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UFC 134 Betting Odds are back with our host, Steve Cofield from Cagewriter.com and ESPN along with our MMA expert analysts, Damon Martin of MMAWeekly.com and Larry Pepe of ProMMARadio.com. Check out who’s betting who on the lines of the top three fights on the main card then check our Odds Side Bar to the top right of our page for a breakdown of the lines from the major online sports books and place your bets!
UFC 134 will be live Saturday night from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. . With the event being held in Rio, it will be a homecoming for many Brazilian fighters on the card. The card features former champions Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Forrest Griffin, …
UFC 134 will be live Saturday night from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .
With the event being held in Rio, it will be a homecoming for many Brazilian fighters on the card.
The card features former champions Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Forrest Griffin, and Antonio “Rodrigo” Nogueira, as well as up-and-comers Ross Pearson, Edson Barboza, and Brendan Schaub.
The main event will feature the highly anticipated rematch between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Japan’s Yushin Okami.
UFC 134 will have many fireworks and is sure to be a talked about card. Here are some reasons why you can’t miss this one.
Since the sport’s beginning, Brazil has produced some of the most successful mixed martial artists in the world. However, the world’s largest MMA promotion hasn’t made its way to the South American country since October 1998.This Saturday, the UFC will…
Since the sport’s beginning, Brazil has produced some of the most successful mixed martial artists in the world. However, the world’s largest MMA promotion hasn’t made its way to the South American country since October 1998.
This Saturday, the UFC will return to Brazil for the first time in nearly 13 years for UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro. The main card will feature a number of Brazilian stars, such as Shogun Rua, who will rematch Forrest Griffin, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira collides with Brendan Schaub.
The main event will showcase a middleweight title fight between the greatest Brazilian fighter of all time, Anderson Silva, and Yushin Okami.
This article will provide previews for every bout on the fight card. After each fight, check back here for live results and an analysis of every matchup.
Live results will begin at approximately 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 27th.
After some recent controversy, all signs pointed to UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen being in Yushin Okami’s corner when he had his title shot against Anderson Silva at UFC 134. However, it looks like Sonnen’s plane ticket to Rio will go to wa…
The source, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said that if Sonnen attended, the Praetorian would discontinue its sponsorship of Okami.
“There’s a line of people that want to kick his ass,” the source said, when explaining the rationalization behind the decision.
While that piece of news is not all that shocking, many will agree that the next piece of information is.
According to MMA Junkie, friends of Sonnen over in Brazil brought the Team Quest standout’s attention to a local media report.
“A police chief threatened to arrest him on sight if he showed. The official cited a law that makes disparaging the national identity a crime,” MMA Junkie reported.
Sonnen retaliated by saying “You don’t have freedom of speech in Brazil; put it like that.”
Brazil based MMA manager Alex Davis refuted the police chief’s claim, stating that:
“Brazilian authorities would not arrest Sonnen for anything he said. They would defend him. But he is talking about people that a whole generation of fighters worship.”
Sonnen has reserved his verbal war of words against Brazilian fighters, for the most part, to team Black House members including Lyoto Machida, the Nogueira brothers, featherweight champ Jose Aldo and of course reigning middleweight champ Anderson Silva.
Despite not being able to support his friend and training partner in person, Sonnen has shown no problem backing away from the situation given the circumstances.
“I only want to be there to help him,” Sonnen said.
“I don’t need to see the show. I can watch the show on TV. I was going exclusively in support of Yushin, and frankly, it’s been headed this way for a long time. It’s been headed the direction of, ‘Hey, this is becoming a distraction.”
Sonnen then acknowledged that August 27 is Okami’s time to shine, not his.
“This fight isn’t about me. I’m not involved. I’m here to lend you support. But I don’t want things thrown at what will unintentionally be him while he’s in the ring or we’re going to the ring. This is serious business. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it’s not my place to disturb it or shift any type of attention to me. This is his moment, his night, his time to be the world champ.”
The only man who has given Anderson Silva a run for his money in years, Sonnen has a chance to earn another title shot with a win over Brian Stann at UFC 136.
However, a recent report indicates that Sonnen could be pulled from UFC 136 in favor of a rematch with Silva on November 12, the UFC’s first event on Fox.
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 …
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.
UFC president Dana White recently posted the first installment of his fight week video blog earlier this week. In the vlog, which flashes back last Thursday’s announcement of the UFC’s deal with FOX, White catches up with Rob Dyrdek, Rashad Evans and Frankie Edgar and gets some of their predictions for UFC 134. The three predict the main event, which will pit Anderson Silva against Yushin Okami and the co-main event which will feature Forrest Griffin and Yushin Okami.
RIO DE JANEIRO — MMA Fighting spoke to Anderson Silva at Wednesday’s media workouts at the Copacabana beach about his UFC 134 fight against Yushin Okami, the reception he received from the fans in Brazil, his new blue-chip endorsement deals, his first fight against Okami and whether he will be fighting on the first UFC on FOX show in November.
RIO DE JANEIRO — MMA Fighting spoke to Anderson Silva at Wednesday’s media workouts at the Copacabana beach about his UFC 134 fight against Yushin Okami, the reception he received from the fans in Brazil, his new blue-chip endorsement deals, his first fight against Okami and whether he will be fighting on the first UFC on FOX show in November.
