The big MMA event of the weekend will be Strikeforce Miami, taking place at the BankAtlantic Center on Saturday night.  Not a lot of great betting value on the card, with mostly prohibitive favorites matched up against underdogs that its difficult to make a case for.  Still, we’ll run down the odds and give my thoughts on each fight.  The event will be televised on Showtime in the United States.  You can also follow the action live online:

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Strikeforce Miami will get underway on Saturday night at 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific.  Lines below are from BoDog.

STRIKEFORCE MIAMI:

NICK DIAZ VS. MARIUS ZAROMSKIS

Nick Diaz -210
Marius Zaromskis +170

The Fedor/Rogers event Strikeforce put on gave the promotion a lot of momentum. Strikeforce Evolution looks to pick up where that card left off, and with 4 intriguing matchups on the main card it shouldn’t be a problem. Here are our free picks.

Gilbert Melendez +105 vs. Josh Thomson -115

This fight will be for the Strikeforce lightweight championship. Melendez is the former belt holder. Thomson took it from him over a year ago in a unanimous decision. Since then, Melendez has looked unstoppable. He avenged his only other loss with a TKO victory over Mitsuhiro Ishida and also scored a KO of Rodrigo Damm. Thomson has battled injuries and hasn’t fought for over a year. Melendez will get his belt back. Take Melendez +105.

Mike Whitehead +405 vs. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal -450

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers is coming up on Saturday, November 7th and Sports Untapped has free picks for our readers. We were 4/5 for our UFC 104 picks, so let’s see if we can nail them all for this huge event.

Fabricio Werdum (-165) vs. Antonio Silva (+140)

Antonio “Big Foot” Silva is 13-1 and riding a 6-fight win streak. Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum is 12-4-1 and lost to Junior Dos Santos at UFC 90 before beating Mike Kyle at Strikeforce: Cyborg vs. Carano. Werdum is the favorite, and with good reason. He is a veteran of both the UFC and Pride, and has some big wins on his record. He has beaten Brandon Vera, Alistair Overeem and Gabriel Gonzaga, and has battled some top-level fighters like Minotauro, Arlovski and Sergei Kharitonov. Silva ran through the Elite XC heavyweights, but Werdum will be the toughest opponent of his career. Take Werdum -165