5. Erick Silva vs. Mike Rhodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxh1fdYKJnA Weight Class: Welterweight Remember when the UFC put Erick Silva (165 (1)) in a headlining slot against Matt Brown? Yeah, we're not sure what they were thinking either, but that was his last fight, a one-sided loss. Brown went on to lose a title eliminator to new champ Robbie Lawler, and Silva is just making it back to the cage now. Silva had a lot of hype behind him when he entered the UFC, but he has been unable to string together back-to-back victories as of yet, and is 4-4 in the promotion, trading wins and losses along the way. He's "due" for a win in that sense, and Mike Rhodes (6-3) has far less experience, but don't count him out. That said, everything favours a Silva submission. He's had two submission of the night awards in his career, and was choked out by Brandon Thatch in the past. Silva, sub, second round.
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