Anderson Silva likely to end Chael Sonnen’s hot streak at UFC 117

Trying to predict the outcome of most UFC fights can often be like guessing tomorrow’s lottery numbers as it can all be over in the matter of a few seconds if somebody gets caught in a choke hold and is forced to tap out.

When it comes to the Chael Sonnen (24-10-1) vs Anderson Silva (26-4) middleweight fight at the UFC 117 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on Aug. 7th, though, it looks like Silva should take this one. Sonnen basically earned the right to take him on after beating Nate Marquardt by a unanimous decision in UFC 109. But does he really have what it takes to beat Silva?

The Los Angeles Angels bolstered their starting rotation for the final two months of the season on Sunday when they pulled the trigger on a deal for Diamondbacks ace Dan Haren. Haren is 7-8 with a 4.60 earned run average, while striking out 141 batters. His last start for Arizona was a win over the Mets, in which he lasted six innings.

In return, Los Angeles shipped Joe Saunders to Arizona, along with several minor league prospects. Saunders is 6-10 on the season with a 4.62 earned run average. In his last outing as an Angel, he went seven innings in a 1-0 loss at divisional leading Texas.

The Angels are in need of pitching help, as they sit with a 4.40 team earned run average, which ranks them 23rd in all of baseball. Joel Piniero is leading the team in wins, with 10, while Jered Weaver has a team best earned run average of 3.22.

After the recent post about Louis Oosthuizen looking like Shrek I got to thinking about other sport personalities that also resemble different characters from movies or TV Shows. So I decided to liven things up on this boring no good Tuesday with some pics of sports celebs that look like TV characters. If you know of any sport stars that have an unknown twin running around out out there feel free to post about it in the comments section below and we will try to update the post with some more pics.

Rory McIlroy (Pro Golfer) – Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons Character)

Patrick Kerney (NFL PLayer) – Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story Character)

Ronaldinho (Soccer Player) – Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars Character)

Franck Ribery (Soccer Player) – Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)

While the premise of the World Cup is still a great idea, the tournament actually showed all that is wrong with the sport of football instead of showcasing its good points. There was cheating, diving, poor officiating, security breaches, bad tackles, rugby fouls, strange rules, time wasting, a controversial ball, empty seats, and so on. So all in all it was a typical FIFA-operated tournament.

It seems FIFA shoots itself in the foot most chances it gets. When the biggest story of the World Cup involves a game-predicting octopus, then it’s time the sport was overhauled. Do you remember any great goals, games, and saves from the event? Sure, there were a few fine performances, most notably those of Diego Forlan, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, and Thomas Mueller, because they scored goals. The best of them were struck from distance by Holland’s Giovanni van Bronkhurst and Argentina’s Carlos Tevez, and there were some fine saves, but something was lacking.