UFC 118, Vegas style picks: who wins the fight obfuscated title?

B.j. Penn is always the star of the show, but not this week to 118 UFC. The legend of lightweight Hawaiian willingly took a back seat to James Toney. Boxer brief conversation and promotional acumen has led the Charter. But make no mistake about it, Toney vs Randy Couture, pure combat is a sideshow (Pro Sherdog picks have 50-3 for Couture) than the UFC Lightweight Title rematch between champ Frank Edgar and Penn.

Penn lost the first matchup via unanimous decision back to 112 UFC. In typical fashion Penn, tried to drum up some drama and Angst + Pfister heading into the fight, but it's not just that it's easy against Edgar, which is fairly benign with the spoken word. So the question again for Penn is the motivation. He is fired?He will be altering his style and work harder to win? otherwise, he will have two losses in a row, and then what motivates him to return and get better?

Kevin Iole of Yahoo breaks the big fights and quotas from Boston.

Odds betting UFC 118(Courtesy Venetian/Lagasse Stadium in Las Vegas)
Official plays in bold

Frank Edgar (+ 300) v. b. j. Penn-(400)-UFC Lightweight Title
James Toney (+ 500) v. Randy Couture (-800)-light heavyweight
Gray Maynard (+ 125) v. Kenny Florian-(155)-Lightweight
Mario Miranda (+ 190) v. Demian Maia (-240)-Middleweight
Marcus Davis (190) v. Nate Diaz (-240)-Welterweight
Nik Lentz (also) v. Andre Winner (stone-paved beach)-Lightweight
Gabe Ruediger (+ 300) v. Joe Lauzon (-400)-Lightweight
Greg Soto (+ 110) v. Nick Osipczak (140)-Welterweight
John Salter (+ 250) v. Jim Miller-(330)-Middleweight
Amilcar Alves (+ 240) v. Mike Pierce (-320)-Welterweight

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Battle lines are drawn above Fitch of fighting style

 

The guy has won five straight struggles and 21 to 22. He is an amazing UFC 13-1. Dana White not yet committing to give Jon Fitch his second welterweight title shot against the winner of Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck. What's the hold up? White worried Fitch sold in another title fight? Maybe. From his loss GSP at UFC 87, won all five fights via decision. That makes seven of his last eight that have passed away. An observer MMA was so Livid about see yet another decision to 117 UFC they defaced Wikipedia page of Fitch. Is the style of Fitch simply too boring?

Fellow fighter Jason High says that you are a fool if you call Fitch boring.

Kevin Iole of Yahoo says that Fitch could really help himself from finishing more fighting.

Without a commitment before or after the UFC 117 from white, Fitch clearly has opened the door for the winner of Jake Shields-Martin Kampmann to grab the next title shot.

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