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MMA Betting Online: Pat Healy has finally found an opponent for the final showcase of the Strikeforce era, but he’s not happy about it. He will face off with unbeaten Kurt Holobaugh on Saturday, January 12th, 2013 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was expected to face off with Gilbert Melendez for the lightweight championship belt in September and then on this date, but Melendez pulled out both times with a knee injury. Then Jorge Masvidal was put on the schedule to face off with Healy, but he also had to withdraw due to an undisclosed injury. Holobaugh is now the opponent, but Healy isn’t getting a championship shot and he’s had very little time to prepare for the new fighter. Despite this, Healy is the heavy favorite at -450 while Holobaugh comes in at +300 in MMA odds.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Gilbert Melendez has taken care of any and all comers in his second go-round as the Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and isn’t expected to have much trouble in his next title defense. Melendez will match up with Pat Healy in Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy on Saturday, September 29th, 2012 on Showtime at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California. He is a heavy favorite to win it, currently being gambled on as a -975 favorite, while Healy is a +675 underdog in MMA wagering.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Pat Healy is the ultimate mixed martial arts journeyman, and he will be fighting an uphill battle against Gilbert Melendez in their headlining Strikeforce bout on Saturday, September 29th, 2012 on Showtime at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California.

Healy has been on the losing side of a fight 16 times in his professional career and is expected to taste defeat again. Melendez is listed as the -975 favorite and Healy is a +675 underdog in MMA wagering.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Pat Healy’s mixed martial arts record does not inspire confidence, and it’s not a surprise to see him as a big-time underdog to Gilbert Melendez in their Strikeforce lightweight title fight set for Saturday, September 29th, 2012 on Showtime at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California. However, Healy has been given his shot at the belt and will look to shock the sport with an upset victory. Healy is currently a +675 underdog while Melendez is the -975 in their matchup.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Ronda Rousey is trying to lift the women’s MMA action into the spotlight and will get a chance to stay undefeated in the strikeforce bantamweight title showdown against Sarah Kaufman at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 18th, 2012 at the Valley View Casino in San Diego, California. Rousey is trying to defend the championship belt she earned last time out and is a solid favorite to do so as the new star on the women’s circuit in MMA wagering.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Luke Rockhold missed nearly a year in a half of mixed martial arts fighting because of injuries, but since his return he has been very good. In his two fights since the return, Rockhold has won the middleweight championship and then defended his title. He will look to do so again in a matchup with Tim Kennedy in the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy matchup on Saturday, July 14th, 2012 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. Rockhold is a -300 favorite to win the bout, while Kennedy comes in as a +240 underdog in MMA gambling.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Daniel Cormier has stormed onto the Strikeforce heavyweight scene with an undefeated start to his MMA career, but he will get a tough test in the Strikeforce Grand Prix Finals against Josh Barnett on Saturday, May 19th, 2012.

Barnett is currently ranked as the No. 4 heavyweight by MMA Weekly while Cormier is the No. 8 ranked heavyweight. The oddsmakers seem to think similarly, as Barnett is a slight -135 favorite to win this matchup and Cormier is a +105 underdog in MMA wagering.  Continue...

Strikeforce Betting Online: Challenger Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine (17-9-2) will attempt to take the Strikeforce Middleweight Belt from Champion Luke Rockhold (8-1) in the Main Event of the New Year.

The Strikeforce Rockhold vs Jardine Odds are worth betting as Rockhold is looking for c  Continue...

Strikeforce Betting Online: Champion Luke Rockhold (8-1) takes on Challenger Keith Jardine (16-10-2) in the Main Event of a Strikeforce Betting card that gives many opportunities for wagering at BookMaker.
Luke was not around to Bet On Strikeforce, because Rockhold had a considerable amount of time off due to an   Continue...

MMA Strikeforce Betting Online: Jorge Masvidal 22-6 MMA, 4-0 SF challenges Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez 19-2 MMA, 9-1 SF for the title belt.
Gilbert Melendez is still the stud of Strikeforce, and the rumblings about him moving to UFC for Frankie Edgar have been flying for a while now.  Continue...

Strikeforce Betting Online: Champion Gilbert Melendez (19-2-0) takes on Challenger Jorge Masvidal (22-6-0) in the Main Event of a Strikeforce Betting card that gives many opportunities for wagering at BookMaker.  Continue...

Strikeforce Betting Online: Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez 19-2 MMA, 9-1 SF is putting his title belt on the line vs. Jorge Masvidal 22-6 MMA, 4-0 SF. The possibility of advancing to the UFC may also be dependent on the performances here.  Continue...

