[Vaughany]

Add tht one to the Raiderz as well boyz...lock it up fellaz

[NunyaBidness]

Bahhh, no value in these lines Dick Kalikas.

[Sacrelicious]

Barnett at -1550!!!!!! Should be -1700
nicky made a mistake

For penetrates sake, I was hoping for at least a -500 parlay, god damnit.

[Mercersux]

For penetrates sake, I was hoping for at least a -500 parlay, god damnit.

Cormier+Barnett+Kennedy. Even could add in Jacare. Those first three are as safe as you can get.

[Fragoel2]

Nandor has BJJ blackbelt under James Toney

[Vaughany]

hehe

[Vaughany]

[omalley21]

Martins getting hit.

[omalley21]

Not sure if i should wait on noons. Think his line will improve?

[Sacrelicious]

Nandor has BJJ blackbelt under James Toney

Dude, the only person named "Nandor" I will ever bet on is some sort of resurrected ancient god who dispenses vigilante justice with a giant war hammer, or perhaps a giant fire breathing eagle.

Nandor Guelmino is neither.

[Sacrelicious]

Or maybe a wizard, I might bet on a wizard named Nandor.

Depends on what I speculate the dimensions of his rooster to be.

[Sacrelicious]

Cormier+Barnett+Kennedy. Even could add in Jacare. Those first three are as safe as you can get.

Oh excellent, an extra 4 cents to my bets. If I make 30 of these parlays I can buy myself an extra snickers at lunch time.

Sigh.

I'll be on Kennedy and Souza stand alone bets.

[Vaughany]

Not sure if i should wait on noons. Think his line will improve?

yee i dont see why he should be -250, probably end up -190 to -210 range Id guess

[Mercersux]

Oh excellent, an extra 4 cents to my bets. If I make 30 of these parlays I can buy myself an extra snickers at lunch time.

Sigh.

I'll be on Kennedy and Souza stand alone bets.

You knock it yet your making stand alone bets on the same ones i named...makes sense. LOL

[Sacrelicious]

Not knocking it, Kennedy is solid, bahaha.

[Sacrelicious]

You knock it yet your making stand alone bets on the same ones i named...makes sense. LOL

I've been drinking for the last 24 hours, dont hassle me!!

[Mercersux]

I've been drinking for the last 24 hours, dont hassle me!!

LOL U da man Sacs !!!

[v1y]

180 to win 100 on martins.. not even sure i've ever seen him fight. pure gurgel fade.

[Vaughany]

STRIKEFORCE'S ANTHONY SMITH CALLED OUT ROGER GRACIE, PLANS WIN ON WAY TO UFC

BY JOHN MORGAN ON JAN 06, 2013 AT 11:00 AM ET
Anthony Smith (17-8 MMA, 2-1 SF) will soon face the biggest challenge of his MMA career for one simple reason: He asked for it.

"I actually asked for Roger Gracie, to tell you the truth," Smith toldMMAjunkie.com(www.mmajunkie.com).

Smith's wish was granted, and he now meets Gracie (5-1 MMA, 3-1 SF) on the Showtime Extreme-broadcast preliminary card of Saturday's "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" event, which takes place at Oklahoma City's Chesapeake Energy Arena. The night's main card airs on Showtime.

Smith said his adventure started immediately after his August win over Lumumba Sayers, when "Lionheart" took advantage of a chance encounter with Strikeforce matchmaker Sean Shelby to proactively book his next appearance.

"It was at the hotel right after I beat Lumumba Sayers," Smith recalled. "I asked for Roger Gracie as soon as that fight was over. We were back at the hotel right after I showered, and we were down in the lobby hanging out, and I asked Sean Shelby, 'How about Roger Gracie?' He kind of looked at me kind of crazy like, 'Is this kid serious? Hold on a second; he's not joking. He really wants that fight.'

"My corner and training partner Jake Ellenberger was standing there, and he looked at Jake and went, 'Is he ready for that?' Jake said, 'Hell yeah, he's ready for that.'"

And thus a matchup was made.

Gracie, of course, is a highly-touted member of MMA's first family and is a 10-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion. In short, his submission skills are nothing less than elite level. But to Smith – who is currently on a 12-2 run after opening his career just 5-6 – Gracie's single-faceted attack plan presents a wealth of opportunities.

"Out of the three middleweight fights on that card, I think I have the easiest one," Smith said. "That's not saying I think he's an easy fight. By no means is it an easy fight, But Roger, he's pretty much predictable. Am I worried that Roger is going to come out and box me up and down? Not at all. I just don't see that happening, and Roger knows that. He knows what he's good at and what he's going toexcel at. And I know that, and I respect that, but I'm not afraid of it.

"I think there's a fine line between respect and fear, and I think that a lot of people that he's fought have been completely and utterly afraid of his ground game. If we were in a jiu-jitsu match, then Roger would spank my ass. But we're not. I know that sounds cliched, but this is a fight. There's a lot more to it than just jiu-jitsu."

Of course, as Gracie's fours submission wins against seasoned competition in Trevor Prangley, Kevin Randleman, Yuki Kondo and Ron Waterman can attest, that grappling game can be highly effective. Smith acknowledges there could be some tense moments, but he feels his well-rounded game is ready for the challenge.

