Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Changing of the Guard?

Chris Weidman:

 - Challenges for Silva's middleweight title at UFC 162

 - Defeated Mark Munoz (ranked #3 at the time) and Demian Maia (ranked #6 at the time) on 10 days notice

 - Currently has a 19% chance of beating Anderson Silva

 - Higher than Chael Sonnen's second attempt at 18%







Johny Hendricks:

 - Challenges for St-Pierre's welterweight title at a date TBD

 - Defeated former interim champion Carlos Condit (ranked #2 at the time) and Martin Kampmann (ranked #3 at the time)

 - Currently has a 23% chance of beating Georges St-Pierre

 - Highest chance since UFC 94's BJ Penn at 29%






Anthony Pettis:

 - Challenges for Aldo's featherweight title at UFC 163

 - Former WEC Lightweight champion and the last person to defeat current UFC lightweight Champion Ben Henderson

 - Currently has a 32% chance of beating Jose Aldo

 - The highest chance of victory against Jose Aldo to date