The Ultimate Fighting Championship is back for more. This time UFC 116 will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event is set for Saturday July 3rd, 2010. The lightweight bout will feature Australian George Sotiropoulos against American Kurt Pellegrino.
Best Sotiropoulos Vs Pellegrino Odds;
Sotiropoulos – (-170) @ SportsBook.Com
Pellegrino – (+155) @ Bodog.Com
George Sotiropoulos will turn 33 years old on July 9th, 2010. He is best known for his appearance on the Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra. He began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1999, and then made his UFC debut in 2007 against Billy Miles. In that fight, he won via submission in Las Vegas. Overall, Sotiropoulos is 12-2 in his professional fighting career. He has won his last six bouts, including wins over Americans George Roop, Jason Dent and Joe Stevenson as part of UFC 101, 106 and 110. The win over Stevenson was deemed the Fight of the Night award.
Kurt Pellegrino, otherwise known as “Batman” is a 31-year-old fighter from Point Pleasant, New Jersey. In high school, Pellegrino was a state wrestling finalist. He continues to fight out of Point Pleasant, under his own fighting team. The 5’8, 155lbs stud uses the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu style, along with wrestling to take down his opponents. He has a career record of 15-4 in his professional fighting career. Pellegrino won his UFC debut against Alberto Crane at UFC Fight Night in 2008 via TKO. He has won his last four fights, since losing to Nate Diaz at UFC Fight Night 13 in April of 2008. Those wins came over Thiago Tavares, Rob Emerson, Josh Neer and Fabricio Camoes. In 2009, Pellegrino was forced to pull out of a fight against Frankie Edgar due to an injury.
The George Sotiropoulos Vs Kurt Pellegrino Odds have been released a little later then the other ufc 116 main card fights. I’m not really sure the reason behind this but I know a lot of people have been looking for odds on this specific fight. Below are the latest fight odds.
SportsBook.Com Fight Odds
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