Nate "The Great" Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen UFC 109 Preview

The biggest fight of the night at UFC 109 Relentnessbe his undoing.
will be the mixed martial arts fight between NateUnfortunately for Sonnen, he will have to resort to
Marquardt and Chael Sonnen. The online UFC bettingfighting 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 givehas 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 Pancraselikes to push the pace and use his size and strength to
Champion, is a BJJ black belt under Ricardo Murgel, Hebully his opponents. The difference with his next fight is
is very good on the ground and has beaten somethat he will not be able to intimidate Marquardt.
very good ground fighters in his career such asMarquardt has the striking advantage and grappling
Demian Maia, Wilson Gouveia, Thales Leites, Jeremyadvantage and it is only a matter of time before
Horn, and Anderson Silva. Marquardt is also a secondMarquardt is able to KO Sonnen.
Degree Black Belt in Pancrase in Greg Jackson'sSonnen has a well-rounded skill set and he is good at
Gaidojutsu mixed martial arts team. Overall, Marquardta lot of things, but not great at anything. Of his 24
is a well-rounded grappler and has a distinct advantagevictories, 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 Pauloto overwhelm his opponents. Marquardt on the other
Filho,Renato Sobral, Dan Miller, Jason Miller, and Yushinhand 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 Brazilianas he does not have the grappling nor striking power
Jiu-Jitsu black belts in his last 13 fights with losses toto 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 hisfew losses in MMA have come by submission to high
loss to Leites was by point deduction. His loss tolevel 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 notwas forced to resort to striking. However, Marquardt is
have the grappling game he is a better wrestler thana 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 teamThis fight will most likely go to a decision which is the
alternate. Even though Sonnen has the wrestlingperfect prop bet to make. The UFC betting lines are
advantage in this fight Marquardt’s dominance onpretty steep at -310 but Marquardt has the advantage
the ground will nullify his game. Marquardt is a veryin almost all areas and the areas in which he does not
good ground fighter on his back and if Sonnen was todominate will be nullified by his dominate grappling.
use his wrestling in an attempt to take Marquardt, it willBet on mixed martial arts at fighting-mma.