Bet 1 £5 stake returns £52
Aisling Daly 2/5
Bec Rawlings 2/1
Jeremy Stephens 4/5
Ben Saunders 4/9
Rafael Dos Anjos 4/11
Anthony Birchak 2/5
So as we have 2 events this upcoming weekend I thought I would take 3 fights from each card. Starting with Friday nights fights from Vegas I have gone with Ireland's own Aisling Daly, Fiery Aussie Bec Rawlings and Lil Heathen Jeremy Stephens. Starting with Daly, she has a match up with Alex Chambers who has a nice boxing style mixed in with some nice wrestling techniques but I think Aislings superior movement and awkward striking and pretty much entire game will be far too much for chambers and I can see a finish in this fight for the lass from Dublin.
Bec Rawlings up next against fellow TUF 20 competitor Heather Jo Clark in a match up which in the end could be a very close decision victory for either girl but after watching a lot of tape on both I have to side with Rawlings. She throws more shots, has more power and is relentless for the full 15 minutes. She showed in the match up with Tecia Torres on the show that she can compete with best in her division and that's why I went with the Aussie here.
Last pick from the Vegas card is Jeremy Stephens to beat Charles Oliveira in what should be a very exciting encounter in the featherweight division so looking at both guys you can see what there game plans will be Stephens will want to keep it striking while Oliveira will look to use his immense BJJ skills on the mat why I sided with Stephens here is he is a very solid fighter and has decent takedown defence and at any time can uncork a massive shot to take you like he did against Rony Jason and Rafael Dos Anjos in years gone by and I can see him finding Oliveira's dodgy chin, he may not finish him but Stephens by decision could very well happen.
On to Phoenix now for UFC On Fox 13 and we start off with the first fight on the night as debutant Anthony Birchak takes on England's own Ian Entwistle for people who don't no about Birchak he a 11-1 fighter who has amassed some nice victories outside the UFC and all I see in this match up is him Stopping Entwistle inside 5 minutes I just don't see anywhere he troubles Birchak.
Next up is a match up of a couple of UFC Veterans who has recently made there returns to the Octagon as we have "Killa B" Ben Saunders against Joe Riggs in a welterweight clash in his last encounter Saunders finished his fight with a submission we very rarely see in the Omoplata to finish Chris Heatherly and as the fight progresses, Saunders will look to take this fight to the ground where he has a clear advantage over Riggs but he has to survive Riggs' early onslaught and when he gasses, Saunders will take over and get the victory.
The last fight I like is a Lightweight clash between a fighter gaining huge confidence in Rafael Dos Anjos facing off against the always controversial Nathan Diaz who is making his return to the cage after a year out. Starting with Dos Anjos, a very talented Brazilian Jui Jitsu Practitioner who is developing really solid striking highlighted with a huge 1st round Knockout of former UFC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson he will need that in abundance if he wants to compete with Diaz on the feet as we all no the Diaz Brothers like to throw in bunches and with the accumulation of strikes it wears you down. Ultimately I think this fight will go to the floor and where I see RDA having the slight advantage, but he has to be very careful as Nate will be looking for a body part to grab a hold off but Dos Anjos should have a enough to fend off his attacks and get himself a decision victory.
Bet 2- Underdog Double
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 15/8
Stefan Struve 12/5
As an underdog bet this is one which I think you should have a look at as both have a very decent chance of cashing in both have a very tough match ups but both are fighters that can take punishment and come back strong especially Stefan Struve who is coming back after a tough 2 years personally buy can withstand tremendous assaults and come back and win the fight. In his Fight with Alistair Overeem all I think he has to do is survive the early onslaught The Reem will bring and as we have seen before, when he go's too hard he gasses real bad and is open to being knocked out with. If Joanna wins this fight she will be in line to face the winner of the championship match the previous night in Vegas. Her fight with talented Brazilian Claudia Gadelha is as close a fight as we have had all year but I just feel with Joanna's great hand speed and movement she can frustrate Gadelha and can take the fight to her later in the fight when Gadelha starts lunging for takedowns.
Prop bets to keep an eye on
Stefan Struve Double Chance to win by KO or Submission 16/5
Aisling Daly by Submission 11/2
Joanne Calderwood by KO/TKO 11/10
Jeremy Stephens by KO/TKO 11/5
Ben Saunders by Submission 3/1
Gabriel Gonzaga by Submission 3/1
Calderwood/Ham under 2.5 rds EVS
Varner/Dober under 2.5 rds 5/4
So there Is a little bit of advice on bets I like, good luck with what ever you put on this weekend and enjoy the fights!
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