Here is a quick check to see who UFC fans are picking to win at UFC 77.  Considering Anderson Silva’s total destruction of Rich Franklin the first time they fought it’s odd to see that voters have this an even fight.  Since Silva’s victory in which he claimed the UFC middleweight title, he’s defended his belt quite decisively and proven that it wasn’t a fluke.  Rich Franklin on the other hand has not looked overly impressive since his comeback.  There is no indication that he is a better fighter than he was when he lost to Anderson.  Maybe the fans at UFC.com know something I don’t?

So here is how the voting is stacking up:

Rich Franklin 50%
Anderson Silva 50%

Brandon Vera 71%
Tim Sylvia 29%

Stephan Bonnar 84%
Eric Schafer 16%

Josh Burkman 86%
Forrest Petz 16%

Jorge Gurgel 72%
Alvin Robinson 28%

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It’s no surprise that former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell is an odds on heavy favorite over tomorrow’s challenger Keith Jardine, but 91% is a bit high.  Could Liddell really beat Jardine 9 out of 10 times?  Jardine is no push over but it appears that his loss to Houston Alexander really tarnished his reputation.  Here are the results of the current UFC 76 fight poll as determined on UFC.com.

Chuck Liddell  91%
Keith Jardine 9%

Matt Winman  82%
Michihiro Omigawa  12%

Jerem Stephens  78%
Diego Saraiva  12%

Christian Wellishch  75%
Scott Junk  25%

Lyoto Machida  70%
Kazuhiro Nakamura  30%

Rich Clementi 65%
Anthony Johnson  35%

Mauricio Rua  63%
Forrest Griffin 37%

Thiago Tavares  60%
Tyson Griffin  40%

Diego Sanchez  56%
Jon Fitch  44%

Source: UFC.com

MMAPlayground has listed their betting odds for tomorrow night’s UFC Ultimate Fight Night 11.  Although the odds they provide are for their MMA fantasy betting league, we’ve found that they closely mirror true betting odd found on sports gambling sites.  Also, they establish odds for smaller MMA events that may not be covered by online betting/gambling sites. 

(Ultimate Fight Night 11 betting favorites in bold)

Gray Maynard -580
Joe Veres +620
(meaning you’d have to bet/risk $580 on Gray Maynard just to win $100)

Nate Diaz -400
Junior Assuncao +440

Kenny “Kenflo” Florian -140
Din Thomas +150

Terry Martin -150
Chris Leban +160

Luke Cummo -185
Ediberto Souza De Oliveira +200

Leonard Garcia -120 
Cole Miller -110

Nate Quarry -195
Pete Sell +220

Here are the current betting odds as determined by Bodog for tonight’s EliteXC event.

Middleweight EliteXC Title Fight
Robbie Lawler -200
Murilo Rua +160

Middleweights
Nick Diaz -850
Mike Aina +550
 
Welterweights
Jake Shields -600
Renato Verissimo +400

Middleweights
Riki Fukuda -150
Joey Villasenor +120

Womens Bout
Gina Carano -600
Tonya Evinger +400

We think this should shape up to be a solid night of mixed martial arts.  Find someone who has Showtime!  

Champion vs Champion will kicking off soon, but it’s not too late to try to make some money.  Here are the current fight odds for UFC 75:

Light Heavyweight UFC Title Fight
Quinton Jackson -115
Dan Henderson -115
 
Heavyweights
Mirko Cro Cop -450
Cheick Kongo +300
 
Light Heavyweights
Michael Bisping -265
Matt Hamill +205
 
Light Heavyweights
Houston Alexander -170
Alessio Sakara +140

Welterweights
Marcus Davis -175    
Paul Taylor +145     (more…)

With UFC 75 just around the corner, we decided to see how the fans were voting on UFC.com.  Dan Henderson and Quinton Jackson are neck-and-neck with the fans split downt the middle 50/50. Here is how the rest of the card is looking, from percieved biggest blow-out to closest fight:

87% Mirko Cro Cop
13% Cheick Kongo

87% Thaigao Silva
13% Tomasz Drwal

86% Marcus Davis
14% Paul Taylor

75% Houston Alexander
35% Alessio Sakara

73% Michael Bisping
27% Matt Hamill

53% Anthony Torres
47% Jess Liaudin

51% Gleison Tibau
49% Terry Etim

51% Naoyuki Kotani
49% Dennis Silber

50% Dan Henderson
50% Quinton Jackson