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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I've got to give Story some credit though. He did stand toe-to-toe with Thiago at the end of the fight. Definitely a brilliant ending to the fight.

Damnitt why did I put Silva, I meant Alves. Sorry about that.

Drinking and typing don't mix. LOL

I agree, jaykool. It was still a good fight though. I thought the same thing about Alves' missed opportunities.

If zufa ever buys bellator, I wanna watch Struve vs M'Pumbu 2. who else agrees?

Alves lost himself that fight, he only has himself to blame. He knew that Story was a wrestler, and he did nothing to counteract his attack. I'm disappointed in Alves.

On another note. Could Rick Story be the guy to dethrone GSP?

It's impossible for me to finish 1st now due to someone being ahead of me and having all the same picks for the remaining fights. I can get between 6 and 9 out of 10 correct now. 7 or 8 correct is most likely. I'm very happy with 8.

LOT of credit goes to Rick Story for being fearless and letting Alves know he would attack anywhere, and not back away from striking exchanges.

That fight would be sick kallousklown. The first one was awesome, but then again, when has Stefan Struve not been in an exciting fight? FOTN coming up right here!!!!

i dont see story beating gsp. gsp will have a better strategy and will stop all the takedowns.

@jaykool, definitely not. He's a great worker, but i still dont think he'd be able to get GSP down. Infact GSP would probably take him down.

I was doing good at first, but in the past couple of fights, I've fallen off quite a bit.

Just a thought that popped out about Rick Story. I'm pretty sure it will be a long time before we see GSP lose, but I can always dream can't I. LOL.

GSP is in a much MUCH higher level than Story.(Not to take anything away from story)

WOW!!!

damn, struve just got ktfo. nice.

WOOOOOOW!!!!!! KTFO!!!!!! I think we just saw KO of the night right there. I really wanted Struve to win, but still that was a great fight.

I wish i could watch the fight :-(

4 out of 8 so far. Not too good so far. I hope I'm right about the next two fights.

Holy frickin knockout.  I was getting worried I'd be wrong, but ended up with a perfect pick!