{"id":53813,"date":"2013-03-08T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T19:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=53813"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:14:51","slug":"betting-odds-anderson-silva-opens-as-favorite-over-chris-weidman-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/betting-odds-anderson-silva-opens-as-favorite-over-chris-weidman-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting Odds: Anderson Silva Opens As Favorite Over Chris Weidman | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anderson-silva-training-SMALL.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42127\" title=\"anderson silva training SMALL\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anderson-silva-training-SMALL.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anderson-silva-training-SMALL.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anderson-silva-training-SMALL-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anderson-silva-training-SMALL-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/bestfightodds.com\/events\/ufc-162-silva-vs-weidman-661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BestFightOdds.com<\/a>, Anderson Silva has opened up as the favorite against Chris Weidman at UFC 162. This comes as no surprise as the king of the Middleweight division is undefeated in the Octagon. Below you can see the line where Anderson Silva (-278) is the favorite over Chris Weidman (+222).<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin BestFightOdds code --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestfightodds.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 216px; height: 65px; border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bestfightodds.com\/fights\/6514.png\" alt=\"BestFightOdds.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Challenger Chris Weidman, also undefeated in the Octagon and riding a 9 fight win streak, is coming off of wins against Demian Maia and Mark Munoz. Silva is looking to defend the belt he has owned since October of 2006. 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Below you can see the line where Anderson Silva (-278) is the favorite over Chris Weidman (+222). &nbsp; Challenger Chris Weidman, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[95,220,3207,649,4232,3466,4265,4264,16],"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>Betting Odds: Anderson Silva Opens As Favorite Over Chris Weidman | UFC NEWS | 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\/betting-odds-anderson-silva-opens-as-favorite-over-chris-weidman-ufc-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Betting Odds: Anderson Silva Opens As Favorite Over Chris Weidman | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to BestFightOdds.com, Anderson Silva has opened up as the favorite against Chris Weidman at UFC 162. 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