DVD Review: UFC 97: Silva vs. Leites: Anderson Silva, Thales Leites: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: UFC 97: Silva vs. Leites: Anderson Silva, Thales Leites: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 4 August, 04:16 AM

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UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva returns to the Octagon to defend his crown against number one contender Thales Leites in the main event. The pound for pound king has already defended his title more times than anyone in the UFC history, but he faces a tough battle against Leites – winner of five in a row.

UFC 97 Line Up,

By ThomasBJJ (Los Angeles, CA) -

Here’s the full line-up for UFC 97

Eliot Marshall VS Vinny Magalhaes
T.J. Grant VS Ryo Chonan
Mark Bocek VS David Bielkheden
Ed Herman VS David Loiseau
Nate Quarry VS Jason MacDonald
Denis Kang VS Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Luis Cane VS Steve Cantwell
Cheick Kongo VS Antoni Hardonk
Krzysztof Soszynski VS Brian Stann
Mauricio Rua VS Chuck Liddell
Sam Stout VS Matt Wiman
Anderson Silva VS Thales Leites

This was not the best UFC in recent years.

The Good:
Quarry/MacDonald was good, nice finish.
Kongo/Hardonk was a pretty good display of Ground-N-Pound.
Soszynski/Stann had a nice submission of the night.
Rua/Liddell had a nice KO. (KO of the night award)
Cane/Cantwell was entertaining.

The not-so-good:
Silva/Leites: Both fighters got a lot of criticism for this fihgt due to lack of aggression. Turned into a dull fight. I blame Leites more than Silva, but both preformed poorly.
Lots of decisions… some more entertaining than others, but made for lots of long fights, and lots of long fights makes for a long event, and not too many highlights.

If you bought the PPV, this DVD might still be worth getting, as there are six prelim fights that were not on the PPV. and $15 is not too steep either way.

If you didn’t get the PPV, there is some good stuff spread out in here if you are a MMA fan and can appreciate the ground game and strategy.

If you are looking for Knockouts and hard core action, you might skip this one and pick up the UFC 95 & 96 combo DVD that came out last week.
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