Anderson Silva is -450 versus Chael Sonnen in the feature fight in UFC 117 betting on Saturday.
There are eleven competitions in UFC 117 probabilities on Saturday, August 7th at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California with Silva and Sonnen receiving the focus at the online sports magazine.
Since he’s undefeated in his 11 UFC fights, UFC 117 betting probabilities prefer Silva for good reason. He’s won a dozen back to back total heading back to 2006. Silva has been winning in the UFC but some of his recent matches have been lackluster and the pressure is on him to deliver a big show on Saturday night. Silva has headlined the UFC card in his last three competitions and reallyactually has not been struck in any of those competitions. In UFC 112, Silva toyed with Demian Maia which actually upset UFC president Dana White. He has been seriously cautioned that one more performance like that will not be tolerated.
He spent the majority of that last fight basically insulting his adversary while he danced around the octagon. It’s dubious why he did this, although in theory, it may have actually been a sensible decision. After all, by refusing to engage his challenger at that point in the bout, Silva was ahead and ended up winning via unanimous decision. He could have ended up being ko’ed, losing the tournament, if he’d actually engaged Maia in some real combat. Needless to say, since then, Dana White has reportedly apologized to fanatics for the embarrassing performance and publicly reprimanded Anderson Silva. At different times, Silva has both apologized for his actions, and also was adamant that he did not owe anyone an apology whatsoever.
Silva is ultra-talented and now he may in fact be motivated to prove it. Although not a lot of people feel he’s in Silva’s league, Sonnen is the number one challenger. To get this championship shot, he upset Nate Marquardt at UFC 109. He has mentioned that his wrestling history will offer him an edge vs Silva. Whether Sonnen can survive long enough to use his wrestling abilities is the question. Silva is in fact under stress to deliver a highlight reel KO and it could come in the 1st round. If Sonnen can survive the onslaught he may have a possibility but most people don’t believe he can.
A battle between Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves to see which 1 is the leading welterweight contender is also included on the UFC 117 betting card. Another great competition ought to be Junior dos Santos versus Roy Nelson. Additionally on the main card it is Rafael dos Anjos against Clay Guida and Matt Hughes against Ricardo Almeida. Phil Davis versus Rodney Wallace, Dustin Hazelett vs Rick Story, Tim Boetsch against Todd Brown, Johny Hendricks versus Charlie Brenneman, Stefan Struve against Christian Morecraft and Ben Saunders vs Dennis Hallman are all on the preliminary card in UFC 117 probabilities. The match between Hazelett and Story appears to be the most competitive of those fights as the odds on that competition are a pick while the Greatest mismatch appears to be the 1 between Davis and Wallace with Davis a -700 favorite.
