Event: UFC 97 – Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009

Venue: Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec

Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

UFC 97 odds now posted

• Anderson Silva (23-4) vs. Thales Leites (13-1)  (Main Event)
• Chuck Liddell (21-6) vs. Mauricio Rua (17-3)
• Brian Stann (6-1) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (16-8-1)
• Luiz Cane (9-1) vs. Steve Cantwell (7-1)
• Cheick Kongo (23-4-1) vs. Antoni Hardonk (8-4)

Preliminary Card

• Eliot Marshall (6-2) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (3-3-1)
• Denis Kang (31-11-1) vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam (20-8)
• David Loiseau (18-8) vs. Ed Herman (14-6)
• David Bielkheden (13-6) vs. Mark Bocek (6-2)
• Ryo Chonan (16-8) vs. TJ Grant (13-2)
• Jason MacDonald (21-11) vs. Nate Quarry (16-3)
• Sam Stout (14-5-1) vs. Matt Wiman (10-4)

Fight card not yet official

1.  Brad Nichols on January 15th, 2009 2:12 pm

   I believe that whoever fights anderson silva had better come prepared, but you can beat him if you take him down and keep him their for five rounds, do that and you will probably win. I see leites going in to do this.

2.  Brad Nichols on January 15th, 2009 2:13 pm

   We will see what happens

3.  mac on January 16th, 2009 8:03 pm

   time to stick somebody like liddell against silva

4.  orly on January 19th, 2009 5:18 pm

   i hope and i mean really hope chuck and anderson win in devastating fashion so
   that they can meat…

5.  Craig Gibbs on January 20th, 2009 6:54 am

   You gotta understand though that Anderson Silva is a black belt in Ju-Jitsu and made Travis Lutter tap off his back with elbows to the head, and choked out Dan Henderson, an established olympian wrestler. Wherever the fight goes Anderson Silva is dangerous, and I think he is especially dangerous on the ground. So if you think anyone can ground him for five rounds then your totally deluded

6.  McFear on February 5th, 2009 12:04 pm

   Liddell fighting Silva? Im pretty sure that Silva fights at 185 lbs. as the champ and he is making his way up the ranks as a 205 lb ladder. Liddell is much higher ranked in the 205 division then Silva. The UFC would not match up these two men for the simple reason that it would end one of their careers. I doubt they will ever meet in the octagon. Silva is going to successfully defend his title once again against Thales Leites because Silva is a “complete fighter” with virtually no holes in his game. He hasn’t been submitted in a pro fight since 2004… Its been 5 years since, I doubt his ground game is the same as it was then. Thales is a great fighter, but he is not “The Great” Anderson “The Spider” Silva….

7.  Matt Perdue on February 27th, 2009 6:00 pm

   Anderson Silva is simply on a level of his own. I don’t believe that there is anyone, Welterweight, middleweight or lightheavyweight that he isn’t capable of demolishing. And I am a big GSP fan, but the spider is light years above anyone else in the UFC when it comes to talent and skill. Legendary.

8.  Matt Perdue on February 27th, 2009 6:03 pm

   if he is ever beat again, he will get a rematch and demolish whoever it is that caught him slipping. anyone can be beat, but no one is on his level..no one.

9.  steonidas...dis is daaarrrrndaale!! on February 28th, 2009 1:31 pm

   just got off the phone to my mates this one will go down as a historic session great fight card cant wait to see loiseau again man missed him in the ufc. Chuck will absolutly destroy rua if he shows up in the same condition as he did against coleman I was at that event and every1 I spoke to said if that had’ve gone to a decision it was colemans all day. Silva and Chuck to win by savage ko Loiseau to win also hopefully he dont get greased up like gsp lol