May 20, 2008
Penn favored over Sherk at UFC 84
The UFC Lightweight Championship will be on the line at UFC 84 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday.
BetED.com has Jay Dee ?BJ? Penn as a -265 favorite to defend his lightweight title against ?The Muscle Shark? Sean Sherk at UFC 84: Ill Will. Sherk is a +215 underdog.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship event will also feature light heavyweight bouts between Wanderlei Silva and Keith Jardine, and Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortiz.
Silva is a -175 favorite over Jardine (+145), while Machida is at -230 over Ortiz (+180).
Penn, the first American-born winner of the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship (Mundial) in the black belt category, has beaten fighters such as Matt Hughes, Takanori Gomi, Jens Pulver, Caol Uno, Duane Ludwig, Matt Serra, Rodrigo Gracie, Din Thomas, Renzo Gracie and Joe Stevenson.
A former UFC welterweight champion and coach on the The Ultimate Fighter 5 reality show, Penn is just the second fighter (with Randy Couture) to win UFC titles in two different weight classes.
Sherk, who boasts a professional mixed martial arts record of 31-2-1, will be trying to reclaim the UFC lightweight championship, which he won at UFC 64, after being stripped of the title after testing positive for steroids in 2007.
He has fought in both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and PRIDE Fighting Championships, and holds wins over Karo Parisyan, Hermes Franca, Kenny Florian and Nick Diaz.
Check out betED.com for MMA Betting.
Penn favored over Sherk at UFC 84
The UFC Lightweight Championship will be on the line at UFC 84 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday.
BetED.com has Jay Dee ?BJ? Penn as a -265 favorite to defend his lightweight title against ?The Muscle Shark? Sean Sherk at UFC 84: Ill Will. Sherk is a +215 underdog.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship event will also feature light heavyweight bouts between Wanderlei Silva and Keith Jardine, and Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortiz.
Silva is a -175 favorite over Jardine (+145), while Machida is at -230 over Ortiz (+180).
Penn, the first American-born winner of the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship (Mundial) in the black belt category, has beaten fighters such as Matt Hughes, Takanori Gomi, Jens Pulver, Caol Uno, Duane Ludwig, Matt Serra, Rodrigo Gracie, Din Thomas, Renzo Gracie and Joe Stevenson.
A former UFC welterweight champion and coach on the The Ultimate Fighter 5 reality show, Penn is just the second fighter (with Randy Couture) to win UFC titles in two different weight classes.
Sherk, who boasts a professional mixed martial arts record of 31-2-1, will be trying to reclaim the UFC lightweight championship, which he won at UFC 64, after being stripped of the title after testing positive for steroids in 2007.
He has fought in both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and PRIDE Fighting Championships, and holds wins over Karo Parisyan, Hermes Franca, Kenny Florian and Nick Diaz.
Check out betED.com for MMA Betting.