MMA betting online: After his TKO victory over Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, Daniel Cormier might be the best heavyweight prospect in all of MMA. The American Kickboxing Academy product – a replacement for former champion Alistair Overeem – now faces the ominous task of beating Josh “War Master” Barnett. Currently, Barnett is a -190 favorite to win while Cormier is at +150.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online. My pre-fight predictions were way off. Antonio Silva -- my pick to win the entire tournament -- was flattened by Daniel Cormier, and Luke Rockhold overcame his +280 underdog status to outwork Jacare and take the Strikeforce middleweight title. However, Josh Barnett cleaned up as expected and wasted little time in dispatching Sergei Kharitonov to assure a spot in the finals against Cormier.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: The Strikeforce Grand Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finals are less than a week away, with Antonio Silva vs. Daniel Cormier and Sergei Kharitonov vs. Josh Barnett both fighting this Saturday. MMA fans will also get to see a middleweight title fight between Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza and Luke Rockhold and a light heavyweight bout between former champion "King Mo" Lawal and Roger Gracie. All in all, it's a very solid card from top to bottom.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Let's hand it to Strikeforce: the Heavyweight semi-finals card is freaking stacked. Even though tourney favorite Alistair Overeem has been cut from the promotion, we still get a sweet heavyweight semi-finals with Sergei "The Russian Concussion" Kharitonov and everybody's favorite asshole: Josh Barnett.  Continue...

Strikeforce Betting Online: It's time to take a candid look at the picks I made before the fight, just so most of you know that I'm not completely full of crap. I didn't do very well on the prop bets, but those carry so many more variables than picking a winner. Let's take a look at how I did -- bear in mind I'm only looking at my winner picks, which are the ones I'm always most confident in. Henderson TKOs Fedor in the first round My pick to win: The balding Russian guy. Sigh.Fedor was my pick simply because he had actually seemed to take his training camp seriously for this fight. Unfortunately, he got laid out facedown and pretty much lost all viability as a top fighter at heavyweight and light heavyweight. I thought the size would be the difference, but now I firmly believe that the game has evolved and passed Emelianenko by.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online. You know it's fight week when sportsbooks starts releasing prop bets and over/under odds. Strikeforce is putting on a star-studded event on Saturday night and all systems are go -- seriously, how often can you say that about a Strikeforce card? Now, let's get right into some of my choice over/under picks. All these odds and more can be found inside our sportsbook. Bet on Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson prop bets at the Bookmaker sportsbook.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online. The prop bets are finally here! Now that the training camps are done and the biggest Strikeforce card in months is about to go down, the Bookmaker sportsbook has kindly given all y'all gamblers some prop bets to play with.

So if you bet on Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderso  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Bet on Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson prop bets at the Bookmaker sportsbook.

Be sure to check out Part 1 of my prop bet prospects in the articles archive. Let's jump right into and get into some prop bets for fight night. Odds are updated daily, so remember to keep chec  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Everything seems to be running smoother at Strikeforce now that Zuffa's in charge. There's been no hiccups en route to an anticipated fight between Fedor Emlianenko and Dan Henderson, and the fight between the two legends is less than two weeks ago. As of now, Fedor Emlianenko is a -225 favorite, while Henderson is at +185 to win. It's time to get into why this fight is awesome and why you should bet on this Strikeforce fight.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: Alistair Overeem, Strikeforce heavyweight champ, world-ranked top 5 fighter and favorite to win the tournament, has officially been pulled from the Heavyweight Grand Prix as a result of refusing to confirm a Sept. 10 semi-finals fight date with Antonio Silva.  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: I've already bitched about Overeem being pulled from the Grand Prix, so I won't get into that here. What I will get into is how the lines were affected by the champ refusing to fight because of a toe injury. Or horsemeat eating cyles. As expected, Josh Barnett is now the favorite to win. Check out the new  Continue...

MMA Betting Online: The semi-finals card is shaping up to be freaking amazeballs. Not only do we get Overeem and Silva -- Strikeforce's biggest heavyweights -- we also get another Grand Prix semi-finals with Sergei "The Russian Concussion" Kharitonov and everybody's favorite asshole: Josh Barnett.

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MMA Betting Online: If you haven't already noticed, you can bet on the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-final fights, even though the actual dates aren't set. You can also find betting lines for the tournament winner.

Right now the semi-finals are looking pretty sweet, with Antonio Silva squ  Continue...