Wanderlei Silva (-140) vs. Michael Bisping (+120)
This is my favorite fight on the card. I want to slam it, but I keep telling myself, and advising others, it’s hard to lay a lot of wood on someone who is 1-5 in his past 6 fights, with three of those losses coming by way of knockout. After just saying that, I know you’re wondering why I would even have 1 unit, not to mention 3 on “The Axe Murderer”.
Here goes… There was an inner conflict amongst the higher-ups at Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil. That’s why a lot of premier fighters left the world renowned Muay Thai academy. Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva, The Rua Brothers, Pele, Anthony Johnson, Thiago Silva, etc… Most of these fighters left in late 2007, and it’s been a bumpy road to transition to new camps for a few of these fighters.
While many people in the media credited Rudimar Fedrigo with the success of his fighters, it was actually his trainers at the time, Rafael Cordeiro and Pele who made Chute Boxe such a feared fighting organization in IVC and Pride. Rudimar is very skilled, don’t get me wrong, but he’s very old school in his teachings. He’s slow to evolve to the new game of MMA. Things have seriously changed since 1978, and you have to go with the flow. He needs to just focus on being the businessman of the company, and try to get great trainers back at the school.
While all this drama is going down in Curitiba, Brazil...fast forward to January, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Affliction training facility. Three people who put Chute Boxe on the map, are all working together to help one man prepare for what could possibly be his last fight in UFC if he loses. The other two men helping this fighter are none other than Rafael Cordeiro, and Anderson Silva. The fighter they’re helping is Wanderlei Silva, and he’s coming for blood this Saturday against Michael “The Count” Bisping in Australia.
Silva will look to press the action and trade shots with Bisping. The UK fighter doesn’t have a great knockout punch, and that will put him at a serious disadvantage against a striker who’s deadly at 185. Bisping needs to try and take Wanderlei to the ground for some GNP, or use his reach to get in and get out and hope for a lucky KO punch. He’s too much of an emotional fighter to work this strategy for a full fight, and will get KOed before it’s all over.
My Picks: Wanderlei Silva (-140) for 3 Units and Fight won't go 3 round distance (-180) for 2 Units
Stay tuned for my other write-ups on the Main Event, and the rest of the fights on the card...
This is my favorite fight on the card. I want to slam it, but I keep telling myself, and advising others, it’s hard to lay a lot of wood on someone who is 1-5 in his past 6 fights, with three of those losses coming by way of knockout. After just saying that, I know you’re wondering why I would even have 1 unit, not to mention 3 on “The Axe Murderer”.
Here goes… There was an inner conflict amongst the higher-ups at Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil. That’s why a lot of premier fighters left the world renowned Muay Thai academy. Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva, The Rua Brothers, Pele, Anthony Johnson, Thiago Silva, etc… Most of these fighters left in late 2007, and it’s been a bumpy road to transition to new camps for a few of these fighters.
While many people in the media credited Rudimar Fedrigo with the success of his fighters, it was actually his trainers at the time, Rafael Cordeiro and Pele who made Chute Boxe such a feared fighting organization in IVC and Pride. Rudimar is very skilled, don’t get me wrong, but he’s very old school in his teachings. He’s slow to evolve to the new game of MMA. Things have seriously changed since 1978, and you have to go with the flow. He needs to just focus on being the businessman of the company, and try to get great trainers back at the school.
While all this drama is going down in Curitiba, Brazil...fast forward to January, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Affliction training facility. Three people who put Chute Boxe on the map, are all working together to help one man prepare for what could possibly be his last fight in UFC if he loses. The other two men helping this fighter are none other than Rafael Cordeiro, and Anderson Silva. The fighter they’re helping is Wanderlei Silva, and he’s coming for blood this Saturday against Michael “The Count” Bisping in Australia.
Silva will look to press the action and trade shots with Bisping. The UK fighter doesn’t have a great knockout punch, and that will put him at a serious disadvantage against a striker who’s deadly at 185. Bisping needs to try and take Wanderlei to the ground for some GNP, or use his reach to get in and get out and hope for a lucky KO punch. He’s too much of an emotional fighter to work this strategy for a full fight, and will get KOed before it’s all over.
My Picks: Wanderlei Silva (-140) for 3 Units and Fight won't go 3 round distance (-180) for 2 Units
Stay tuned for my other write-ups on the Main Event, and the rest of the fights on the card...