[The HOFF]

Date: Jan 02, 2010

Location: Las Vegas
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

MAIN CARD

• Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
• Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller
• Carlos Condit vs. Paul Daley
• Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout
• Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller
• Martin Kampmann vs. Rory Markham
• Rafaello Oliveira vs. Sean Sherk
• Jake Ellenberger vs. Mike Pyle
• Ryan Jensen vs. Mark Munoz

[The HOFF]

Thiago Silva +145
Rashad Evans -175

[The HOFF]

I missed Evans opening at -155, but still took him at -175. Silva has a suspect chin and is very slow on his feet. I see Rashad winning by stoppage.

[Boddhissatva]

Great card...no championship fights...but damn...this card is stacked.

I'm taking Thiago Silva, Griffin, Condit and JDS.

Condit better learn some striking defense because he barely made it out of his last fight against a relative nobody.

He can't make that same mistake against Daley.

[brooks85]

i look forward to seeing jlau back and stout is a game opponent. Wont be an easy fight after a layoff.

[illmatick]

Martin Kampmann
Cole Miller
Jake Ellenberger

[Eccocide]

I smell Velasquez as Gongaza's replacement. No doubt!

Big Nog said he will be ready to fight in Feb/March. Carwin has said the same. So I expect Velasquez/Dos Santos and Carwin/Big Nog to be the new matchups.

[Boddhissatva]

I will pay big money to see Big Nog fight Carwin or Velasquez.

Either one would be a great fight.

[clarkd32]

big nog/carwin would be awesome imo...

[The HOFF]

MMAweekly says Dos Santos vs Velasquez not likely...

About the only heavyweight contenders still healthy or don’t have a fight already scheduled are Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, although sources indicated it was unlikely that the two would meet any time soon.

I think it is way too soon to have the young guns fight each other. I'd rather see them get a tune up fight against some can, and then take their original matchups with Gonzaga and Nogueira later.

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[brooks85]

on short notice they will throw someone in who JDS has advantages over. id go with tuchscherer, im surprised they havent brought him back yet. Or lined rothwell up for another fight yet, i dont know if his medical suspension cleared. JDS/Rothwell would be good.

[Eccocide]

Rothwell is supposed to fight crocop in aussieland

[shady610]

i may have to hammer thiago on this one

[RobbReport]

Thiago is a great and exciting fighter, like him way more than Rashad. the only thing I don't like is that Thiago shifts his weight back n forth too much when coming forward.

[The HOFF]

Thiago Silva +165
Rashad Evans -205

Jim Miller +225
Tyson Griffin -285

Paul Daley +150
Carlos Condit -190


I'm really surprised at the Daley/Condit line. I really thought I would be getting Condit as a dog.

[Eccocide]

Junior dos Santos vs gilbert yvel is being reported to be on this card. Could be a wild fight. Or cigano can take it to the floor and end it.

[The HOFF]

A light heavyweight bout between veteran Vladimir Matyushenko (23-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and former WEC champion Steve Cantwell (8-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is set for the preliminary card of next month's UFC 108 event.

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A lightweight bout between Joe Lauzon (18-4 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Sam Stout (14-5-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has been promoted from the preliminary card to the televised main card of UFC 108.

[illmatick]

Junior dos Santos vs gilbert yvel is being reported to be on this card. Could be a wild fight. Or cigano can take it to the floor and end it.

can't wait to see this line, I expect some value on gilbert, I'm thinking santos opens around -230 and probably gets bet up to around -300

[illmatick]

lol

[Eccocide]

Carlos Condit is injured and has been pulled out of the co-main event according to mmajunkie. This is the fight I was most looking forward to......

[illmatick]

Carlos Condit is injured and has been pulled out of the co-main event according to mmajunkie. This is the fight I was most looking forward to......

[morocca]

Loving this

[Eccocide]

Dustin Hazelett steps in for injured Carlos Condit. Good job on the UFC's part getting a solid replacement for Daley!

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/12/9...-ufc-108-fight

[The HOFF]

Dustin Hazelett steps in for injured Carlos Condit. Good job on the UFC's part getting a solid replacement for Daley!

Awesome. Just as good of a fight as the original.

[The HOFF]

Sam Stout +190
Joe Lauzon -250

Dan Lauzon +155
Cole Miller -185

[illmatick]

Dustin Hazelett steps in for injured Carlos Condit. Good job on the UFC's part getting a solid replacement for Daley!

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/12/9...-ufc-108-fight

i actually like this fight more, hazelett is going to bring it

[The HOFF]

Spike TV will air two fights from the UFC 108 preliminary card prior to the night's pay-per-view main card broadcast, MMAjunkie.com has confirmed with a source close to the event.

UFC and Spike TV officials, though, have not determined which of the night's preliminary-card matchups will be part of the Jan. 2 broadcast.

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Lightweight contender Tyson Griffin (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has suffered an undisclosed injury in training and has been forced to withdraw from his "UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva" main-card bout with Jim Miller (15-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC).

[brooks85]

sweet, there goes easy money.

[The HOFF]

With Tyson Griffin forced to withdraw from his UFC 108 bout with Jim Miller due to an undisclosed injury on Friday, the UFC moved swiftly to bolster a fight card that has been plagued by injuries.

Within hours, Miller received a new opponent, Sean Sherk.

Sherk was originally slated to face Rafaello Oliveira in a preliminary bout. But with holes appearing almost daily on the pay-per-view portion of the fight card, Sherk was called up to face Miller on the main card.

[brooks85]

Looks like this matchup goes back to a parlay bet for me. Miller still has a tough task ahead of him. Griffin and Sherk are identical fighters.