Rich Franklin is liked at the sportsbook as he faces Chuck Liddell on Saturday in UFC 115 at Vancouver’s General Motors Palace.
This will be the 4th UFC competition held in Canada and maybe the most famous one at the online sportsbook. The competition was the fastest sellout in UFC history.
Sports Book probabilities show Franklin as a minor preference at -150 over Liddell in this main event competition. There’s an 11-fight card in UFC 115 on Saturday, with this competition the main one. Both Liddell and Franklin are very famous so the competition should get terrific competition at the online sportsbook. Franklin is a past UFC Middleweight Champ while Liddell is a past UFC Light Heavyweight Champ. Both fighters are coming out of a loss as Liddell was KO’ed by current Light Heavyweight Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua while Franklin was ko’ed by UFC Middleweight contender Vitor Belfort. Liddell was one of the first fighters to put the UFC on the map. He went 14-1 with his only loss to Randy Couture from 2000 to 2006. At 40-years old, a lot of folks wonder if Liddell can still be a headliner so this will be a substantial test for the Hall of Fame fighter. The UFC probabilities are close on this competition between Liddell and Franklin so the probabilities makers believe that Liddell has an opportunity to win.
Liddell, debatably the most famous fighter in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, is 1-4 in his past 5 bouts and has been ko’ed in three of them. He hasn’t scored a knockout or TKO on his own since he shut down bitter rival Tito Ortiz on Dec. 30, 2006. He is legendary for his punching strength, but one of the tricks to his achievements has long been his ability to take a chance and keep coming.
Like Liddell, Franklin, 35, is a former champ who would need a couple of victories to contend again and may not have a lot of years left to get them. Franklin is younger than Liddell, 40, but doesn’t plan to fight indefinitely. He is not actually sure what’s subsequent in his competition career or whatever else.
Additionally for the main card in UFC 115 it’ll be Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic facing Pat Barry. This bout should also be an terrific one as Barry is a slight -150 preference at the sportsbook. It ought to be a fun competition to watch since both of these fighters have terrific kickboxing skills.
The other three matches on the sportsbook probabilities board for the main pay-per-view card have Paulo Thiago facing Martin Kampmann, Ben Rothwell against Gilbert Yvel and Carlos Condit against Rory MacDonald. There are 6 matches on the preliminary card, 2 of which will be televised on Spike TV. Those 2 are Tyson Griffin against Evan Dunham and Mac Danzig against Matt Wiman. The other four matches for the preliminary card are David Loiseau against Mario Miranda, James Wilks against Peter Sobotta, Ricardo Funch against Claude Patrick and Mike Pyle against Jesse Lennox.
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