UFC 130 PREDICTIONS AND DISCUSSION

Here we go ladies and gentlemen, UFC 130 is coming at you live and direct tonight from Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will be broadcast on Facebook, Spike TV, and then Pay Per View.  The Facebook prelimins are scheduled to begin at about 6:45 pm eastern time on the UFC Channel.   Then on Spike TV at 8:00, and PPV at 9:00.

10 fights in total, which is down from the normal 11 or 12, but stacked with all sorts of intriguing matchups.  Make sure to get your fights locked in ASAP, as the person tonight with the best picks will win the BetOnFighting.com $500 Contest.   Thank you BetOnFighting.com!!!

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Fight Card, Prediction Breakdowns, Betting Odds:
1) -360 Renan Barao (74% Tapology) vs. +295 Cole Escovedo (26% Tapology)
2) -380 Michael McDonald (89% Tapology) vs. +320 Chris Cariaso (11% Tapology)
3) -350 Gleison Tibau (93% Tapology) vs. +280 Rafaello Oliveira (7% Tapology)
4) -145 Kendall Grove (61% Tapology) vs. +120 Tim Boetsch (39% Tapology)
5) -135 Miguel Torres (69% Tapology) vs. +115 Demetrious Johnson (31% Tapology)
6) -140 Brian Stann (71% Tapology) vs. +115 Jorge Santiago (29% Tapology)
7) -210 Thiago Alves (83% Tapology) vs. +180 Rick Story (17% Tapology)
8) -140 Travis Browne (30% Tapology) vs. +115 Stefan Struve (70% Tapology)
9) -135 Frank Mir (49% Tapology) vs. +110 Roy Nelson (51% Tapology)
10) -285 Quinton Jackson (82% Tapology vs. +240 Matt Hamill (18% Tapology)

Enjoy the fights and good luck in your predictions!

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@Kallous I agree Rampage will get Jones with a win

If Hamill doesn't get a TD I feel pretty confident in the 2nd round (T)KO by Rampage!

damn, hamill cant do anything. he doesnt seem too sure on what to do.

dominamt win for rampage. a perfect decision prediction for me once again.

I don't like the fans booing. Rampage blocked every takedown AND dominated in the stand-up. As good as u can ask for. I also dont like rogan's complaints.

Can't be said enough how annoying i find those "fans". I want Rampage to go into the crowd and get a whole bunch of KO's.

Not taken down once...great job by Rampage

Gleison Tibau-SoTN

Travis "Hapa" Browne-KOoTN

Rick Story/Thiago Alves-FoTN...Good fight that both guys looked great at times

 

Damn, I'm never ever picking Alves to win against a wrestler ever again.  That being said, my predictions sucked and have been the worst ever.  Also, I think that Torres won the fight, but I understand what the judges were thinking... I just disagree...damn...

I'd like to change my prediction. Rampage(Decision). Thanks.              :p

I tied for 338th, sweet!

@gregorym im tied for 40th. i think im also one of the few to choose Rampage to win by decision.

I never expected Matt to be so slow and tired looking. I didn't expect to see Rampage back to his normal form. Also to easily shrug off a take down every single time. I thought he'd eventually get taken down once. Matt wasn't fighting smart at all. 
Good card though. Wasn't excited about my predictions.

@MegaDave I'm with you there...I had Story up until a late change even! Oh well guess we now know Alves can't wrestle yet!

@Soccer. I had Alves winning because I thought he'd do better with his TDD. That's why I thought Story would lose by tko or decision. Sometimes being wrong in the predictions is good because you get to analyze the fighter afterwards and see what they need to improve on, and take everything into perspective when trying to judge a fight prior to it happening.
Reason why I like the prediction system so much. Makes you study the fighter instead of just glancing at the fight and hoping for one fighter to win or being bias and lose every prediction.

Just woke up from a long nap after my 48 hour fast blast to Baltimore (amazing). 

@Old man. I'm impressed by your Rampage/Hamill and Story prediction. I just didn't see the fights panning out like that. lol. I thought Alves would do better with shrugging off some TD's from Story. Because I didn't think Story could do it like GSP.
I thought Rampage would eventually gas. Also had it in my head Hamill would be more elusive and not stand so much in front of Rampage. Or lunge in when jabbing or shoot from far away. 
Very unpredictable fights tonight. Which I like. 

Did I win the tiebreaker?

my goodness who hacked into my account and made these picks for me?

That was a good event. I knew the Hamill vs Rampage fight would be one sided. Not sure what the UFC was thinking with that one. Other than that, good event. Browne is a prospect I took sight of a long time ago, and I'm happy to see how well he's doing. That ko was nasty. 

Did anyone else think that Thiago Alves decision was horrible? I know I'm always complaining about one decision after these discussions, but what the ****. Story gets his ass kicked then wall n stalls and somehow wins? The first was close, the second two were obvious wins for alves. What did you guys think?