March Madness betting enthusiasts looking for a new sport to wager upon at the conclusion of the tournament should look no further then the MMA. As the fastest growing sport across the globe, the MMA has quickly become a niche that every sports betting website wants to provide odds for. In order to find value on the MMA line, you have to become familiar with the different techniques used by each fighter. Today, we will be examining a few different UFC fighting methods to help us determine who to risk our money with at the next event.
Similar to sports betting, where the bettor has the opportunity to make a straight or exotic wager, the MMA fighter has their technique fall into one of two categories, striking or grappling. Striking techniques, include punching, kicking, knees and elbows. Meanwhile, grappling includes the likes of sweeps, clinches, pins, submission, takedowns and throws. To decide which fighter is the best one for you to wager upon, it is important to look at which technique they first fall under, and which sub category they specialize in.
Sprawl and brawl is a stand up technique that requires the fighter to sprawl, in order to avoid being taken down by a grappler. The fighter will have training in different forms of wrestling, and combine that with their main specialty of boxing or kickboxing. In other words, while focusing their attack on the standup game, the fighter also knows how to block take downs, to force their opponent to stay standing. One fighter that excels in the sprawl and brawl genre of MMA, is Alistair Overeem, who holds victories over many of the MMA’s top stars, including Brock Lesnar. The sprawl and brawl is a good technique to handicap, because only a handful of fighters specialize in it.
