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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It's just about showtime, folks!

Cant wait facebook fights start in 20 minutes yuuup :D

Facebook fights start now!

streams up

and cole is a loser already coming out to Kesha

Haha...like the twitter plug on the walkout!

@Soccerkick ya thats a good idea..since the summit UFC really pushing twitter

10-9 Barao for me. A little surprised Barao didn't get anything going on the ground.

I'm with you @Gregory 10-9 Barao

well there goes my perfect prediction

Eh.... I might even give it 10-10 round two.  Barao got some takedowns, but they were partially just Escovedo pulling guard.  Barao didn't do much on top, and Escovedo landed some good strikes.

Not the greatest fight so far. Pretty even fight. Barao is controlling, and Escovedo has landed. I think R1 Barao, R2 Escovedo. Barao got rocked there.

Haha @Cash mine was gone after round 1!

man should of got side control with that takedown

I don't have Facebook.. so im missing these :( 

R3 was better... Barao should take the decision.

And I give the third to Barao 10-9.  Striking was relatively even but I thought slightly in Barao's favor. Plus the takedowns.

30-28 Renan Barao.

29-28 Barao..maybe 30-27

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