UFC 97 Anderson Silva (23-4) vs. Thales Leites (14-1) Betting Odds: The last time reigning UFC Middleweight champion and current pound-for-pound king, Anderson “The Spider” Silva was in the Octagon, people were left scratching their heads. Not only was Silva’s performance lackluster, but also with Affliction’s Fedor Emelianenko (29-1-0, 1 NC) continuing to shred whoever dares to stand in front of him, the pound-for-pound title could easily go to the Russian with another bad showing by the Brazilian.
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“I’ll be the first one to admit, I felt like I was in an f*****g alter-universe tonight,” UFC President Dana White said during his post-UFC 90 press conference. “I didn’t know what was going on in there. It wasn’t the Anderson Silva that we have seen fight over the last few years.
No matter how great you are, everybody has an off night. Everybody can’t find the timing or find that rhythm, and that obviously what was happening to Anderson tonight,” White concluded.
Silva is looking to put that memory behind him, but isn't worried about his critics, as he prepared to take on another skilled fighter in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu specialist, Thales Leites. “I went there to do my job and thanks God we managed to do just that,” Silva said of his latest fight in a recent interview. “For me it was just another fight for the belt and I got out of it as a winner.
“Everybody has a 50-50 chance of winning. We’re going to go in there and we’re going to see who’s going to win,” added Silva when asked of his opponent. “I think he prepared himself well for his fights… People say many things and they can say whatever they want, but I have to be prepared to fight.”
Anderson concluded by stating, “I don’t think of myself as invincible. Thales has a chance to win and we’re going to see what happens. It’s not about being invincible,” the champ said with a calm demeanor. “It’s about doing my work well and going home to my children in one piece.” In UFC 97's main event, Anderson Silva [-525] is a currently a huge Sports Odds Betting favorite against Thales Leites [+325].
