Date/Time: Saturday October 13th, 10 p.m ET, HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.This Saturday, October 13th, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will travel to South America for its fifth MMA event held in Brazil: UFC 155: Silva vs. Bonnar. Here’s everything you need to know about this fight.
The event, which is set to take place at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, is headlined by a Middleweight Championship bout pitting the reigning UFC Champion Anderson “the Spider” Silva (30-4-0) and former Ultimate Fighter star Stephan Bonnar (17-7-0).
Silva, who has a professional MMA record of 30 wins and 4 losses, is a massive favorite going into the fight. Since his debut in the UFC, the champion has never lost inside the Octagon. Instead, Silva’s accuracy, K.O power and technicality make him one of the most complete and feared fighters in the UFC. Silva has submitted and knocked notable fighters, including Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Travis Lutter, Olympic alternate Chael Sonnen, as well as former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, Superior Challenge middleweight champion Thales Leites, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin, and Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Victor Belfort.
Known for never being knocked out or submitted in MMA competition, Stephen Bonner gained notoriety for his highly regarded participation in the season debut of The Ultimate Fighter show. Despite the fact Bonnar loss the grand finale to Forrest Griffin by unanimous decision (29–28 across the board), the fight was credited by Dana White as the "most important fight in UFC history", and was also voted the greatest fight in UFC history in 2009.
Trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with the MMA legend Carlson Gracie, Bonner made his official UFC debut at UFC62, losing his rematch vs. Forrest Griffin via unanimous decision. Bonnar tested positive for boldenone after the fight, however, he returned to the Octagon with back to back victories over Mike Nickels (UFC 73) and Eric Schafer (UFC 77) before suffering three straight losses vs. Jon Jones (UFC 94), Mark Coleman (UFC 100) and Krzysztof Soszynski (UFC 110). In his last fight, which dates to November, 2011 (UFC 139), Bonnar defeated Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–25, 30–27).
Fight Odds:
S. Bonnar: +600
A. Silva: -1200
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Light Heavyweight: Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar
Heavyweight: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dave Herman
Light Heavyweight: Glover Teixeira vs. Fabio Maldonado
Welterweight: Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva
Light Heavyweight: Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado
Welterweight: Demian Maia vs. Rick Story
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