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UFC 102 Fight Odds
Event name: UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
Date: August 29, 2009
Location: Portland, Oregon
Venue: Rose Garden
Broadcast: Pay-per-view
UFC 102 is headlined by former champions Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and takes place Saturday, August 29 at the Rose Garden. Both fighters are coming off losses, Couture to current HW champion Brock Lesnar, and Nogueria to Frank Mir.
The Rose Garden will play host to Couture’s return to his roots, a hometown of sorts for him and a place he trained and lived for many years.
The Rose Garden is home to the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and has also played host to mixed martial arts bouts. Since 2005, the arena has been the frequent venue of choice for the Sportfight promotion founded by Randy Couture and former teammate Matt Lindland.
Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva
Thiago Silva is fresh off of a knockout loss courtesy of upcoming light heavyweight championship challenger Lyoto Machida at UFC 94. Prior to that the American Top Team trained fighter had gone undefeated in his professional mixed martial arts career with four consecutive victories in the octagon.
Jadine has gone just 2-3 in his last five bouts inside the octagon, but has faced stiff competition over the streatch. After becoming Houston Alexanders first victim, Jardine bounced back with a victory over Chuck Liddell. After suffering another quick knockout loss to Wanderlei Silva, Jardine rebounded with a win Brandon Vera. “The Dean of Mean” was last in action in March in the UFC 96 headliner against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, but suffered a unanimous decision loss.
Also, a pivotal middleweight showdown pairing the unbeaten Demian Maia and Nate Marquardt.
Both Marquardt and Maia have been very hot as of late and are looking to get with in distance of Anderson Silva’s middleweight title. Marquardt has had a shot at Silva back at UFC 73 in July of 2007 but was stopped by TKO in the first round and after losing to Anderson Silva he is 3-1, though his one loss was due to point deduction.
Marquardt is coming off an impressive third round TKO over Wilson Gouveia at UFC 95. Maia scored his tenth win in as many fights as well as his fifth submission victory in as many UFC fights on the same card against former WEC middleweight title contender Chael Sonnen. Maia has submitted so many opponents inside the Octagon that they really need to re-name the “Submission of the Night” award after him.
The card currently includes:
* Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira*
* Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt*
* Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva*
* Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera*
* Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt*
* Wilson Gouveia vs. James Irvin*
* Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer*
* Nick Catone vs. Mark Munoz*
* Junior dos Santos vs. Justin McCully*
* Evan Dunham vs. Matt Veach*
UFC 102 Results
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Randy Couture by Unanimous Decision.
- Thiago Silva defeated Keith Jardine ) by KO @ 1:35 of Round 1.
- Jake Rosholt defeats Chris Lebenby Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) @ 1:20 of Round 3.
- Nate Marquardt defeats Demian Maia by KO @ 0:21 of Round 1.
- Brandon Vera defeats Krzysztof Soszynski by Unanimous Decision.
- Evan Dunham defeats Marcus Aurelio by Split Decision.
- Mark Munoz defeats Nick Catone Split Decision.
- Todd Duffee defeats Tim Hague by KO @ 0:07 of Round 1.
- Mike Russow defeats Justin McCully by Unanimous Decision.
- Gabriel Gonzaga defeats Chris Tuchscherer by TKO @ 2:27 of Round 1.
- Aaron Simpson defeats Ed Herman by TKO (Injury) @ 0:17 of Round 2.
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