Non upsets in hindsight

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looking back +310 on Diaz to beat McGregor is out of this world value. Ever see one coming and hit a lick on Vegas? Who on and what for?
 
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If you're not a betting man, the win/loss that drew the most emotion out of you
 
I won some bread on Dustin sparking Conor in their second fight. I couldn’t believe the line was like -250 Conor… who was coming off sexual anssault allegations in the south of France (I think it was like 10 weeks pre fight if I remember) the same week I saw Dustin training his ass off at ATT in south FL. I put like 2500$ on DP. EZ money.

I also posted the slip here on the dog and was shamed for it by many of you. Who’s laughing now.
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I also won on chandlers 1st round victory against hooker on the same card.
 
Travis Alexander said:
I won some bread on Dustin sparking Conor in their second fight. I couldn’t believe the line was like -250 Conor… who was coming off sexual anssault allegations in the south of France (I think it was like 10 weeks pre fight if I remember) the same week I saw Dustin training his ass off at ATT in south FL. I put like 2500$ on DP. EZ money.

I also posted the slip here on the dog and was shamed for it by many of you. Who’s laughing now.
<GinJuice>

I also won on chandlers 1st round victory against hooker on the same card.
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smashing heads open worse than the boys fighting that night
 
I won money betting on ben askren against robbie Lawler.
That fight didn't go as I imagined but I won the bet and it was awesome.
 
RDA wasn't even considered a challenge for Pettis but now he's regularly ranked higher up as an all time LW great.

KG vs Hall and KG in the tuf season. No idea why KG was such an underdog I remember looking back at the fight footage not too long ago and KG had his trademark boxing and was a sneakily slick wrestler, everybody should've at least expected him to run through Bubba Mcdaniels.

Chiesa was also an underdog in his TUF season but he started slow and lost the start of his fights but he just kept snatching backs and finding finishes late in his fights. In hindsight he was more of a BJJ expert instead of a comeback specialist but he felt like a lamb for the slaughter against uber prospect ragin Al.


No idea what the odds were but these are funny fighters I remember being counted out and they proved that they were elite.
 
I don't understand what the OP is saying.

Conor Mcgregor was the betting favorite against Diaz in the rematch, which highlights just how big of an upset people considered the first fight.
 
jm5000 said:
I had money on lawler and was definitely pissed at the non stoppage. Askren was like a 3-1 favorite though dude, doesn’t really fit with this thread
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I dunno, I look back at the fight and I'm still not upset.
 
mountainbubs said:

Looking back +310 on Diaz to beat McGregor is out of this world value. Ever see one coming and hit a lick on Vegas? Who on and what for?
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Sokoju beating Arona won me good money.

I was expecting Nunes to lose the belt when she did, expecting Shev to lose the belt this year, expecting Randy to beat Sylvia easily (allegedly Randy was an underdog).
 
Won a lot of money on Leon in the trilogy match my logic was that Usman was coming back too soon, his knees are fucked and striking isn’t that good, and if altitude wasn’t a factor in the second fight Leon would have just repeated the second round until a decision. Won myself 3 grand that fight
 
Travis Alexander said:
I won some bread on Dustin sparking Conor in their second fight. I couldn’t believe the line was like -250 Conor… who was coming off sexual anssault allegations in the south of France (I think it was like 10 weeks pre fight if I remember) the same week I saw Dustin training his ass off at ATT in south FL. I put like 2500$ on DP. EZ money.

I also posted the slip here on the dog and was shamed for it by many of you. Who’s laughing now.
<GinJuice>

I also won on chandlers 1st round victory against hooker on the same card.
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Holt shit you won like 8 grand.?? Jesus you're a millionaire now
 
In retrospect +200 or whatever it was on Gaethje to beat Ferguson was pretty wild, given Tony had only twice in the previous year and a half and had the horrendous knee injury. I think that win streak had built him up like he would always find a way to pull it off with his wild style despite always facing adversity, despite him turning 36 a few months prior. Also Gaethje was looking much improved and less reckless after the Alvarez & Poirier losses, maybe he shouldn't have been as big of an underdog.

Also I bet Glover Teixeira around +200 to beat Santos, he definitely had some serious moments of adversity in that fight but with it being Santos' first fight back from destroying his knees he shouldn't have been as big of a favorite to win imo.
 
I feel like Barao vs TJ belongs in the discussion when looking back. He was a sizeable underdog if I recall correctly.
 
Cowboy Kurt Angle said:
Won a lot of money on Leon in the trilogy match my logic was that Usman was coming back too soon, his knees are fucked and striking isn’t that good, and if altitude wasn’t a factor in the second fight Leon would have just repeated the second round until a decision. Won myself 3 grand that fight
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didn’t make myself nearly as much money but yeah same here
 
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