Well, the Reds head to New York for a weekend series with the Mets.  To make matters worse they face two left handers this weekend, one of them being Santana.  This could be a rough weekend for the Red Legs.  I guess only time will tell. 

This season has been quite a disappointment, but I think that I might have had unrealistic expectations for the 2008 season.  With 13 potential free agents on the roster are we just in a holding pattern waiting for the future to get here.  I want to win, but I want to do it the right way and I want it to last and not just be a one or two year thing.

In the meantime, I will cheer for the team that is on the field and hold off on making any judgements for awhile.

Not a bad run for me. I missed the Starnes fight along with the Day fight, but other than that I was close to right on the money. Starnes was the only bet I missed and I more than covered with a couple other bets.

Quick Results

George St. Pierre over Matt Serra (Ref Stoppage)

Rich Franklin over Travis Lutter (TKO)

Nathan Quarry over Kablib Starnes (Decision)

Micheal Bisping over Charles McCarthy (TKO)

Mac Danzig over Mark Bocek (Submission)

Jason Day over Alan Belcher (TKO)

Demian Maia over Ed Herman (Submission)

Rich Clementi over Sam Stout (Decision)

Cain Valesquez over Brad Morris (KO)

Jonathon Goulet over Kuniyoshi Hironaka (TKO)

Here were my picks:

Georges St. Pierre (-500) vs. Matt Serra (+300)
St.Pierre proves that the first fight was a fluke and pound out Serra in the second round. Winner: GSP (Ref Stoppage)

Rich Franklin (-350) vs. Travis Lutter (+250)
A more focused and calculated Rich Franklin will impose his will and Matt Hume's gameplan in route to a unamious decision victory. Lutter will walk away from this fight bruise and battered. Winner: Franklin (Decision)

Nathan Quarry (-265) vs. Kalib Starnes (+205)
Interesting fight. Quarry doesn't look the same after neck/back surgery, but he has only fought once. I think Starnes pulls off a submission victory in this one. Winner: Starnes (Submission)


Michael Bisping (-330) vs. Charles McCarthy (+260)
I'm not real interested in this fight to be quite honest. I'm not a fan of Bisping, but I think that he will be too much for a Charles McCarthy who hasn't fought for quite some time. Winner: Bisping (TKO)

Mac Danzig (-550) vs. Mark Bocek (+350)
Danzig should put on a clinic and tap out the Canadian Bocek fairly easily. Winner: Danzig (Submission)

Jason MacDonald (-165) vs. Joe Doerksen (+135)
This one is probably going to be a snorefest. A good fight, but a boring fight. Doerksen looks to avenge a previous loss to MacDonald in this one, but comes up short. Winner: MacDonald (Decision)

Alan Belcher (-450) vs. Jason Day (+300)
Belcher is a little too well rounded for Day and proves to be too much for him. Winner: Belcher (KO)

Ed Herman (+140) vs. Demian Maia (-180)
Herman has had his struggles and I think that trend will continue here. Maia is slick on the ground and will pull off a submission victory at some point. Winner: Maia (Submission)

Rich Clementi (+120) vs. Sam Stout (-160)
Clementi is on a roll and Stout has shown poor takedown defense in the past. Clementi will weather the storm early and secure a submission victory late in the fight. Winner: Clementi (Submission)

Brad Morris (+200) vs. Cain Velasquez (-260)
Velasquez will show off his wrestling ability and "ground n pound" in this one. Winner: Velasquez (Ref Stoppage)

Kuniyoshi Hironaka (-240) vs. Jonathan Goulet (+190)
Hironaka has mad Judo skills, but Goulet is fighting in his home country. I'm gonna go out on a limb on this one and say Goulet by TKO late in the second round. Winner: Goulet (TKO)

I just now got to check out this week's episode.  Some interesting happenings this week.  Bradley gets sent home for having a rash, a form of Herpes.  Schultz comes back with that awful accent and horrible haircut. 

During the fight this week Jesse Taylor put it on Mike Dolce.  I honestly expected a better fight than we got.  I will say that Taylor needs to work on the how to apply a rear naked choke and how to get his hooks in.   The fight was painfully sloppy at times.  Taylor kind of  reminds me of his coach, Griffin, when he was on the show. 

The two Cincinnatians are both on Team Forest.  So, we won't see them fight in the first round of the competition.  Everyone seems to think that Luke is the weakest fighter left on the show.  I'm not too sure why, but I'm sure they have a reason.  I look for Luke to get a rematch with Schultz again at some point during the show.  I can't wait to see Brown fight again either.

Georges St. Pierre (-500) vs. Matt Serra (+300)
St.Pierre proves that the first fight was a fluke and pound out Serra in the second round.  Winner: GSP (Ref Stoppage)

Rich Franklin (-350) vs. Travis Lutter (+250)
A more focused and calculated Rich Franklin will impose his will and Matt Hume's gameplan in route to a unamious decision victory.  Lutter will walk away from this fight bruise and battered.  Winner:  Franklin (Decision)

Nathan Quarry (-265) vs. Kalib Starnes (+205)
Interesting fight.  Quarry doesn't look the same after neck/back surgery, but he has only fought once.  I think Starnes pulls off a submission victory in this one.  Winner:  Starnes (Submission)


Michael Bisping (-330) vs. Charles McCarthy (+260)
I'm not real interested in this fight to be quite honest.  I'm not a fan of Bisping, but I think that he will be too much for a Charles McCarthy who hasn't fought for quite some time.  Winner:  Bisping (TKO)

Mac Danzig (-550) vs. Mark Bocek (+350)
Danzig should put on a clinic and tap out the Canadian Bocek fairly easily.  Winner:  Danzig (Submission)

Jason MacDonald (-165) vs. Joe Doerksen (+135)
This one is probably going to be a snorefest.  A good fight, but a boring fight.  Doerksen looks to avenge a previous loss to MacDonald in this one, but comes up short.  Winner:  MacDonald (Decision)

Alan Belcher (-450) vs. Jason Day (+300)
Belcher is a little too well rounded for Day and proves to be too much for him.  Winner:  Belcher (KO)

Ed Herman (+140) vs. Demian Maia (-180)
Herman has had his struggles and I think that trend will continue here.  Maia is slick on the ground and will pull off a submission victory at some point.  Winner:  Maia (Submission)

Rich Clementi (+120) vs. Sam Stout (-160)
Clementi is on a roll and Stout has shown poor takedown defense in the past.  Clementi will weather the storm early and secure a submission victory late in the fight.  Winner:  Clementi (Submission)

Brad Morris (+200) vs. Cain Velasquez (-260)
Velasquez will show off his wrestling ability and "ground n pound" in this one.  Winner:  Velasquez (Ref Stoppage)

Kuniyoshi Hironaka (-240) vs. Jonathan Goulet (+190)
Hironaka has mad Judo skills, but Goulet is fighting in his home country.  I'm gonna go out on a limb on this one and say Goulet by TKO late in the second round.  Winner:  Goulet (TKO)