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UFC 86 Odds

Written by Jimmy Boyd on March 18, 2008

UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin will be the event of the summer as these two UFC superstars battle it out for light heavyweight supremacy on Saturday, July 5th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Sin City, Nevada. And I promise that this event will provide the most fireworks on Independence Day weekend. This UFC event isn’t subtitled anything cute because it simply highlights the fight that everyone is waiting for with baited breath. Jimmy Boyd previews this Light Heavyweight Championship bout and lets you in on the other projected matchups on the main and preliminary cards in this UFC 86 odds article.

Light Heavyweight Champion Quniton “Rampage” Jackson puts his title belt on the line against the first ever winner of The Ultimate Fighter reality show, Forrest Griffin. Griffin has come full circle in that now he is a coach on season 7 of The Ultimate Fighter reality series with Jackson.

Jackson has taken the MMA world by storm by beating Chuck Liddell for the UFC Light Heavyweight crown and then defeating Pride champion Dan Henderson to unify the belts, making him the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world. He brings a 28-6 professional mark into this fight, but those lofty numbers don’t even do this guy justice. Since coming onto the UFC scene in February of 2007, Jackson took out Marvin Eastman and then crushed Chuck Liddell three months later via first round knockout. Jackson is known for his raw power displayed in his aggressive slams and striking ability. These are among the things that has BetUS UFC odds makers listing him as the -260 favorite.

Forrest Griffin is the top 205-pound contender with a 15-4 professional mark and he wants nothing more to go from The Ultimate Fighter champion to UFC Light Heavyweight champion. Griffin is a fighter who can win a number of ways. It’s his aggressive nature and heart of a lion that have gotten him to this point. Griffin has never backed down from a challenge, facing the likes of Tito Ortiz, Stephan Bonnar, Elvis Sinosic, Keith Jardine, and Hector Ramirez. He really got the attention of the MMA world when he submitted Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 76. Griffin’s submission techniques are something Jackson will definitely have to look out for.

Griffin has nothing but respect for Jackson so I don’t expect over confidence to be an issue in the least. I think we all should get ready for two prepared fighters who only care about winning to lead a great UFC 86 card.

Other main card bouts will be between middleweights Patrick Cote and Ricardo Almeida, lightweights Joe Stevenson and Gleison Tibau, and welterweights Josh Koscheck and Chris Lytle. On the preliminary card we will see three lightweight bouts between Jorge Gurgel and Cole Miller, Melvin Guillard and Dennis Siver, and Corey Hill and Justin Buchholz, and two welterweight bouts between Chris Wilson and Steve Bruno and Neb Saunders and Jared Rollins.

UFC 86 – Light Heavyweight Championship Odds at BodogLife

Quinton Jackson -260
Forrest Griffin +200

Hopefully the UFC predictions given out by our handicappers will help you win with your UFC betting on this event and ones in the future.

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