Get ready for the UFC 74 Respect

The UFC 74: Respect is upon us, get ready with betting odds and a fight card details.

Get ready for the UFC 74 Respect Another great edition of the UFC MMA fights is coming on Saturday, August 25th. The location is Mandalay Bay Events Center, Nevada, and the bouts will be broadcasted on Pay-Per-View, so check your local listings for times and prices. The most anticipated fight on the UFC 74 card is the bout between Randy Couture "The Natural" and Gabriel Gonzaga "Napao", but a total of 9 fights will make the money spent on PPV worth.

Randy Couture is a 44-year-old clincher with MMA record of 15-8-0. The last time Couture fought at UFC event was in March during the UFC 68 against Tim Sylvia, which Couture won by unanimous decision. Prior to the 68 fight, Randy Couture was knocked out by Chuck Liddell at the UFC 57 main event in two rounds. On Saturday, Couture will meet the much younger fighter Gabriel Gonzaga, with MMA record 8-1-0. The submission is the main weapon of Gonzaga, but Couture's experience would definitely give him the upper hand in the fight. Here are the odds on the Couture-Gonzaga fight, as posted by Bodog Sports:

Randy Couture betting odds to win the UFC 74: -105

Gabriel Gonzaga betting odds to win: -125

And some more betting odds on the UFC 74: Respect fights:

Thales Leites: -290
vs.
Ryan Jensen: +230

Frank Mir: -155
vs.
Antoni Hardonk: +125

Renato Sobral: -220
vs.
David Heath: +180

For the full list of odds on the UFC 74, visit Bodog Sports. The bouts will start at 10:00pm EST on Saturday.

Published on 08/23/2007