UFC 100 May Shatter Pay Per View Records

Sports Betting News - July 11th, 2009 - Written by Bruce

The UFC has been growing in popularity in recent years and has become extremely popular. There has never been more excitement leading up to any UFC event than there is for this Saturday nights UFC 100. The fight is expected to be the most watched pay per event ever with some people expecting maybe an incredible 1.5 million pay per buys. There is an insane amount of hype for this fight card. Fight fans are very excited since there are three major fights Saturday that all could be billed as the main event of any UFC fight card. This Saturday's UFC 100 is no doubt the most anticipated night in UFC history.

The main event for UFC 100 features the UFC Heayweight Champion Brock Lesnar facing the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. Lesnar lost to Mir in their first fight when he tapped out in due to a leg lock. That was Lesnar's first ever fight in the UFC and he had been dominating the fight before being submitted. Will Brock Lesnar get his revenge on Saturday or will Frank Mir prove the first fight was no fluke? There is huge build up for this fight and fight fans are eager to see what will happen when these two meet for the UFC Heavyweight title. Betting odds have Lesnar as the favorite in the fight listing him as a -260 favorite. Mir is the underdog and is listed at +200. The co-main event for UFC 100 features the UFC Welterweight Champion George St. Pierre defending his title against Thiago Alves. St. Pierre is a very popular fighter and is known for his exciting fights. He will likely have the toughest fight of his career when he takes on the world class Muay Thai fighter Alves.

Both fighters looked to be in ridiculously good shape at the weigh in and look for this to be the possible best fight of the night. George St. Pierre is the favorite as Betting Lines have him listed at -270 with the underdog Alves listed at +210. The third huge fight at UFC 100 has the most recent two coaches of the UFC Ultimate Fighter show on Spike. Team USA coach Dan Henderson will fight Team UK coach Michael Bisbing. These two have plenty of bad blood between them which should lead to a great fight Saturday. Henderson is the favorite in the fight listed at -225 while Bisbing is listed at +185. With these three very exciting fights in Saturdays UFC 100 it will no doubt be the biggest night in the history of the widely popular UFC.