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UFC Rio Live Silva Vs. Okami: 5 Reasons You Have to Watch This Event

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. 

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UFC 134 Results: Full Fight Card

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.

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UFC 134 Predictions: Rob Dyrdek, Rashad Evans & Frankie Edgar Offer Predictions

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.

Forrest Griffin Admits He’s Not Enjoying the UFC in Brazil Experience

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RIO DE JANEIRO — MMA Fighting spoke to Forrest Griffin at Wednesday’s UFC 134 media workouts, held at the Copacabana beach in Rio, about Saturday night’s fight against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Griffin talked about why he wasn’t particularly happy to be fighting away from his home in Las Vegas, what he has to gain from fighting in Brazil, what he expects to see from Rua and what’s on his DVR these days.

 

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RIO DE JANEIRO — MMA Fighting spoke to Forrest Griffin at Wednesday’s UFC 134 media workouts, held at the Copacabana beach in Rio, about Saturday night’s fight against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Griffin talked about why he wasn’t particularly happy to be fighting away from his home in Las Vegas, what he has to gain from fighting in Brazil, what he expects to see from Rua and what’s on his DVR these days.

 

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UFC 134: 5 Reasons to Watch

UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the most anticipated fight cards of the year, if not the last couple of years.Brazil hasn’t hosted a UFC card since October 16, 1998, when Vitor Belfort set the world on fire with his 44-second knockou…

UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the most anticipated fight cards of the year, if not the last couple of years.

Brazil hasn’t hosted a UFC card since October 16, 1998, when Vitor Belfort set the world on fire with his 44-second knockout of Wanderlei Silva.

The buzz around this card is incredible, as nearly every Brazilian on the roster was seemingly asking for a fight in front of their home country.

Even Royce Gracie was begging to be put on the card. There isn’t a single fight on UFC 134 that doesn’t involve at least one Brazilian fighter.

The card really only had one option on who should headline the comeback event.

That man is of course Anderson Silva. Silva has dominated the UFC since he first stepped into the octagon, and he looks to avenge one of his four defeats when he takes on heavy underdog Yushin “Thunder” Okami.

Five reasons may be too many, as all you really need is Anderson Silva, but I’m going to go ahead and give you some more, just to get you even more excited for this historic event.

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UFC 134 Fight Card: Betting Odds and Predictions

Do you have some hard earned cash burning a hole in your pocket? Do you like to put your money where your mouth is? Are you a degenerate gambler? Do you like to bet but have no clue where the safe bets are?If any of the above mentioned questions are …

Do you have some hard earned cash burning a hole in your pocket? Do you like to put your money where your mouth is? Are you a degenerate gambler? Do you like to bet but have no clue where the safe bets are?

If any of the above mentioned questions are true, then you have come to the right place.

UFC 134 will be going down live in Rio this Saturday night. If you are like me, you will be putting a little money on a couple of fights just to make the evening even more exciting.

Continue on to see Jason the Greek’s million dollar picks.*

 

 

*I’ve lost every bet on MMA that I have ever made. You have been warned. Betting lines from BetonFighting.com

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