| The biggest fight of the night at UFC 109 Relentness | | | | be his undoing. |
| will be the mixed martial arts fight between Nate | | | | Unfortunately for Sonnen, he will have to resort to |
| Marquardt and Chael Sonnen. The online UFC betting | | | | fighting Marquardt in a striking battle. Marquardt has |
| lines should be closer than they currently are, however, | | | | always worked on his game outside of grappling and |
| the fact that Marquardt is a better grappler whicjh give | | | | has sought to improve his striking by combining it with |
| him the onkline betting advantage. | | | | kickboxing, Wing Chun and Kenpo. Though Sonnen |
| Marquardt, a three-time Middleweight King of Pancrase | | | | likes to push the pace and use his size and strength to |
| Champion, is a BJJ black belt under Ricardo Murgel, He | | | | bully his opponents. The difference with his next fight is |
| is very good on the ground and has beaten some | | | | that he will not be able to intimidate Marquardt. |
| very good ground fighters in his career such as | | | | Marquardt has the striking advantage and grappling |
| Demian Maia, Wilson Gouveia, Thales Leites, Jeremy | | | | advantage and it is only a matter of time before |
| Horn, and Anderson Silva. Marquardt is also a second | | | | Marquardt is able to KO Sonnen. |
| Degree Black Belt in Pancrase in Greg Jackson's | | | | Sonnen has a well-rounded skill set and he is good at |
| Gaidojutsu mixed martial arts team. Overall, Marquardt | | | | a lot of things, but not great at anything. Of his 24 |
| is a well-rounded grappler and has a distinct advantage | | | | victories, Sonnen has had 15 of them go to the |
| over Sonnen in this category. | | | | decision, which proves he can fight but does not tend |
| Sonnen is a wrester, r with wins over Paulo | | | | to overwhelm his opponents. Marquardt on the other |
| Filho,Renato Sobral, Dan Miller, Jason Miller, and Yushin | | | | hand can fight from anywhere. If Sonnen is to stand a |
| Okami. | | | | chance in this fight he will need to outwork Marquardt |
| Since joining the UFC Marquardt has faced 9 Brazilian | | | | as he does not have the grappling nor striking power |
| Jiu-Jitsu black belts in his last 13 fights with losses to | | | | to beat Marquardt outright. |
| Anderson Silva, Thales Leites and Ricardo Almeida. | | | | Sonnen will try to keep this fight standing as his last |
| The only fight he legitimately lost was to Silva as his | | | | few losses in MMA have come by submission to high |
| loss to Leites was by point deduction. His loss to | | | | level grapplers. When Sonnen faced such opponents in |
| Almeida was due to a mis-call by the referee. | | | | the past, it took away from his wrestling game and he |
| UFC betting matchups at Though Sonnen does not | | | | was forced to resort to striking. However, Marquardt is |
| have the grappling game he is a better wrestler than | | | | a very effective striker against whom Sonnen cannot |
| Marquardt. He was a two time National Champion, | | | | defend. |
| NCAA All-American and he was a US Olympic team | | | | This fight will most likely go to a decision which is the |
| alternate. Even though Sonnen has the wrestling | | | | perfect prop bet to make. The UFC betting lines are |
| advantage in this fight Marquardt’s dominance on | | | | pretty steep at -310 but Marquardt has the advantage |
| the ground will nullify his game. Marquardt is a very | | | | in almost all areas and the areas in which he does not |
| good ground fighter on his back and if Sonnen was to | | | | dominate will be nullified by his dominate grappling. |
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