Here is what I would have for each of these questions. Not that it matters but since I can’t listen to the audio its the best I can do.
A lack of promotion was the problem they had when the Fedor Lindland fight was around. The promotion on CBS is great but when I have regular television I don’t watch basic tv, it scares the hell out of me with disturbing commercials, they need to find a good way to promote the event but since I don’t know what they have done up until now I can’t speculate much further.

There is no historical significance for these cards, the only fight on here that might fall under that category is Gina Young, which are two realitvely new fighters so I’m not sure if the fight will be a good or a bad thing, if one fighter folds it will create a great uprage of why women can handle MMA.

Kimbo is a great stiker but he may have come in a little too old for the MMA community. Once he gets a good test to prove his ground came we can comment on wether or not he is for real.

* Does James Thompson have a chance? - NO

Gina IMO will lose this fight, her place in history will be erased and Young may take the spot light (Young just isn’t as pretty)

Scott Smith is atleast a B level fighter, he puts on a good show but he just doesn’t pace himself right. He stand a good chance but probably will not beat Lawler unless he has some ground game planned (not likely)

I’m reallying pulling for Pulver in the fight but they hype is based around Pulver proving he is not over the hill and Faber proving he can hang with the big dawgs. If Pulver wants to win he has to try to out hustle Faber, he needs to use his boxing technique to keep Faber on his feet, going down with Faber is not the greatest idea IMO, Pulver’s ground game might have choked out Sonnen but it isn’t going to work that easy against Faber. Maybe Faber will get a big head and try to take Pulver on standing, thats my best bet for Pulver winning.

Main thing isn’t about Gina’s place in history, it’s will she make weight, or will it all of a sudden be another catch weigght

Yeah, that was actually rather amusing.

Too bad last night was the only night he trained…

ahhh hahahahahaha

I do not see Kimbo losing to James Thompson. Even if Thompson tries to take the fight to the ground, I think Kimbo’s sprawl will be good enough to defend his weak takedown attempts. Also, with Thompson’s glass jaw, I don’t see him lasting more than 3 punches into the fight. Therefore, I will probably be betting on Kimbo. It is just about a lock.

I am going to be rooting for Gina to win of course, but the fact that she hasn’t been training and Kaitlin Young trains at the same place as Sherk and has a muay thai and kickboxing background as well really has me worried. I still see Gina as the favorite, but I’d feel much better betting on Young if she was more like +325.

Baroni vs Villasenior. If Baroni can catch Joey early, he can KO him. If the fight goes to the second round, Baroni tires and either loses a decision or gets finished in round 3. This is actually an interesting fight - it will be exciting for sure. I am still undecided on who I think will win, but I am leaning towards Joey.

I do not see Urijah Faber losing at 145 unless he fights Kid Yamamoto or some other Japanese fighter. However, -350 are pretty steep odds going up against an udefeated 145 lb Jens Pulver. Any left hand by Jens can end this fight. The only loss on Faber’s record was due to strikes (to Tyson Griffin of course). But I see Faber as just simply being too athletic for Pulver. Then again, that’s what people were saying about Cub Swanson as well. But Cub certainly is not Urijah in any way shape or form. Urijah’s wrestling skills are going to allow him to dictate where the fight goes, so if he is getting the worst of the standup, he can take it to the ground. That is, as long as he doesn’t get 1 punch KO’d. I like Faber, but I’ve been a little evil fan for years. I hate betting against who I will be rooting for, and I’ll be rooting for Jens. But at only +250, I feel a bet on Jens is throwing my money away.

How does everyone else feel about these fights? Its pretty slow today, so I’ll post in another thread too… Sorry if I inconvenience anyone…

Only fight out of those that I will bet on is on Faber!

wouldn’t recommend laying down anything substancial on brawlers. yea i think they’re all coinflips. that being said, life is a gamble n got some chump change riding on…

lawler - more technical of a boxer recently and KOd high level competition (not by lucky prayer)
baroni - more power, better chin, always does damage, and been through wars. hoping that it will cancel out technique in this 1. great deal @ almost even $.
lawler + kimbo - can’t imagine the posterboys losing in the debut.
baroni + carano - just trying to juice up the baroni bet wit some caranolone. lol.

nothing at minus 300 or worse is worth it by itself.