The impending UFC 117 betting competition on August seventh could be more of the same as we've viewed the rest of 2010, which has been a great year for UFC Main Events.
Or it could be remembered as a red letter date in UFC history when 1 of the great fighters in MMA history, the defending champion, walked away from the sport? It sounds too ridiculous to be true, but it could be. But if middleweight champion Anderson Silva pulls another stunt like he did in April, UFC president Dana White has already stated openly that he will hand Silva his walking papers. And White is not the type of man to eat his words.
There have been rumors of Silva leaving UFC for years now and some of that talk came from contract discussions and undoubtedly were little more than bargaining chips. But something about the impending UFC 117 odds competition seems different. Silva is now at an age where he's without doubt starting to consider other career choices outside of MMA and since he's at the peak of his UFC fame it would make sense to try and cash in on that before he fades into the spotlight as a punch drunk has-been.
In all honesty his challenger Chael Sonnen really isn't much of a contender, and Silva will head into his UFC 117 betting competition as the overwhelming fave; actually, it is a pretty unusual competition and the UFC 117 odds hugely like Silva. After all, Sonnen is little more than a punching bag and Silva is debatably 1 the leading 3 MMA fighters in history. Specifically coming after Silva's bizarre behavior vs Demian Maia where he refused to engage his challenger and threw insults instead of punches, it seems like a unusual competition.
MMA betting devotees are more likely excited about the Main Event only to see how middleweight champion Anderson Silva will fight following his bizarre performance in March instead of the betting lines. Silva's last fight was a unusual exhibition of mostly not fighting and if he comes out in the Octagon doing the same thing vs his UFC 117 odds challenger, Chael Sonnen, Dan White has already said that his UFC betting career is over.
Who knows, maybe that ultimatum will only provoke Silva to crazier heights and see him leave the UFC betting competition permanently. But besides this element of drama there's little else in this UFC 117 betting competition to hold the interest of the casual UFC betting lover.
There are certainly a variety of possibilities for this impending UFC 117 betting Main Event, though it's tough to know what's going to occur, and if Silva was looking for a way to get out his UFC deal diving in this match would certainly be 1 way of doing it.
He could also show up and KO Sonnen in the first minute. It's hard to say with regards to this highly talented but mercurial MMA celeb and that's what makes this competition so fascinating.
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