Posted on April 18, 2009 by by Valeri

So the Ultimate Fighting Championship “UFC” is back on this Saturday 17th of April at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva returns to the Octagon to defend his tittle against number one contender Thales Leites in the main event of UFC 97.

We will also see the return of Chuck “The Iceman” Lidell against one of the best light heavyweights around Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

The main event will definitely be a great fight, Leties is probably a better submission fighter and  The Spider is better standing up, however The Spider is part of Team Nogueira so I have to say The Spider will retain his crown (TKO).

In the second most important fight of the night, “The Iceman” Lidell will go against Brazilian and ex-Pride super star “Shogun” Rua. This is an easy called, if Shogun fights like he did against Forrest Griffin then he will not have a chance, however if we see the Shogun we all know about then he will win this fight easy. I say Shogun by TKO (Punches from the mount).

UFC 97 Line up:

UFC Middleweight Championship Fight
Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites

Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Brian Stann vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Cheick Kongo vs. Antoni Hardonk
Luis Arthur Cane vs. Steve Cantwell
Denis Kang vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry
Ed Herman vs. David Loiseau
Eliot Marshall vs. Mike Ciesnolevicz
Mark Bocek vs. David Bielkheden
T.J. Grant vs. Ryo Chonan
Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman

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