MMA Betting Odds: Strikeforce Alistair Overeem vs Fabricio Werdum
Friday, June 17, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
The remaining quarterfinals of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix go on Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, and anytime a fighter is a 3-to-1 underdog against a guy he’s beat before it’s worth a look on the MMA betting board.
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem is a huge -500 favorite at Bodog Sportsbook against Fabricio Werdum (+300) on Saturday night, but lost in the shuffle of the hype machine is the fact the challenger submitted the current champ in their only meeting back in 2006.
Sure, a lot has changed since then, but if past fight history means anything, Overeem is overvalued heading into Saturday night. Besides, Werdum is the only fighter ever to have submitted Fedor Emelianenko – and that came in his last bout in June of last year.
Werdum (14-4-1) is 5-1-0 in his last six fights, and if he upsets Overeem (34-11-0), he’ll meet Antonio Silva – a fighter he beat by unanimous decision in November 2009 in the Grand Prix semifinals.
Overeem, of course, is the hottest heavyweight in the sport not named Cain Velasquez. The 6-foot-5, 253-pound Dutchman has won nine consecutive bouts since his loss to Sergei Kharitonov in September 2007.
Kharitonov, incidentally, is set to clash with the winner of Saturday’s other Grand Prix quarterfinal bout between Josh Barnett (29-5-0) and Brett Rogers (11-2-0).
Bodog Sportsbook has Barnett as a whopping -500 favorite, while, like Werdum, Rogers is a +300 pup. Barnett has won six straight fights, although he won’t have the natural size advantage against Rogers.
Rogers has lost two of his last three, but those defeats came against the big boys of the sport in Fedor and Overeem.
Get all your MMA odds at Bodog Sportsbook.
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