UFC Fight Night 28 Wed Sept 4 UFC Fight Night 28, Wed Sept 4 on FoxSports1 takes place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Brazil has carried a strong home fighter advantage. Brazilians fight in 9 of the 11
matches and in only one is it Brazilian vs Brazilian. That's eight fights where, at the
minimum, the crowd and support will be clearly on one side.
1501 Marcos Vinicius appears to be the only underdog from Brazil. His opponent
is on an 8 fight win streak but both appear to be making their UFC debut.
2002 Ivan George -165 vs Keith Wisniewski is a fight that I'm interested in.
Wisniewski is 0-3 in the UFC and has fought just once in the last 23 months
losing a split decision in April 2012.
Ivan George has been fighting regularly (every 3-4 months) for a few years now.
He's won 10 of his last 11 and all 10 wins by submission. His last 5 wins have all
been by rear naked choke and his last 4 in the first round. The fight log suggests
he's made serious strides in his submission game. He's the current Jungle Fight
Lightweight Champion. This is Georges UFC debut and he moves up in weight to
take this fight as a replacement for the injured Marcelo Guimaraes. These are
all probable negatives. Short notice, moving up in weight suggests that George
will do just about anything to get into the UFC and even though Wisniewski has
only fought once in close to two years, he's considered a tough out and has
lost some close fights. I don't think a KO is too likely here.
Seems that George will certainly be looking to go to with what's propelled him to
this point and a George by Submission price is what I'm interested in. 5Dimes hangs
those later this week and since this is an undercard fight and George's submission
spree does not entirely correlate to his lifetime submission pct of 54%, they may
put up a price that would be worth taking. Anything plus money would probably
be a take here. If he wins, it would seem this would be how he'll do it.
UFC Fighting Money Line Total Points
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Light Heavyweight 5 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Fox Sports 1
Wed 9/4 1001 Ryan Bader +335 o1½ -155
11:30PM 1002 Glover Teixeira -420 u1½ +125
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Middleweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Fox Sports 1
Wed 9/4 1101 Yushin Okami +230 o2½ -175
11:00PM 1102 Ronaldo Souza -270 u2½ +145
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Flyweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Fox Sports 1
Wed 9/4 1201 Jussier Formiga +385 o2½ -130
10:30PM 1202 Joseph Benavidez -485 u2½ +100
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Lightweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Fox Sports 1
Wed 9/4 1301 Piotr Hallmann +240 o1½ -140
10:00PM 1302 Francisco Trinaldo -320 u1½ +100
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Middleweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Fox Sports 1
Wed 9/4 1401 Tor Troeng +160 o2½ -145
9:30PM 1402 Rafael Natal -210 u2½ +105
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Flyweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Fox Sports 1
Wed 9/4 1501 Marcos Vinicius +250 o1½ -180
9:00PM 1502 Ali Bagautinov -350 u1½ +140
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Featherweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Facebook
Wed 9/4 1701 Kevin Souza +180 o1½ -215
8:00PM 1702 Felipe Arantes -260 u1½ +165
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Middleweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Facebook
Wed 9/4 1801 Joao Zeferino +110 o1½ -165
7:30PM 1802 Elias Silverio -150 u1½ +125
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Bantamweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Facebook
Wed 9/4 1901 Ramiro Hernandez Jr. +150 o2½ +110
7:00PM 1902 Lucas Martins -190 u2½ -150
UFC on Fox Sports 1: 3 - Welterweight 3 rounds - Mineirinho Arena - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Facebook
Wed 9/4 2001 Keith Wisniewski +125 o1½ -215
6:30PM 2002 Ivan Jorge -165 u1½ +165
Wed 9/4 2101 Sean Spencer +135 o2½ -190
6:00PM 2102 Yuri Villefort -175 u2½ +150
