Sports Untapped’s free picks for Strikeforce San Jose…

Roger Gracie -170 vs. Trevor Prangley +140
As you can tell by the name, Roger Gracie is a beast on the ground. He has won a record 10 World BJJ Championships. He has 3 MMA fights and he has won them all. And he has won them all by submission — imagine that. Prangley has had a solid MMA career, but was choked out by Tim Kennedy in June. This is a stylistic nightmare for Prangley, and smart money is on Gracie. Take Gracie -170.

Herschel Walker -350 vs. Scott Carson +250
Herschel Walker is one of the most dominant athletes in American history. At age 48 he enters the cage professionally for the second time, and he is heavily favored. Carson hadn’t entered the cage in almost 10 years until he fought last June and lost via KO. Everything about this says Walker. Take Walker -350.

Ten years after they first did battle, Dan Henderson and Renato “Babalu” Sobral will fight again. This time it will be in Strikeforce. Here are Sports Untapped’s free picks for “Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu”…

Benji Radach +120 vs. Ovince St. Preux -150

St. Preux is wasting no time getting back in the cage after his destruction of Antwain Britt on November 19th. That will be 2 fights in 15 days. Radach has only fought twice since October of 2008. But I don’t think St. Preux has ever faced a striker like Benji Radach. I like Radach to get a KO win in his return to the cage. Take Radach +120

Antonio Silva -500 vs. Mike Kyle +300

Sports Untapped presents free picks for Strikeforce’s Diaz vs. Noons II event on October 9th in San Jose, California.

“Don’t be scared, Homie.” Those were the famous words uttered by Nick Diaz to KJ Noons, asking him for a rematch. Saturday night, we finally get to see them do battle again.

Nick Diaz -240 vs. KJ Noons +190

People talk about Diaz’ improved boxing and the fact that he has a world-class ground game. Those things are true. But Noons is still a better boxer and he repeatedly stuffed Diaz’s takedown attempts. Diaz was frustrated in that fight. He’ll be frustrated again on Saturday night. Take Noons +190

Josh Thomson -150 vs. Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante +120

Here are our free picks for Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum.

Josh Thomson -500 vs. Pat Healy +300
Pat “Bam Bam” Healy has been around the block, fighting in the UFC, WEC, IFL, Strikeforce and probably your backyard. He’s definitely game, but Thomson is at another level. Thomson lost his belt to Gilbert Melendez, but before then hadn’t lost a fight since he lost to Clay Guida — when Guida fought for Strikeforce.
Take Thomson
Cung Le -300 vs. Scott Smith +225
It doesn’t make much sense to me that Cung Le, who doesn’t even fight full-time, is -300 against a fighter that beat him the last time they fought. Smith has the heart of a lion and perhaps the best chin in all of MMA. Le may win the fight but the smart bet is on Smith.
Take Smith
Cris Cyborg -1800 vs. Jan Finney +750
Jan Finney is a 6-6 fighter with losses to some of the best female MMA fighters currently doing battle. She has dropped matches to Julie Kedzie, Miesha Tate, Erin Toughill and Shayna Baszler. To think that she might beat Cyborg is preposterous, hence the -1800 for Cyborg. Easy money here.
Take Cyborg
Fedor Emelianenko -550 vs. Fabricio Werdum +325
Sorry, I’m not ready to buy into the hype that Fedor isn’t hungry enough or that he is getting too old. When the ref says “Fight!” at the start of round 1, Fedor will be ready and willing to do battle with Werdum. And it will end like the rest of Fedor’s fights: with his hand being raised at the end.
Take Fedor