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Gygax · 11-15-2007, 07:23 AM

Strikeforce - The Tournament Series
11/16/07
HP Pavillion, San Jose, CA

4-Man Middleweight Tournament
-Falaniko Vitale
-Trevor Prangley
-Jorge Santiago
-Yuki Sasaki

-Cung Le vs. Sam Morgan *
-Paul Buentello vs. Alistair Overeem *
-Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz *
-Sean Salmon vs. Dennis Hallman *
-Nam Phan vs. Billy Evangelista *
-Luke Stewart vs. Bryson Kamaka
-Brian Schwartz vs. Lemont Davis

The fights with asterisks have vBookie betting. Odds for the tournament have not been released yet. In fact, the tournament brackets will not be known until they are drawn at weigh ins on Thursday evening. I'll try to update then if odds are released or I will make my own based on the brackets.

CouchBurner · 11-15-2007, 09:57 PM

Why is this already closed?

EDIT: Nevermind it's back up.

Thanks for the odds Gygax.

Snow Patrol · 11-15-2007, 10:00 PM

I'll bet on Cung Lee, I don't see how Sammy Morgan will win that fight. Thanks for getting the event up.

bayouboy · 11-15-2007, 10:23 PM

Just wondering if you think this will pay out Saturday before the UFC Event.

Harms · 11-15-2007, 10:35 PM

I want to bet on Overeem, but he has had the worst luck lately.

raconteur8 · 11-16-2007, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Harms

I want to bet on Overeem, but he has had the worst luck lately.

Agreed..thats y i put 3k on Buentello. Happy that this will be streamed on Yahoo but i dun get the best connection from that site..Gah!

Gygax · 11-16-2007, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bayouboy

Just wondering if you think this will pay out Saturday before the UFC Event.

It probably will, but I cannot guarantee it. Thus don't make bets counting on winnings. Its a bad way to gamble anyway.

Mulla · 11-16-2007, 08:12 AM

The tournament brackets are as follows:

Sasaki v Santiago
Prangley v Vitale

Im picking Prangley to win!

MTKrav911 · 11-16-2007, 10:39 AM

I see the hesistency over Overeem. But vs. Buentello who I'm not convinced about?

Still.

Overeem should pull this one out rather convincingly.

Gygax · 11-16-2007, 11:15 AM

Okay, the tournament is tonight and there is alot of intrigue still. Yuki Sasaki has still not been medically cleared after an MRI came back with some issues. If he's not cleared, either Sean Salmon or Dennis Hallman will take his place, thus scrapping their fight.

I'm adding the tournament fights hoping Sasaki will be cleared. If he's not, either Salmon or Hallman will be put in his place with the same odds. Also if that happens, the bets on the Salmon-Hallman fight will be returned.

Funny how some of the rules for the tournament were not made known to the participants until the weigh ins. 75 seconds between the 2 rounds rather than 60, the ref will decide the winner if the judges declare it a draw (easy to do in a 2 round fight), and finally, no elbows to a downed opponent. Armando Garcia and the CSAC at work again.

Mulla · 11-16-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Gygax

I'm adding the tournament fights hoping Sasaki will be cleared. If he's not, either Salmon or Hallman will be put in his place with the same odds. Also if that happens, the bets on the Salmon-Hallman fight will be returned.

Thanks mate.

Although I wished Id saved some points for the tournament winner!

1135 on Prangley

Gygax · 11-16-2007, 03:58 PM

Its official. Sean Salmon has replaced Yuki Sasaki. Dennis Hallman might be fighting Jeremiah Metcalf, but even his medical clearance is in question. So the Salmon/Hallman fight is off the board.

All points bet on the Hallman/Salmon fight have been returned already. If any one is stupid enough to bet again on that fight, you'll lose your points.