UFC 162 Predictions: Pros Make Their Picks for Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman

UFC 162 is getting ever closer, and the talk leading into the July 6 fight card has mostly been focused on which fighter is going to walk away from the main event with the middleweight title strapped around his waist.On one side of the Octagon will be …

UFC 162 is getting ever closer, and the talk leading into the July 6 fight card has mostly been focused on which fighter is going to walk away from the main event with the middleweight title strapped around his waist.

On one side of the Octagon will be the man recognized by many to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. The fighter who has defended his UFC title a record 10 consecutive times, Anderson Silva.

On the other side of the cage will be the unbeaten fighter who many feel has the perfect skill set to end the 16-fight UFC winning streak Silva is currently in the midst of, Chris Weidman.

The UFC recently polled a number of its top fighters on who they were picking to walk away from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, what follows are the picks of those fighters.

*All quotes provided to Bleacher Report via the UFC.

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