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Ricardo Almeida surely has his work cut out for him in the impending UFC 117 gambling action.



The welterweight competition between Ricardo Almeida and Matt Hughes at UFC 117 is a study in contrasts. On one hand you have Almeida, who has gone relatively unnoticed by the average MMA enthusiast thanks to taking on bouts outside of the UFC limelight. On the other, you have Hughes, who is known as one of the most dominating welterweight winners in UFC history.

If the match were determined on reputation and career achievements alone this welterweight competition would be over before it commences. Matt Hughes, a fresh UFC Hall of Fame inductee and past UFC probabilities champ, would succeed by knock out.

But Almeida, while still a relative new comer to the UFC Main Event action has earned his spot in this competition and could even be the better fighter in this competition, and the UFC 117 online gambling action matchups will be determined in the Octagon. Almeida is one of the rising stars in the welterweight class with a career record of 15-3 in MMA competition and a 4-1 career record in UFC competition.

That body of work is rather a contrast to the legendary Hughes career record and it will be interesting to see whether the experienced veteran or the new kid on the block will come out of the UFC 117 probabilities competition with the win.

Hughes reputation surely precedes him in this UFC 117 gambling competition as his hall of fame standing would show. Hughes offers a career record of 51-7. It’s little wonder why he’s earned the accolades he has, with that sort of resume. He successfully protected his title six times and also was the previous person to hold the belt just before the legend Georges St Pierre took over the title.

Over his career Hughes has competed with and beaten a number of highly talented fighters, many as excellent or much better than Almeida. The likes of BJ Penn, St Pierre, Royce Gracie, Matt Sera, Sean Sherk and others have provided some of his more unforgettable wins in UFC competition.

But it does not matter what you did three years ago, 2 years ago, or even in the last match as anyone planning on gambling the UFC 117 gambling action appreciates: the only thing that matters is the match at hand and in his most recent UFC fights Hughes has been below amazing.

The 36-year old former victor is only 3-3 in his last six UFC bouts. Hughes will be 3-4 over his past seven more recent bouts after the UFC 117 gambling action finally ends, if Almeida fights up to his potential, and Almeida might be in line for a title shot.

Hughes a short while ago beat Renzo Gracie, Almeida’s advisor and instructor, at UFC 112. Almeida was fast to step in and demand Hughes as his next UFC challenger. Almeida will likely be looking to, in a sense, avenge the defeat of his teacher, and it might make for an appealing fight.


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