UFC 103 Betting Odds
Date: September 19, 2009
Time: 10PM ET/7PM PT
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Broadcast: Pay-per-view
Rich Franklin Vs Vitor Belfort
On September 19th, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Belfort returns to the Octagon for the first time in over four years to take on former middleweight champion Rich Franklin in the light heavyweight main event of UFC 103.
Belfort is one of the most explosive stand up fighters of all-time. On the flip side, Franklin is one of the most well-rounded MMA fighters in the game today. Further, both guys like to bang, making this a smart match up by the UFC.
Franklin, a former middleweight champion, on the other hand just competed at 195 pounds in a winning performance against Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99. However, Franklin is making no real progress at light heavyweight since a return to the weight class last year with a technical knockout win over Matt Hamill.
Mirko Cro Cop Vs Junior Santos
Junior Santos is 2-0 in the UFC and has shown off devastating punching power, needing just 1:21 to knock out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 90 and just 54 seconds to knock out Stefan Struve at UFC 95. Cro Cop is a legend and made his initial return to the UFC a successful one at UFC 99 as he stopped Mustapha al Turk by TKO in the first round. The winner of a potential fight between these two heavyweights would be seen as a top contender in the heavyweight division.
In addition, Martin Kampmann and Mike Swick will collide to determine the number one contender for Georges St. Pierre’s 170-pound title.
Swick is currently 4-0 at 170 pounds and is coming off of an impressive victory in a technical knockout win over Ben Saunders at UFC 99 earlier this month. The American Kickboxing Academy-trained fighter has also defeated Jonathan Goulet, Marcus Davis and Josh Burkman since dropping down to Welterweight after a unanimous decision loss to Yushi Okami at UFC 69 in April of 2007
Kampmann last saw action as part of the UFC Fight Night 18 card where he defeated former WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit via split decision in the main event of the evening. Kampmann strung together nine straight wins as a Middleweight before dropping a devastating TKO loss to Nate Marquardt at UFC 88 in September. After the loss, Kampmann dropped a weight class to 170 pounds and scored a TKO win over Alexandre Barros at UFC 93 in January in his Welterweight debut.
Main Bouts:
- Rich Franklin -174 vs. Vitor Belfort +145
- Junior Dos Santos -135 vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic +105
- Mike Swick -185 vs. Martin Kampmann +155
- Josh Koscheck -500 vs. Frank Trigg +300
- Tyson Griffin -240 vs. Hermes Franca +185
Preliminary Bouts:
- Efrain Escudero -165 vs. Cole Miller +135
- Jim Miller Vs. Thiago Tavares
- Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster
- Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal
- Jason Brilz vs. Eliot Marshall
- Dan Lauzon vs. Rafaello Oliveira
- Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rob Emerson
UFC 103 Quick Results
MAIN CARD
- Vitor Belfort def. Rich Franklin via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 3:02
- Junior Dos Santos def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via verbal submission (strikes) - Round 3, 2:00
- Paul Daley def. Martin Kampmann via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 2:31
- Josh Koscheck def. Frank Trigg via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 1:25
- Tyson Griffin def. Hermes Franca via knockout (punches) - Round 2, 3:26
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Efrain Escudero def. Cole Miller via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 3:36
- Tomasz Drwal def. Drew McFedries via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 1:03
- Jim Miller def. Steve Lopez via TKO (injury) - Round 2, 0:48
- Nick Lentz def. Rafaello Oliveira via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Rick Story def. Brian Foster via submission (arm-trinagle choke) - Round 1, 1:09
- Eliot Marshall def. Jason Brilz via split decision (30-28, 27-30, 30-27)
- Vladimir Matyushenko def. Igor Pokrajac via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Rafael Dos Anjos def. Rob Emerson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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