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UFC 115 Favors Franklin in Sports book

By: Lynn Smith

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Rich Franklin is liked at the sports book as he faces Chuck Liddell on Saturday in UFC 115 at Vancouver's General Motors Palace.

This would be the 4th UFC event held in Canada and perhaps the most popular one at the online sports book. The event was the swiftest sellout in UFC history.

Sportsbook odds show Franklin as a minor favorite at -150 over Liddell with this main event fight. There is an 11-fight card in UFC 115 on Saturday, with this matchup the highlighted one. Both Liddell and Franklin are pretty popular so the fight should get remarkable event at the online sports book. Liddell is a ex - UFC Light Heavyweight Champion while Franklin is a ex - UFC Middleweight Champion. Both fighters are coming off a loss as Liddell was KO'ed by current Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua whereas Franklin was knocked out by UFC Middleweight competitor Vitor Belfort. Liddell had been one of the very first fighters to put the UFC on the map. He went 14-1 with his only failure to Randy Couture from 2000 to 2006. Several people question if Liddell can still be a headliner at 40 years old, so this will be a huge test for the Hall of Fame fighter. The UFC odds are close on this matchup between Liddell and Franklin so the odds makers feel that Liddell has a chance to win.

Liddell, arguably the most popular fighter in Ultimate Fighting Tournament history, is 1-4 in his last 5 fights and has been knocked out in 3 of them. He hasn't won a knockout or TKO himself ever since he shut down bitter foe Tito Ortiz on Dec. 30, 2006. One of the secrets to his accomplishment has prolonged been his ability to take a prospect and keep coming, however he is also legendary for his punching strength.

Franklin, 35, is a ex - champion. Like Liddell, he'll need several victories to contend again and may not have plenty of years left to get them. Liddell, 40, is older than Franklin, but Franklin doesn't plan to fight forever. He is not genuinely positive what's next in his fight career or whatever else.

Furthermore on the main card in UFC 115 it'll be Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic taking on Pat Barry. Barry is a slight -150 favorite at the sports book. The fight should be an remarkable one. It should be a fun fight to watch since both of these fighters have remarkable kickboxing skills.

The other 3 fights on the sports book odds board on the main pay-per-view card have Paulo Thiago facing Martin Kampmann, Ben Rothwell vs Gilbert Yvel and Carlos Condit vs Rory MacDonald. There are 6 fights on the preliminary card, two that will be televised on Spike TV. Those two are Tyson Griffin vs Evan Dunham and Mac Danzig vs Matt Wiman. The other 4 fights on the preliminary card are David Loiseau vs Mario Miranda, James Wilks vs Peter Sobotta, Ricardo Funch vs Claude Patrick and Mike Pyle vs Jesse Lennox.

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