"There are five disciplines in MMA," Smith said. "He's better than me at one of them. He's not going to shoot doubles and singles. He's not going to have the leverage over me that he has on everybody else for his clinch takedowns because we're both 6-foot-4. He's not going to be able to leverage me and drag me down to the ground. And I don't see him out-kickboxing me. I'm a better athlete and faster. Yeah, if he gets a hold of me and gets me down, I'm going to be in a whole lot of s---, but I'm confident I can be safe when I need to be.

"It's a super tough fight. It's not that I think it's going to be an easy fight, at all. I just think that I have more tools to win the fight, more ways to win it."

Should he prove victorious, much could be at stake. While there are no guarantees, a win in Strikeforce's final would seem to earn Smith a ticket to the UFC. It would be an impressive accomplishment for a man who three years ago was mired in a four-fight losing streak.

The 24-year-old Nebraskan knows what's on the line. After all, he asked to be here, so now it's time to deliver.

"It's a huge opportunity," Smith said. "It's my chance to get catapulted into those conversations of the people that everyone's talking about.

"When people talk about the who's who of Strikeforce, it's Gilbert Melendez, Pat Healy, Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza, Roger Gracie. There's maybe 10 names that everybody is like, 'OK, those dudes are tough. Those dudes are going over, for sure.' This is my shot to be one of those dudes."

[Grabaka]

Im liking Smith Amigo but no tape research yet. What do you say?

[sideloaded]

Bahhh, no value in these lines Dick Kalikas.

where is joey Odessa when you need him?

[sideloaded]

Im liking Smith Amigo but no tape research yet. What do you say?

like it, but i think Roger wins. No value on ROger though

[NunyaBidness]

Im liking Smith Amigo but no tape research yet. What do you say?

Being slick on the ground vs Lumumba Sayers is a big difference than being slick vs Hoger.

Also, getting knocked out in a fight where he had nowhere to go against Mo doesn't mean much here either, IMO.

[MMAbetMASTA]

180 to win 100 on martins.. not even sure i've ever seen him fight. pure gurgel fade.

Yup Auto fade for sure.

Fuckk all you guys who got openers on martin haha...

I would have slammed his line at -160 Lol that's ridiculous...

I'd cap him around -375, hoping he's still under 300 when he gets on my book!!

[MMAbetMASTA]

Im liking Smith Amigo but no tape research yet. What do you say?

I think there's value on smith at the current line imo...

smith can match roger's length and if he can keep it upright he seems to have legit stopping power. Wish I knew more about smith's tdd......?

[JamesKim]

Only value I saw were Nate and KJ. I'm on both.

[PunisherIND]

180 to win 100 on martins.. not even sure i've ever seen him fight. pure gurgel fade.

Lol this might be the best play on the card.

[Vaughany]

Tempted to play Payan

[Fenster]

Dion Staring is a heavyweight who weighs 245... One of his wins his is against Akira Corassani, a 145er... what the...

[NunyaBidness]

Dion Staring is a heavyweight who weighs 245... One of his wins his is against Akira Corassani, a 145er... what the...

Well, at least he won.

[NunyaBidness]

Lol this might be the best play on the card.

Yeah, I was really hoping the books we're going to mess up on this and open it around pick.

[omalley21]

Tempted to play Payan

Same here.

[Grabaka]

Being slick on the ground vs Lumumba Sayers is a big difference than being slick vs Hoger.

Also, getting knocked out in a fight where he had nowhere to go against Mo doesn't mean much here either, IMO.

But maybe hes good enough to be able to scramble to safety. I think Roger will have a tough time taking him down in the first place. Lord knows. F it! +260 i like

[MD]

Too busy until the end of the month to do any actual handicapping, so I'm just going to make some chump change parlays and enjoy the fights.

	1/9/13 2:46pm	$100.00	$128.91	Pending	5 Team Parlay
				Pending	1/12/13 11:59pm Strikeforce Fighting 2001 Nate Marquardt -300* vs Tarec Saffiedine
				Pending	1/12/13 11:30pm Strikeforce Fighting 2101 Daniel Cormier -2000* vs Dion Staring
				Pending	1/12/13 11:00pm Strikeforce Fighting 2201 Josh Barnett -1500* vs Nandor Guelmino
				Pending	1/12/13 10:30pm Strikeforce Fighting 2301 Gegard Mousasi -420* vs Mike Kyle
				Pending	1/12/13 10:00pm Strikeforce Fighting 2401 Ronaldo Souza -420* vs Ed Herman

	1/9/13 11:40am	$100.00	$42.50	Pending	2 Team Parlay
				Pending	1/12/13 11:59pm Strikeforce Fighting 2001 Nate Marquardt -280* vs Tarec Saffiedine
				Pending	1/12/13 11:30pm Strikeforce Fighting 2101 Daniel Cormier -2000* vs Dion Staring

[Sacrelicious]

I'm on Souza, Mousassi, and Marquardt.

Good luck boys, I'm back to the poker tables and vodka.