching.”

Also, this is yet another situation that underscores how totally awesome it is to be Brock Lesnar. Here’s a guy who was already UFC heavyweight champion by the time he thought to himself, “Hey, you know what? I should learn a little bit of this crazy boxing stuff that everybody else is doing.” Must be nice.

Jake Shields Injured His Back 12 Weeks Ago

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According to Jake Shields’ father and manager, Jack Shields, the rumors that his son suffered an injury training for his UFC debut next weekend aren’t without merit.
The elder Shields told CSN Washington’s The Fight Fix ove…

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According to Jake Shields’ father and manager, Jack Shields, the rumors that his son suffered an injury training for his UFC debut next weekend aren’t without merit.

The elder Shields told CSN Washington’s The Fight Fix over the weekend that Jake, who hasn’t fought at 170 since 2008, sustained a back injury due to a combination of too much running and cutting too much weight too quickly to drop down to welterweight for his UFC 121 fight with Martin Kampmann, but says that he has since made a complete recovery.

If you watch Jake’s training session with former Olympic wrestler Ben Askren, the former Strikeforce middleweight champ doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of being injured, but if the injury came from cutting weight, you never know what effect dropping the final five to 10 pounds will have on his back this week.

Enigmatic Brock Lesnar Brings Drawing Power, New Lessons to Velasquez Fight

Filed under: UFCWhether it’s about his career or his personal life, everyone wants to know more about Brock Lesnar. The UFC heavyweight champion seemingly pops into our lives once or twice a year, causes a hail of media coverage, then disappears back t…

Filed under: UFC

Whether it’s about his career or his personal life, everyone wants to know more about Brock Lesnar. The UFC heavyweight champion seemingly pops into our lives once or twice a year, causes a hail of media coverage, then disappears back to the solitude of his Minnesota ranch.

While Lesnar has a reputation as gruff — he’s even described himself as “ornery” — he also has a way of slyly, almost innocently, revealing self-reflections that often go unnoticed. In the leadup to his last fight with Shane Carwin, he spoke of his vulnerabilities while going through the sickness that threatened his career. While that was more a physical challenge, Lesnar occasionally touches on the mind games that go along with being a pro athlete.

Yes, even the UFC heavyweight champion questions himself from time to time, as he noted when he spoke about what he learned from the Carwin fight that could help him in his upcoming UFC 121 title defense against Cain Velasquez.

Brock Lesnar Ain’t Got Time for Your Baiting Political Questions, MMA Media

(He might go home and try to get on top of his wife but he will not, we repeat not, get on top of your questions about immigration. PicProps: @DCBrockLesnar)
Since we’re already all so giddy to see these two behemoths get in the cage and crush sk…

(He might go home and try to get on top of his wife but he will not, we repeat not, get on top of your questions about immigration. PicProps: @DCBrockLesnar)

Since we’re already all so giddy to see these two behemoths get in the cage and crush skulls next weekend, it’s been pretty easy to overlook the fact that neither Brock Lesnar nor Cain Velasquez has done a great job selling UFC 121. Truth is they don’t have to, since these titanic heavyweight matchups have a way of promoting themselves. Nonetheless, Velasquez has thus far proved too media savvy and Lesnar too mind-numbingly obstinate to say or do anything interesting leading up to their clash in Anaheim.

Even with two-thirds of “UFC Primetime” already in the books, you’d be hard-pressed to come up with a storyline for this bout aside from the run-of-the-mil “unstoppable force vs. immovable object” trope that’s worked so well for promoters for decades. For that reason, we’d like to offer up an earnest golf clap to whichever reporter tried to actually get the fighters to say something interesting during yesterday’s conference call by asking both Lesnar and Velasquez about Arizona’s recent controversial illegal immigration enforcement laws. Brilliant move that might’ve yielded solid gold results. Unfortunately, neither guy really took the bait.

Jake Shields Feels Pressure, Excitement for UFC Debut 11 Years in the Making

Filed under: UFC, NewsAfter over a decade in MMA, and winning multiple belts in multiple organizations across two weight classes, Jake Shields finally gets to live his dream of fighting in the UFC. The former EliteXC and Strikeforce champion has enough…

Filed under: UFC, News

After over a decade in MMA, and winning multiple belts in multiple organizations across two weight classes, Jake Shields finally gets to live his dream of fighting in the UFC. The former EliteXC and Strikeforce champion has enough on his plate by debuting, but on Wednesday, UFC president Dana White added further incentive, saying Shields would “probably” be next in line for a title shot should he beat Martin Kampmann at UFC 121.

“I’m very excited about coming to the UFC,” Shields said during a UFC 121 conference call. “I’ve wanted to fight here for 11 years and I finally made it. When I first started, I thought I’d be there in a year. It took a little longer than I thought.”

Shields went on to say that he’s already noticed positive changes while working with his new organization.