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The UFC stocked its Rio de Janeiro card with lots of Brazilian fighters, but according to the sports books and bettors that doesn't mean there's a ton of tight match ups at the top of card.
Yushin Okami is in the main event against Anderson Silva. He's got a 2006 win via disqualification over Silva, but he's still a massive underdog against the UFC middleweight champ.
This is also a big swing fight amongst sports books in Las Vegas and off-shore. Make sure you shop the odds. Some books have Silva as high as minus-625 and others have him at minus-450.
Okami is certainly intriguing as an underdog. The question is whether the Japanese grappling specialist can get the fight to the ground. Larry Pepe (ProMMARadio.com) and Damon Martin (MMAWeekly.com) on RawVegas.tv don't have a ton of confidence in the challenger.
UFC 134 betting odds (Courtesy Palazzo Sports Book Las Vegas):
Yushin Okami (+375) vs. Anderson Silva (-550) - UFC middleweight title
Forrest Griffin (+180) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (-220) - Light heavyweight
Antonio "Rodrigo" Nogueira (+190) vs. Brendan Schaub (-240) - Heavyweight
Ross Pearson (+220) vs. Edson Barboza (-300) - Lightweight
Stanislav Nedkov (+170) vs. Luiz Cane (-200) - Light heavyweight
Spencer Fisher (+170) vs. Thiago Tavares (-200) - Lightweight
Dan Miller (+200) vs. Rousimar Palhares (-250) - Middleweight
David Mitchell (+300) vs. Paulo Thiago (-400) - Welterweight
Luis Ramos (+220) vs. Erick Silva (-300) - Welterweight
Yves Jabouin (+150) vs. Ian Loveland (-180) -Bantamweight
Felipe Arantes (+300) vs. Yuri Alcantara (-400) - Featherweight
Johnny Eduardo (+140)* vs. Raphael Assuncao (-170) - Featherweight