UFC odds gurus would likely agree that pound for pound the best all-around fighters in the UFC betting odds are the middleweight fighters.
Larger fighters tend to lack the agility of the middleweights and the fighters in the lighter UFC odds weight classes tend to lack the power. The middleweights seem to have the perfect balance of speed and power and that’s what makes them such a compelling UFC odds class to bet on.
UFC odds currently list the reigning champ, Anderson Silva as the top middleweight fighter which should come as no surprise to anyone with a pulse and brain. Anderson has proven consistently that he is not only the best in middleweight UFC odds but arguably the best fighter in the UFC betting odds period. Some sports betting fans would even go so far as to call Silva the best fighter on the planet regardless of the UFC odds or boxing or MMA or gator wrestling or anything else. Put your hands down one of the greatest fighters ever to appear in the UFC betting odds.
Just the latest in a long line of Brazilian champions in the UFC odds, Silva is currently the king of the UFC odds and a sure-fire hall of famer someday. He’s held the middleweight title for almost four years and right now there seems to be no one in his weight class who can give him a run for his money in the UFC odds. He’s a tremendously talented fighter and one of the all-time UFC betting odds greats.
The list of the best of the rest in Silva’s UFC odds weight class is headed by Rich Franklin who -in the absence of Silva- would likely be the UFC odds champ right now. He was the best of the middleweights until Silva burst on the scene and stole his title a UFC odds event. Franklin has been among the leading middle-weight contenders ever since.
Nate Marquardt and Yushin Okami are also right there in the mix and in the minds of many UFC odds fans could be better than Franklin. Evan Tanner is another name that many UFC odds experts think could challenge for the title after Silva retires as is Jason McDonald.
But any way you look at it, the middleweight UFC odds are dominated by one right now: Anderson Silva. And until he retires -which will happen at the end of his current contract- the rest of the weight classes will simply be UFC odds contenders.