The $100 Experiment: WEC 36 Results

A rough night for the experiment.  I saw some pretty decent opportunities here, but the chips just didn't fall my way (seems like that's happening a lot recently...).  Here's the night's breakdown:

Jake Rosholt vs. Nissen Osterneck, $1 on Osterneck @ +260, Lost $1.  Both fighters are still new to the fight game, but I felt Osterneck had pretty good submissions and also an advantage in the standup.  Osterneck did a good job of beating up Rosholt on the feet, but Rosholt took him down with almost no effort, and Osterneck's jiu-jitsu was rendered useless by Rosholt's control.  In the second round, Osterneck landed some incredible combinations and looked to have Rosholt hurt.  Unfortunately, he threw an off-balance, telegraphed spinning back fist which left him wide open for a takedown/mount.  Rosholt showed how much he has left to learn, but he also showed some awesome potential here.

Yoshiro Maeda vs. Rani Yahya, $2.10 on Maeda @ -105, Lost $2.10.  Rani had been a huge disappointment leading up to this fight.  His takedowns looked terrible and his cardio was pretty bad too.  On the other hand, Maeda just came off a thrilling performance (albeit a defeat) against Miguel Torres, where he showed  a well-rounded and effective fight game.  All that was thrown out the window, as Maeda failed to heed the sage advice of Wu-Tang -- "protect ya neck".

I didn't do a write-up of Sengoku VI, as I'm not very familiar with a lot of the Japanese fighters, but I did put a dollar on Fabio Silva, since I wasn't entirely sold on King Mo.  Much like today's bet on a wrestling blue chip prospect, my bet was sour and lost me a dollar.  I'm in the middle of a pretty bad streak right now, but I think a lot of good events are coming up.  UFC 91 is just around the corner, and I'll definitely do a write-up leading up to fight night.  So far, I'm 20-21-3 down $10.15.