Brock Lesnar versus Frank Mir The Rematch UFC 100 Betting Odds Preview

Published on July 2, 2009 by admin · No Comments

On Saturday July 11th its UFC 100 The Rematch as Brock Lesnar will face Frank Mir in a Heavyweight UFC Championship fight in the main event. UFC 100 Mir versus Lesnar II will take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fight time is scheduled for 10PM Eastern Time and you can catch it on Pay-Per-View from your local satellite, cable or internet provider. UFC 100 current fight lines reveals Brock Lesnar as the –240 favorite with Frank Mir the underdog bringing back +190.

Brock Lesnar enters UFC 100 with a professional record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Brock Lesnar looks to revenge his lone loss in his MMA career as he lost to Mir by kneebar submission at UFC 81 in February of 2008. Lesnar is coming off a TKO victory against veteran Randy Couture at UFC 87 in November of 2008 but is must be mentioned that Lesnar had between a 50-60 pound weight advantage in that fight. Lesnar has only fought professionally in mixed martial arts for a total of just 26 months heading into UFC 100.

Frank Mir sports a professional record of 12 wins and 3 losses with 2 wins by KO and 7 by submission in his MMA career. Mir is a winner of 3 straight and is coming off a TKO victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92 in December of last year. The interim UFC Heavyweight Champion owns another notable victory over Tim Sylvia. UFC fans will remember it was the bout in which Mir broke Sylvia’s right arm during UFC 48 as Mir earned the UFC Heavyweight Title with the victory.

Mir has the experience advantage in this matchup having fought for over 8 years in the sport compared to Lesnar’s 2 years. These combatants were originally scheduled to meet during UFC 98 but Mir had to withdraw due to a knee injury sustained during training. Frank Mir is a well-rounded fighter, as he owns a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Brock Lesnar’s background is in wrestling as the heavyweight earned a full wrestling scholarship at the University of Minnesota. The question in this fight is can Brock Lesnar avoid mistakes against a top flight professional who can beat you with submissions.

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