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Las Vegas - The other co-main event tonight is a welterweight fight between Tyron (The Chosen One) Woodley at -$180 vs. Gilbert (Durinho) Burns at +$160.
And of course, we always present the Tale of the Tape. Woodley is 38 years old from Ferguson, Missouri. He tips the scale at around a buck 71, is 5'9" and has a 74.0" reach. His MMA record is 19-4, with 7 wins coming by KO, 7 by decision and 5 by submission.
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Las Vegas - Stepping back inside the Octagon and taking a look at the co-main event tomorrow as Augusto Sakai faces Blagoy (Bagata) Ivanov. This is basically a pick'em bout. Some shops in Vegas are showing Sakai as a -$110/-$115 favorite (Caesars and South Point), while others (Mirage, Westgate and William Hill) have Ivanov at -$110.
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Las Vegas - C'MON people. Stop shooting the poison arrows. Talking to the talking heads and the inksters who are trashing the NHL for the plan to return hockey to a sports-starved public. No plan is perfect. Nothing is EVER perfect, but at least Gary Bettman and the NHL are making an effort. Gotta respect the effort. Maybe there are a few minor tweaks before the NHL gets back on the ice, but from this keyboard, we'll be BETTING BAABBBEE and that's a YUGE plus.
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Las Vegas - Staying in Germany and moving from Dortmund to Leipzig, just about 415 kilometers, which is about 258 miles and should take about four hours by car. Of course, you can probably push the speedometer to 90+ on the Autobahn and make the trip in three hours and small change. If you don't feel comfortable driving, you can jump on the train in Dortmund, pay €19.90 Euros (like $21.85 U.S. bucks) and get there in 5 hours and 11 minutes.
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Las Vegas - Think Yankees/Red Sox. Think Lakers/Celtics. Think Duke/North Carolina or Barcelona/Real Madrid. Some of the greatest rivalries in all of sports. Now, take it to the Bundesliga, and you have Bayern Munich, the YANKEES of German soccer, they've won 29 titles and are gunning for number 30, against Borussia Dortmund. Bayern is the road favorite at -$115, with Dortmund the home underdog at +$250, with NO fans.
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