{"id":106956,"date":"2014-07-31T05:15:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=106956"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:29:27","slug":"anderson-silva-opens-up-as-early-favorite-over-nick-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-opens-up-as-early-favorite-over-nick-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva Opens Up As Early Favorite Over Nick Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-168-results-silva-suffers-gruesome-leg-injury-after-checked-kick-weidman-wins-in-round-2\/anderson-silva-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79754\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79754\" title=\"Anderson Silva wins PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva is set to return against Nick Diaz in early 2015, and with the bout now official, odds makers have pegged the former UFC Middleweight champion as the favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Future Events: Anderson Silva (-240) vs. Nick Diaz (+190) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1mkbRdvYyh\">http:\/\/t.co\/1mkbRdvYyh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMA?src=hash\">#MMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BestFightOdds (@BestFightOdds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BestFightOdds\/statuses\/494472792927387648\">July 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Silva is set to return against Nick Diaz in early 2015, and with the bout now official, odds makers have pegged the former UFC Middleweight champion as the favorite. Check it: Future Events: Anderson Silva (-240) vs. Nick Diaz (+190) http:\/\/t.co\/1mkbRdvYyh #MMA &mdash; BestFightOdds (@BestFightOdds) July 30, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":79754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[95,11,649,672,777,15,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anderson Silva Opens Up As Early Favorite Over Nick Diaz | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-opens-up-as-early-favorite-over-nick-diaz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anderson Silva Opens Up As Early Favorite Over Nick Diaz | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anderson Silva is set to return against Nick Diaz in early 2015, and with the bout now official, odds makers have pegged the former UFC Middleweight champion as the favorite. 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