The anticipation is beginning to build for UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami, with one of the biggest events of the summer right around the corner. Nobody has been able to stop UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva over the past couple of years, and with the chance for him to fight in front of fans in his native land at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this sports betting main event could get ugly in a hurry.
Desperate for a challenger to face one of the most dominant pound-for-pound fighters in the world, UFC President Dana White made the call to Yushin Okami following a third straight victory to request that he stepped up and took the challenge. But while Okami has looked good meddling with middle-tier talent, he has never fought anyone as good as Silva, and in the pair of fights where he took a step up in class, he lost to both Chael Sonnen and Rich Franklin. Now, he will travel across the world to take on one of the most dangerous men in the sport in the Spider. Silva has done it for years, and with the chance to extend his UFC betting record to 14 straight wins including nine title defenses, he should be as motivated as ever. The time is ticking down, and when the lights go up it’s hard to expect anything other than complete domination.
