BetUS is offering lines on all UFC 96 bouts on March 7, 2009 at 10 PM EST. Several fights on the undercard are interesting, but the fight of the night may be Keith Jardine (-350) vs. Quinton €œRampage€ Jackson (+250). Jackson, with his December 2008 win vs. Silva, could have waited for his shot at the UFC light heavyweight title, has decided to take this match against Jardine to stay in shape. Jardine, the heavy favorite, will be wise to remain wary of Jackson’s attempts to get this fight to the ground where Jackson would have the advantage.

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Other matches include: Heath Herring (+135) v Cheick Kongo (-165), Evan Tanner (+180) v Yushin Okami (-230), Chris Wilson  (+450) v Jon Fitch (-700), and six other matches.

A welterweight matchup between Jon Fitch and Akihiro Gono was originally scheduled, but Gono was forced to withdraw after suffering a hand injury in training.

Bet on UFC 82 at Intertops.com – UFC odds can be found beneath the Boxing heading in the left column. Other online sportsbooks also offer betting on this event, but few are as highly rated as Intertops.com.

In the main event at Newark’s Prudential Center, American “Sugar” Rashad Evans (15-0-1), who won season two of The Ultimate Fighter in the heavyweight division, battles season three light heavyweight winner Michael “The Count” Bisping (15-0) of England.

Bookmaker.com has Evans as the favorite at -305, while Bisping is +245.

In another light heavyweight bout, two of the most aggressive strikers in the game clash when Houston “The Assassin” Alexander (8-1) faces Thiago Silva (11-0).

Alexander has been the breakout performer of 2007, winning his first two UFC bouts against Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara by knockout in less than two combined minutes. Chute Boxe’s Silva has been just as impressive in stopping James Irvin and Tomasz Drwal in his debut fights in the Octagon.

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• Saturday
  • ALCS Game 6: Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox. Shilling goes for the Sox, and is looking to rebound from his poor start earlier in the series. He looked awesome against the Angles, but the Indians seems to have him figured out. Can he take the Sox to a deciding Game 7? Or will the Indians take the series and face off against the streaking Colorado Rockies in the World Series?
  • UFC 77 – Hostile Territory: Cincinnati Ohio native Jorge Gurgel takes on Alvin Robinson in a featured bout. Gurgel is looking to revenge an earlier defeat at the hands on Robinson. And then there is the main event, featuring Rich Franklin taking on UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. Should be a great evening of Ultimate Fighting!
• Sunday
  • Tampa Bay @ Detroit and Chicago @ Philadelphia look to be two of the more evenly-matched games on the Week 7 NFL schedule. I’m picking both of the home teams in these two games.

Fight fans are gearing up for what should be an epic bout when Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell battles Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in an Ultimate Fighting Light Heavyweight Championship event Saturday in Las Vegas. Liddell is anywhere from a -200 to a -170 favorite in Saturday’s matchup.

You can wager on the bout at any number of sportsbooks. In addition to Intertops.com, USD Bet is another option that is a good choice for fans from around the globe.

UFC:71 is a rematch of a 2003 fight – Pride: Final Conflict – in Japan, in which Jackson defeated Liddell by TKO. That fight was Liddell’s last loss.