RIO DE JANEIRO – When you’re considered by oddsmakers as a 12-to-1 favorite heading into a fight, chances are you don’t stand to gain much by defeating an opponent you apparently should outclass.
And so it is with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, who by most accounts is expected to absolutely destroy Stephan Bonnar in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 153 event.
But “The Spider” says he doesn’t see the fight as all risk and no reward.