ATS Database Game Day Previews

Ultimate Fighting Championships 129
John "The Bull" Makdessi -170
Kyle Watson +140

Pablo "The Scarecrow" Garza +150
Yves "Tiger" Jabouin -180

Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin completes 2 full rounds +150
Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin won't complete 2 full rounds -200

Ivan "Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar -145
Charlie Valencia +115

Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald +110
Ryan Jensen -140

Claude "The Prince" Patrick -160
Daniel "Ninja" Roberts +130

Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts completes 2 full rounds EVEN
Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts won't complete 2 full rounds -150

Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger -205
Sean Pierson +165

Jake Ellenberger wins inside distance 17/10
Jake Ellenberger wins by 3 round decision 2/1
Sean Pierson wins inside distance 9/2
Sean Pierson wins by 3 round decision 3/1
Draw 20/1

Jake Ellenberger vs. Sean Pierson completes 1 full round -500
Jake Ellenberger vs. Sean Pierson won't complete 1 full round +300

Jake Ellenberger vs. Sean Pierson completes 2 full rounds -250
Jake Ellenberger vs. Sean Pierson won't complete 2 full rounds +190

Nate Diaz -115
Rory MacDonald -115

Nate Diaz wins inside distance 21/10
Nate Diaz wins by 3 round decision 11/4
Rory MacDonald wins inside distance 3/1
Rory MacDonald wins by 3 round decision 2/1
Draw 20/1

Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald completes 2 full rounds -250
Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald won't complete 2 full rounds +190

Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald completes 1 full round -575
Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald won't complete 1 full round +375

Jason "The Hitman" Brilz -110
Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko -120

Jason Brilz wins inside distance 7/2
Jason Brilz wins by 3 round decision 8/5
Vladimir Matyushenko wins inside distance 4/1
Vladimir Matyushenko wins by 3 round decision 3/2
Draw 20/1

Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko completes 1 full round -625
Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko won't complete 1 full round +425

Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko completes 2 full rounds -340
Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko won't complete 2 full rounds +260

Benson "Smooth" Henderson -145
Mark Bocek +115

Ben Henderson wins inside distance 9/5
Ben Henderson wins by 3 round decision 11/5
Mark Bocek wins inside distance 3/1
Mark Bocek wins by 3 round decision 21/10
Draw 20/1

Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek completes 1 full round -340
Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek won't complete 1 full round +260

Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek completes 2 full rounds -175
Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek won't complete 2 full rounds +125

Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida -325
Randy "The Natural" Couture +250

Lyoto Machida wins inside distance 1/1
Lyoto Machida wins by 3 round decision 2/1
Randy Couture wins inside distance 5/1
Randy Couture wins by 3 round decision 15/4
Draw 20/1

Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture completes 1 full round -500
Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture won't complete 1 full round +300

Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture completes 2 full rounds -155
Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture won't complete 2 full rounds +105

Jose "Scarface" Aldo -550
Mark "The Machine" Hominick +350

Jose Aldo wins inside distance 5/11
Jose Aldo wins by 5 round decision 4/1
Mark Hominick wins inside distance 11/2
Mark Hominick wins by 5 round decision 13/2
Draw 40/1

Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick completes 1 full round -275
Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick won't complete 1 full round +215

Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick completes 2 full rounds -120
Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick won't complete 2 full rounds -120

Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick completes 3 full rounds +175
Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick won't complete 3 full rounds -225

Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick completes 4 full rounds +300
Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick won't complete 4 full rounds -500

Georges "Rush" St. Pierre -360
Jake Shields +280

Georges St-Pierre wins inside distance 5/4
Georges St-Pierre wins by 5 round decision 6/5
Jake Shields wins inside distance 5/1
Jake Shields wins by 5 round decision 11/2
Draw 26/1

Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields completes 1 full round -875
Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields won't complete 1 full round +575

Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields completes 2 full rounds -500
Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields won't complete 2 full rounds +300

Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields completes 3 full rounds -225
Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields won't complete 3 full rounds +160

Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields completes 4 full rounds -150
Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields won't complete 4 full rounds EVEN

UFC 124 Betting Preview at Bodog
by Richard Gardner | Bodog Sportsbook Manager

We will see if Josh Koscheck’s predictions about his own fights are better than his hockey forecasts.

When the UFC visited Montreal’s Bell Centre back in early May for UFC 113, Koscheck took Paul Daley down to the ground and controlled him for most of three straight rounds, winning a straight 30-27 unanimous decision. The victory was by far the biggest of Koscheck’s career and it earned him a welterweight title bout against Georges St. Pierre.

After that Daley fight, Koscheck taunted the Montreal fans by promising to defeat St. Pierre, who is from the city, and vowing that the Pittsburgh Penguins would defeat the Montreal Canadiens in the then-ongoing NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Koscheck obviously embraces his role as UFC’s second-biggest villain behind Brock Lesnar. Two of the most popular things in Montreal are the Canadiens and St. Pierre, so those taunts obviously didn’t go over well with the crowd and will be remembered.

The Penguins, as we all know, were upset by the Canadiens in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year and now Koscheck gets his shot to at least make good on his St. Pierre prediction at UFC 124 on Saturday night back in Montreal.

These two fighters know each other well. Back on Aug. 25, 2007, at UFC 74 St. Pierre beat Koscheck, a four-time NCAA wrestling All-American, by unanimous decision by mainly outwrestling and maintaining the top position throughout most of the fight. In addition, Koscheck and St. Pierre also coached opposing teams in “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 12, which just ended.

In their first fight, St. Pierre, who is considered by many the best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, closed as a -240 favorite against Koscheck. But the challenger believes he is a much different fighter these days.

"One of the things that I've been good at in my whole career is fighting a way to get what I want,” said Koscheck. “He's gonna see that. I'm coming to hurt you and I'm gonna put on a show and I'm gonna put out a victory. … After several years of training in MMA, training in boxing, training in jujitsu, I'm a different fighter than when he fought me.”

The line for Saturday’s fight opened with St. Pierre (20-2-0) as a -450 favorite, but heavy action on both St. Pierre and parlays involving GSP moved the line to -525. At this point we saw significant buyback on Koscheck (currently +300) and decided to move the line to St. Pierre -500 where it currently sits and is generating solid two-sided action. In fact, in total handle it’s nearly a 50-50 split on the fighters.

Being favored is nothing new for St. Pierre, who has won his past seven fights overall. That streak began with the Koscheck victory following a TKO loss to Matt Serra earlier in 2007 at UFC 69. In all seven of those wins GSP entered as the betting favorite – six were title defenses. The current -500 number is the second-biggest number that St. Pierre has been in his winning streak. The only time he was a bigger favorite was at UFC 111 in March when he was -625 against British striker Dan Hardy and beat Hardy by unanimous decision.

This is the first time that Koscheck (15-4-0) has been an underdog since his first fight with St. Pierre. In that stretch he has gone 6-2, losing only to Thiago Alves and Paulo Thiago (he needs to stop fighting guys named Thiago). The popular strategy for many players on this bout has been either to bet Koscheck straight up and take advantage of the big odds or bet St. Pierre in a parlay with some of the other champions at higher odds to increase the payout. For example, a parlay consisting of St. Pierre at -500, Anderson Silva (UFC 126 vs. Vitor Belfort) at -325 and Cain Velasquez (TBD, vs. Junior dos Santos) at -225 pays +127.