UFC 97 Breakdown: The Main Card

Our neighbors to the north play host to some quality mixed martial arts at UFC 97 “Redemption” this Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, as the event serves up our latest fix of fighting goodness from UFC President Dana White and Company. The headliner features the return of pound-for-pound luminary Anderson Silva, who defends his middleweight crown against fellow countryman and grappling ace Thales Leites.

If that ballet of violence does not sate your fistic appetite, other featured bouts include top Brazilian light heavyweight prospect and mean face champion Luis Arthur Cane taking on World Extreme Cagefighting import Steve Cantwell. Throw in a clash of European kickboxers and the UFC debut of a war hero, and you have one more reason to clean out your bank account and buy that 65-inch LCD in time for the pay-per-view.

Precision prognostication and financial follies follow, all courtesy of the man who once thought Alan Greenspan was the same guy who played the title role in “Leprechaun.”