Posted by Adam98SVT, Jul 6 2008, 01:59 PM
Last night was UFC 86, featuring Quinton "Rampage" Jackson defending his title against the winner of TUF season 1 Forrest Griffin.
I typically bet big on one fight, and bet small on 2 underdogs that have a good shot of winning.
Of 11 fights there are only usually 1 (sometimes none) that catch my eye both as a good matchup and good odds. This fight I will bet $50-100 depending on my confidence level.
There are also usually 2 fights that have good odds, and I usually just bet $10 or $20 on those fights, it makes the fight night a lot more fun.
For my first "fun" bet, I had $20 on Gleison Tibau, who faced Joe Stevenson. Tibau was obviously the better fighter, but got caught by one of Stevenson's nasty guillotine chokes and tapped late in the 1st round. Bummer.
My big money bet was up next, $85 to win $86. I had Patrick Cote, a slight underdog vs one of the best BJJ talents in all of MMA in Ricardo Almedia. This one went the distance, and I scored it round 1 for Almedia and Rounds 2 and 3 for Cote. The judges awarded Cote a 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 split decision. Whoever was the judge that scored 2 rounds for Almedia was definitly huffing paint before the fights.
My last bet, a "fun" bet, was the main event UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. challenger Forrest Griffin.
This was a 5 round fight as it was for a title, not the typical 3 rounds.
Its safe to say that after that fight, Forrest just went up in stature bigtime. He had a more rangy attack, almost chopped Quinton down with low leg kicks, and absolutely tooled Quinton on the ground in round 2.
Rounds 3,4,5 were not as exciting, mostly a kickboxing match. Forrest had the better game plan, and it worked out well for him. The judges scored it a unanimous decision for the new UFC LHW champ Forrest Griffin!
So I bet $105 and made ~$95.
Asside from my first attempt at betting and loosing my original $100 (I didnt even know how to bet properly and had no strategy), I have put in another $100, and now over the course of 3 more events, have won ~$100 on each event for a total of ~$430 in my bankroll.
A good night of fights, a good title match, and I won moneys!!!
Adam
Posted by Adam98SVT, Jul 3 2008, 04:16 PM
Yeh so behind my condo is a decent size pond (~3 acre) with a floating fountain thing in the middle. I can see fish every morning either baitfish or game fish.
So I go out with my undersized rig Shimano spinner, lightweight pole, 6lb. mono and a #3 foxtail Meps spinner. I have 3 casts and my ankles were on fire. My shoes and ankles were covered in fire ants and I now have ~30 bites, some multiple bites as bigh as a half-dollar.
I immediately took the vodka out of the freezer and wiped my legs with it. I heard before that Jack Daniels works right after so I gave it a shot. I was jumping around like a retard in pain/itchyness. So I call my wife and she has this natural clean&free stain remover and she told me to do that. So I soaked it in that crap for a while. Then I called my mom and she said a thick salty paste (salt and water) so I have been spreading that on my legs every 5 minutes.
This sucks. I feel slightly better, but I think it was the two double shots I took when I was cleaning them with the Vodka and the bottle of wine Im sucking on right now.
fudge YOU FIRE ANTS!!!!
Posted by Adam98SVT, Jun 22 2008, 02:41 PM
So I pretty much am certifiably obsessed with mixed martial arts, I am turning my obsession into money.
I have bet on 3 events. The first event I put down $110 so I could place $10 on each of my pics. I went 8-3 but since I didnt know how to properly bet on straight moneyline bets, I ended up losing almost all of it.
The next event I had dont my homework on moneyline bets, and I deposited $100 and recovered my lost money +20$
Last night was "The Ultimate Fighter" reality TV show finale (on Spike TV) and I won 2 of 3 bets for a winning total of +87.50$
So total of $210 in my deposits and my balance is $322 + $15 in "player points" (free money for winning or depositing money).
I would like to be stay at home dad in 1 year just betting on MMA.
I have my secrets and strategy down. Its only a matter of time.
Adam
Posted by Adam98SVT, Jun 22 2008, 02:36 PM
I wanted a space on the interweb where I could just vent and FCO has a nice blog feature and I like the site so here goes.
Im 28, married (9 yrs), 3 children
Madison Anne(6.5 yrs, named after Federalist James Madison). She is the princess of the house.
Mason Adam (just turned 4, named after anti-Federalist George Mason). He is my prince.
Mila Kayle (just turned 2) named by Mom because IDK. She is 100% fireworks and a constant source of hilarity.
2006 Christmas Day @ Magic Kingdom ^^^
All of my kids are beautiful. My son is tough as nails. I am very proud of them. I did not necessarily have an easy time growing up, neither did my beautiful wife Sally. We met I think I was 14 and she was 15. I believe if there is a higher benevolent power, these children are payback for what we had to endure ourselves as children. Not a day goes by where I am not thankful for my family.
I own a 1998 E1 CSVT. Completely stock with Stage 3 Motorworks full 3L/tune and Pioneer CD player. Power output at wheels roughly 200hp/205tq. Good car. Exterior needs work (nothing major). Interior is nearly flawless especially the leather, although I would replace the carpet if I had the time and I was not so lazy. Its averaging 90F+ and 50%+ humidity until the sun goes down. You can do something as simple as changing your battery and work up a serious sweat.
Mornings here (Naples, FL) are ~80% humidity @75+F. You walk outside in the morning into a sauna.
I am senior estimator for a structural concrete contractor that specializes in tilt-up wall systems. Most estimates I produce are in the range of 200k-3.5mil. I am successful at this because I used to be in the field and it gives me an extra edge over my competition.
So that is my first ever interweb blog post.
Adam
