2 Team Parlay
6/8/12 8:00pm UFC Fighting 1701 Jared Papazian -155*vs Dustin Pague
6/8/12 6:30pm UFC Fighting 1902 Henry Martinez -195* vs Bernardo Magalhaes
Seems like a popular parlay so I will bite. Martinez looked very good against the much bigger Riddle, and Magalhaes got beat up pretty badly by Means. Martinez enters this fight with a striking advantage....crisper combos, and a huge disparity in punching power. Although Martinez was not able to showcase his solid wrestling against the towering Riddle, he will utilize it on Friday, whether it be offensively to work ground and pound or as a defensive mechanism to keep the fight standing. In the end, I believe Martinez will do what Means came very close to doing in his fight with Bernardo: catch him standing and finish him with brutal ground and pound. Plus, Martinez is a Jackson fighter which is always a huge plus for me in terms of capping.
As a few cappers have already articulated for months now, (yes you gabe), Papa looked very good in his debut against one of the most promising fighters in the 135 lb division in Mike Easton. Papa has excellent footwork, solid muay thai, good judo, and BJJ. From what I remember, Jared had trouble taking the super-athlete Easton down, but I did see Jared work some impressive-looking trips from the clinch that I think he may utilize against Pague. As for Pague, I am surprised he got another chance in the UFC after getting blasted by John Albert. Pague has never blown me away, a decent overall fighter with a solid submission game, but I don't see that as much of a factor here. Frankly, Pague is lucky to have given another chance. he seems like the quintessential one and done TUF reject. (And I say reject with the utmost respect). So, a very promising, well-rounded, tough as nails prospect or a TUF reject? I will asolutely take Papa at -155.
If a prop for Martinez ITD is available I will add this prop. As for Papa, a win by decision is a very real possibility, so I may just add more on him straight up depending on how my other bets are going.
Going to do more research tomorrow on Seth/Benoist, but that fight may be too close to cap. Also will be looking at Grice/Garcia, possibly a few other prelim fights, but I probably won't go overboard.