This Saturday in Las Vegas, NV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, UFC 94 will be going down. The headliner bout will be a rematch between current Welterweight Champ Georges St. Pierre and current Lightweight Champ BJ Penn who will attempt to be the first UFC fighter in history to hold 2 belts at seperate weight divisions. The first fight between these two took place in March of 2006 where St. Pierre took the split decision. This time around you can bet someone is looking for a knockout to prove once and for all who the better fighter is. Below you will find the current betting lines on UFC 94 as well as my pick to win the Welterweight championship.
Main Event: UFC Welterweight Title Bout
My Pick: Almost all of Penn’s losses have come by way of decision including his previous loss to St. Pierre so you can bet that he wants to end this before the final bell. I don’t think Penn has the height to go blow for blow with the French Canadian who is well practiced in standup striking and getting inside his reach will be very difficult and Penn could end up blocking punches with his head. Instead I think that Penn will want to take it directly to the ground where his lack of height is an advantage and he can manuver more easily. St. Pierre is well aware of this and will want to defend against the take down shoot and try to knock BJ out with a strike. The last match went to a decision so both fighters know each others tactics fairly well, it will all come down to who can control the rythem of the fight and force the other guy out of his comfort zone. The money line spread is pretty balanced and at less than 2 to 1 St. Pierre seems cheap so I say take him, but if your a BJ Penn fan then wait until Saturday night before you bet him as I think the line goes up and you get a better payoff closer to fight time.
Lyoto “Dragon” Machida -250
Thiago Silva +190
Stephan “American Psycho” Bonnar -165
Jon “Bones” Jones +130
Karo “The Heat” Parisyan -310
Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim +230
Nate Diaz -130
Clay “The Carpenter” Guida +100
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