On Saturday, August 27 the UFC will return to Brazil for the first time since October 16, 1998. That event, “Ultimate Brazil” was headlined by a middleweight title bout between Frank Shamrock and John Lober, but it is perhaps best remembered for the 44 second beating Vitor Belfort gave to Wanderlei Silva.
The promotion will bring UFC 134 to the HSBC Arena in Rio next Saturday and the event, like the first UFC Brazil event, will be headlined by a middleweight title fight as Anderson Silva defends his title against Yushin Okami. The co-main event will feature Mauricio “Shogun” Rua facing Forrest Griffin. In all, 14 Brazilian fighters will be competing on the 12 fight card. Only one contest will be without a Brazilian fighter.
What follows are the betting odds for the televised portion of UFC 134:
Pay-Per-View Card:
Anderson Silva (-500) favorite over Yushin Okami (+350)
Mauricio Rau (-230) favorite over Forrest Griffin (+180)
Brendan Schaub (-230) favorite over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (+180)
Edson Barboza (-300) favorite over Ross Pearson (+220)
Luiz Cane (-220) favorite over Stanislav Nedkov (+175)
Spike TV Televised Card:
Thiago Tavares (-240) favorite over Spencer Fisher (+190)
Rousimar Palhares (-300) favorite over Dan Miller (+220)
Odds provided by BetUs
The below fights will be streamed via the UFC’s Facebook page (odds not provided):
Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
Raphael Assunção vs.Johnny Eduardo
Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
The Facebook stream of the fights will begin at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday. The Spike TV preliminary card will begin at 8 p.m. ET with the pay-per-view starting at 9 p.m. ET.