Hendo v Franklin odds

awesomeboxer · 01-07-2009, 09:26 AM

At pinnaclesports.com the odds on this fight are:

Hendo -128
Franklin +118

Am I missing something here? Hendo is a beast and has never been ko'd. He beat great strikers, like wanderlei and belfort, and even won a decision over big nog. Franklin has beaten some decent opponents, but no one as tough as Hendo, with such great wrestling ability. Hendo controlled much of the fight against anderson silva before he got caught with a choke. In my eyes, I don't see anything Franklin can do to pull this out. Anyone agree?

CNDNFighter · 01-07-2009, 09:30 AM

this is true, but with all that said nobody has actually shown that they can defeat rich franklin other then anderson.

sure machida KOd him but that was quite some time ago, and....well its lyoto machida.

deboer · 01-07-2009, 09:32 AM

Henderson didn't just "get caught" in a choke. He got hurt on the feet and then submitted on the floor. People under-estimate Franklin alot. If it wasn't for Silva dude would be considered a monster. He hits hard, and has a good game. I could see him beating Henderson up. I don't know if he stops him, but maybe on the cards. This fight is a pick-um.

110 · 01-07-2009, 09:37 AM

bet on hendo. he looks amazing at 205

GSPforLIFE · 01-07-2009, 09:39 AM

I think those odds are dead on.

iceman117 · 01-07-2009, 09:42 AM

easy money..... bet hendo

s0undbwoi · 01-07-2009, 09:45 AM

I got to go with Franklin on this one as well, I think he will be faster and have better movement on his feet. lus he is no slouch on the ground. Franklin by UD in an exciting fight.

MKick · 01-07-2009, 09:48 AM

Oddly enough Rich is still a fairly untested commodity. I know it's odd to say that about the former middleweight champion, but he's faced 1 top level competitor and he came up on the losing side twice in devastating fashion. I'm not counting Machida as that was very early in his career. So Rich has one elite caliber fighter he can't beat who is ranked as the best in the world by some, and a slew of people below top notch that he has crushed. That leaves all the area in between that he hasn't been tested against.

I'd say the odds are pretty fair.

ElTigre650 · 01-07-2009, 09:51 AM

Money on Hendo.

airic_15 · 01-07-2009, 09:57 AM

bet big on franklin wut can hendo do to win? Franklin has better standup and good enough takedown defence. If he does go down we will stand back up. Matt hammil is a good strong wrestler he couldnt hold rich down