UFC 70 - Bodog Odds

On Saturday, April 21st, the UFC will hold UFC 70: Nations Collide from the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England. This will be the second event held in England (the first being UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall). This will also be the first UFC event held outside the United States since UFC 38.

While most of their events are pay-per-view, this show was originally targeted to mark the debut of their show on HBO. However, negotiations with the cable giant did not go as planned. Instead, the show will be available for free on Spike TV in North America at 9 pm Eastern. In the UK and Ireland, the show will be on pay-per-view.

The main event will feature PRIDE FC Open-Weight Grand Prix champ Mirko “Cro-Cop” Filipovic taking on fellow heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga. Cro-Cop is a devastating striker with a particularly lethal left high kick. Gonzaga is a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and very well-versed in submissions. If Mirko can get past this tough opponent, his next fight may very well be a title shot for the Heavyweight belt held by ageless wonder Randy Couture.

The card will also see undefeated English fighter Michael “The Count” Bisping taking on Elvis “The King of Rock and Roll” Sinosic. While Sinosic has lost tough fights to the likes of Tito Ortiz, Evan Tanner and Forrest Griffin, he is still a dangerous opponent. Can Bisping defend the pride of England, or will the tough Aussie give his perfect record its first blemish?

UFC 70: NATIONS COLLIDE - BODOG HAS THE ODDS

Note: The maximum bet on each fight is $500.

Terry Etim (-140) vs. Matt Grice (+110)

Junior Assuncao (-190) vs. David Lee (+155)

Alessio Sakara (-180) vs. Victor Valimaki (+150)

Dennis Siver (-150) vs. Jess Liaudin (+120)

Ediberto Crocota (-200) vs. Paul Taylor (+160)

Assuerio Silva (-260) vs. Cheick Kongo (+200)

Michael Bisping (-525) vs. Elvis Sinosic (+375)

Andrei Alaska (-115) vs. Fabricio Werdum (-115)

Lyoto Machida (-400) vs. David Heath (+300)

Mirko Cro-Cop (-360) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (+280)

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UFC 70 - Bodog Odds