On Saturday, October 13, 2012, UFC 153 will air live from the HBSC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the main event of the evening, Middleweight champion Anderson Silva will return to the Light Heavyweight division to square off against Ultimate Fighter Season 1 finalist Stephan Bonnar. Both of these guys stepped up at the last minute after the original main event was scrapped due to Featherweight champion Jose Aldo’s foot injury. Silva is the most dominant Middleweight of all time, but he has proven that he can get the job done at Light Heavyweight as well. He already holds a spectacular knockout victory over former Light Heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin, the man who beat Bonnar in the Ultimate Fighter finals in one of UFC’s most historic barn-burners. Bonnar has to be commended for taking a fight like this on short notice, but it’s hard to imagine that he is doing anything but signing up to get destroyed here.
Main Event:
Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar
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- Silva (-1400)
- Bonnar (+750)
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- Silva
- Bonnar
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- Silva
- Bonnar
Minotauro Nogueira vs. Dave Herman
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- Nogueira
- Herman
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- Nogueira
- Herman
Glover Teixeira vs. Fabio Maldonado
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- Teixeira
- Maldonado
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Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva
Bovada.Iv Odds
- Fitch (+100)
- Silva (-130)
Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado
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- Davis
- Prado
Rick Story vs. Demian Maia
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- Story (+105)
- Maia (-135)
Preliminary card:
Rony Jason vs. Sam Sicilia
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- Jason
- Sicilia
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Geronimo dos Santos
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- Gonzaga
- dos Santos
Gleison Tibau vs. Francisco Trinaldo
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- Tibau
- Trinaldo
Diego Brandao vs. Joey Gambino
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- Brandao
- Gambino
Sergio Moraes vs. Renee Forte
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- Moraes
- Forte
Chris Camozzi vs. Luiz Cane
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- Camozzi
- Cane
Cristiano Marcello vs. Reza Madadi
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- Marcello
- Madadi
In the semi-main event, Brazilian legend and former PRIDE and UFC Interim Heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira will do battle with oversized Heavyweight slugger Dave Herman. Nogueira made a career out of taking brutal punishment, surviving, and then pulling out spectacular come from behind wins, but in recent performances some of his famed durability seems to have slipped away. If Herman can pull off the upset, it would be the biggest win of his career and an amazing way to halt a disappointing two-fight skid. Rounding out the card will be a Light Heavyweight showdown between Brazilians Glover Teixeira and Fabio Maldonado, a Welterweight matchup between Jon Fitch and Erick Silva, and another 205 pound showcase pitting Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis against Brazil’s Wagner “Caldeirao” Prado.
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