*SPOILERS*UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II - July 7, 2012

[MrJ]

This card looks like one of the more anticipated UFC events in a while. Picks?

Date: Jul 07, 2012

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, FX and Facebook

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
• Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
• Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
• Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
• Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau
• Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard
• Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou
• John Alessio vs. Shane Roller

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Yoislandy Izquierdo vs. Rafaello Oliveira

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My uneducated selections..

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view) [LIST][*]Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)[*]Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz[*]Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le[*]Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia[*]Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie[*]Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar

[karma2343]

[*]Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)[*]Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz[*]Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le[*]Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia[*]Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
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PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)
[LIST][*]Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard[*]Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou

Can't wait to watch Silva demolish Sonnen. A lot of people mention the fact that he didn't pass the drug test, but for get to mention he had a 16.9 to 1 testosterone to epitestosterone level. That is insane. For reference, Overoids had a 14 to 1 ratio.

Hoping this card is entertaining.

[danharr]

With my new work schedule I'll be off next Saturday. How the hell am I going to contain myself with all day to think about the PPV?

[Hiro Protagonist]

Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia

[lordbd]

Silva
Griffin
Maia

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• Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
• Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
• Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
• Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie

[Lonestar]

I am calling Sonnen to dominate for five rounds again.

Dong Hyung Kim by either KO or sub.

[ippwned]

Silva dominates Sonnen, Maia goes to another UD and Guillard gets choked out.

[danharr]

Silva dominates Sonnen, Maia goes to another UD and Guillard gets choked out.

Omg I forgot about Guilliard. It's so sad watching him fight I know whats coming and he used to have so much potential.

[Zerstörer90]

Chael Sonnen vs Anderson Silva
I'm going with the reigning champion here. Chael may have exposed many kinks in "the Spider" and his game, however those holes are likely not to be there this time around. Also it's really hard to give a guy credit who's game plan is really no different from the first fight, which did not result in him winning the fight. It's even harder to give a guy credit who calls the proven 185 king (who beat him in their last exchange, very skillfully) a charlatan. Mind you I understand this is a) a marketing tactic for better fight promotion. and b) a Mohammed Ali-esque tactic to get into his opponents head proceeding the fight. However, sometimes pissing someone off just motivates them even more to make a statement out of you. And when that person has beaten you before it just seems like a poorly thought out plan.

AS by UD or 2nd Round TKO.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Nice presser I just watched.

(I got the flu today, so I may waste some time on stuff.)

Chael looked ...Even a bit timid, if you ask me.

The journalists, and Silva himself, went after his TRT, the roiding, and the fraud issue, and that kind of shut him up.

[Hiro Protagonist]

[danharr]

Yea Chael has that bit off more than I could chew look but a guy backed into a corner can be the most dangerous. Hopefully Andersons anger and Chaels fear will make for a great fight.

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