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I went 1-for-1 for money which is just as well as I went 3-for-5 with my picks (Mustapha Al Turk and Robert Berry eh!? DANG!! I really should have had taken a chance on 'em at odds-against! ). Sherdog went 5-for-6 (and would have been 5-for-5 against Bodog) and thankfully if they had bets they wouldn't have been able to bet on Michael Johnson beating Henrique Santana.

Fight Finder - CR 25 Bring it On Mixed Martial Arts Statistics

Anybody watch the show? I don't think the Ken Shamrock fight was on the up-and-up and it should have alerted my Spider senses really! The women's MMA fight was a circus sideshow. It wasn't a particularly good show to watch generally.

W:8 L:3 VOID:1 BET: $622.50 MONEY BACK: $649.26 PROFIT: $299.26

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I'm gonna have a couple of stabs in the dark on the latest series of Dancing with the Stars which kicks off on Monday night in the US (it's the US version of Strictly Come Dancing).

It's a couple of long-term bets so it ain't for the faint of heart (so why am I betting on it!? ).



Two picks: $50 on Kristi Yamaguchi at 11/4 to win $137.50 and $50 on Jason Taylor at 15/2 to win $375 over at Bodog. The former could be a ringer (mind you they said that about Stacy Keibler (finished third in 2006), Laila Ali (finished third in early 2007) and Sabrina Bryan (finished sixth in late 2007) and none of them won!). The latter is purely for 'value' as he's been bet down to 3/1 and lower over at Bet365 and The Greek (see the odds below in the graphics).

Much like SCD, sporting figures tend to do very well though so I'm expecting a good run from both of 'em (mind you Floyd Mayweather, Jr was KOed early and finished ninth in late 2007!).

Kristi is an ice skater and surely can move about a bit on the dancefloor. I'm hoping to Gawd that Jason can dance.

I don't think anyone other than Kristi Yamaguchi, Jason Taylor, Mario or Christián de la Fuente can win this.

Mario can probably dance but I doubt he has the popularity to get the win (the already established dancers with prior experience ~ particularly pop stars ~ seem to get short shrift like Joey Fatone and Mel B who both coincidentally finished second. Drew Lachey however did win season two of DWTS.)

After Helio Castroneves won the last season I can't envisage where there'll be two South American men winning in a row and Cristián will have to be an exceptional dancer to get public approval.

If I didn't know any better pretty much like American Idol it's all about demographics and Kristi being the first Asian contestant and a female as well fits this quite nicely.

We've yet to see a black woman win though but no-one fits that mould this year. Marlee Matlin could fit the deaf demographic quite nicely though!

I expect Shannon Elizabeth to be eliminated quite early as the voting public over there seem to hate pretty women. If it appears that she can't dance they're gonna relish it even more if given the chance to boot her off even more early.

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