{"id":4229,"date":"2009-04-15T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/ufc-97-odds\/"},"modified":"2009-04-15T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T16:42:00","slug":"ufc-97-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/ufc-97-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 97 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we approach UFC<\/span> 97, the Silva vs<\/span> Leites<\/span> odds<\/a>, which highlight the main event of the evening, heavily favor the pound-for-pound best UFC<\/span> fighter around.<\/p>\n

Betting the Silva odds<\/a> means you have to lay more than 5-to-1 on the heavy favorite, who is expected to destroy Thales<\/span> Leites<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The middleweight division in the UFC<\/span> is extremely weak, which is partially why Silva has been cruising atop it for a little while now. But he’s off a very disappointing fight, which has left some doubts in the back of the minds of UFC<\/span> fans.<\/p>\n

The Silva odds<\/a> were even heavier in his last bout when he faced off with Patrick Cote, but for over a round there was no demolition, no destruction and not even much fighting between <\/span><\/font>Cote<\/st1:place> and Silva. A lot of people were puzzled by Silva’s lack of aggression, which allowed the pesky Cote<\/st1:place> more opportunities than a lot of people thought he would have.<\/p>\n

After that fight, though, Silva went back into his locker room and fought for another two rounds with his trainers, which shows how disappointed he was with his performance.<\/p>\n

If that’s an indication, then Silva has been training very hard for his upcoming fight with Leites<\/span>, which is really bad news for Leites<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Leites<\/span> is a scrub for all intents and purposes and his 14-1 record lacks credibility. His most recent significant win over Nate<\/span> Marquardt may be his best on paper, but the people who remember that fight know that Leites<\/span> didn’t exactly win decisively. Marquardt had points deducted, which led to a Leites<\/span> win.<\/p>\n

Really, all this fight is about is whether Silva is interested in fighting. If he comes out like he did against Cote<\/st1:place>, there will be an opportunity for Leites<\/span> to catch Silva with something dangerous. But in reality, if Silva wants to win this fight, there isn’t much Leites<\/span> will be able to do to stop him.<\/p>\n

The Silva odds<\/a> look very enticing, even though they are so pricy. Leites<\/span> just doesn’t match up well against the top man in his division. Silva is a significantly better fighter in all aspects and Leites<\/span> just happens to be the guy at the top of a weak scrap heap.<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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As we approach UFC 97, the Silva vs Leites odds, which highlight the main event of the evening, heavily favor the pound-for-pound best UFC fighter around. Betting the Silva odds means you have to lay more than 5-to-1 on the heavy favorite, who is expected to destroy Thales Leites. The middleweight division in the UFC … Continue reading UFC 97 Odds<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}