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The Biggest event in mixed martial arts history is today with UFC 100 taking place in Vegas. Unfortunately the telecast isn’t available live on Main Event in Australia so our only option is to buy a feed from Yahoo Sports or try to find a pirate version streaming. The event is well worth putting in some effort to watch it live.

Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir for the Heavyweight Title is the final main event but match of the card could come from anywhere. My favourite, Georges St Pierre defends his Welterweight crown against hard hitting Thiago Alves and the coaches of the most recent Ultimate Fighter, Michael Bisbing and Dan Henderson, square off. There are plenty of other exciting fights on the undercard as well so do your form and have a punt.

My best bets would read like this:
I love CB Dollaway; $1.33 is short but he is the man.
Dan Henderson $1.48 is just better than Bisbing.
I backed Shannon Gugerty at $1.70 because he was overs.
Mir is value in the main event at $2.88. He is confident and already has a win over Lesnar. I like Brock but the market should be a lot closer than $1.40/$2.88.

Don’t forget to check out our Heavyweight Special market where you can pick which round will decide the main event and who will win. Sportingbet Australia’s MMA coverage is clearly the best in Australia’s so get involved.

Two form teams kick off the round and I can’t see this match disappoitning. The Bulldogs are the better allround team but $1.60 is far from value. I’m steering clear of betting but Pies fans could do worse than take the $2.40.

Sydney are $1.70 and I don’t mind that. Barry Hall’s new will have no bearing. I love to pot the Swans but I think they’ll choke the Bombers out in a typically defensive SCG display.

Carlton are short odds but you can’t back the Tigers at $3.95. Going on recent form, where the Blues smashed Richmond in that much-hyped round one game, Carlton looks overs at $1.26. The short odds won’t get me though; another game to stay out of.

The Brisbane vs Geelong game has been crazy in here today. We got news on the Ablett ommission very early so we dodged most of the fire but a lot of bookies still had Brisbane at bigger than $3. They are now $2.25, so that was dream betting for snipers with information. Now the market is about right with Geelong $1.65 favourites. They smashed Brisbane earlier this year and still have Chapman, Corey, Selwood, Enright etc taking the field. I backed my Lions at $3.10 and +19.5 (before the line moved to +8.5) but wouldn;t be surprised if Geelong won by 40 despite their massive injury list.

Sandilands and Headland add to the Dockers injury list so I can’t see them beating Adelaide. The 34.5 headstart might be worth something though as Adelaide rarely demolish teams.

I’ve backed North at $2.65. Hawthorn are obsiously “Mountain Dew” to fire up but I can’t see it happening. Both teams have played the Bulldogs in the last fortnight with one narrowly losing and the other getting smashed. That form is why I like the Roos.

Melbourne can’t afford to win too many more games to Port should nudge in front here. $1.40 is short for the Power but it should be paid out. Melbourne might cover the 17.5 start though.

St Kilda will smash the Eagles. The bigger ground favours the better midfield and the Saints is far superior. Saints by 80 points if fired up.

After a few quiet weeks Round 14 is finally upon us. Obviously the Geelong/St Kilda matchup is the match of the round but all eight contests look great and could go either way.

The ANZAC Day rematch certainly looks like one of those. Collingwood will be hard to beat given their current form but I like the Bombers at $2.45. They are overs at those odds.

The Melbourne/West Coast game will also be entertaining. The Demons have dropped off their competitiveness in recent weeks but this is a game they should be winning. They beat the Eagles last year in this fixture and can afford to win three more games this season without losing a priority draft pick. I’ve talked myself into the Dees at $2.22 with Cale Morton notching 40+ touches (look up his recent history against West Coast).

I like my Lions at $1.53. They beat Port in a thriller over there last year and I think they will repeat that effort again in more comfortable fashion. Port have plenty of blokes missing and the Lions are flying. Brisbane -10.5 at $1.91 looks a moral.

Form suggests Adelaide should take care of the Tigers with ease up on the Gold Coast but I think Richmond will be very comeptitive for Jade Rawlings. A $3.50 upset wouldn’t surprise.

The Dogs should take care of the up and down Hawks at $1.43. Punters are waiting for Hawthorn to finally come good but I don’t see that happening this week especailly consdiering they are flying back from Perth after a disappointing performance against the Eagles.

The Swans/Roos game resembles the Crows/Tigers game to me. The outsider with the new coach is value. North perfromed well last week and with Boomer Harvey finding touch and Barry Hall out I like the Roos at $3.40.

Continuing with my preference for outsiders I like the Saints in the big one. Geelong are $1.55 because of the premiership they won two seasons ago, that’s it. On recent form, which is all that counts, both teams are undefeated. My market would read $1.75 the Cats, so St Kilda at $2.45 is great value. Watch Leigh Montagna at big odds in the most disposal market.

In the final match of the round I like the outsider again. Can you see a theme in my decision making? But how can Freo be outsiders at Subiaco given they beat Carlton earlier this year on the Gold Coast? The Dockers even without their skipper are overs at $2.45.