Watch UFC 97 Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites Live

Watch UFC 97 Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites Live on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Pay-Per-View from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

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Main Fight Card: (PPV)

- Anderson “The Spider” Silva (Champion) Vs. Thales Leites (For Middleweight Title)
- Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell Vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
- Krzysztof “The Polish Experiment”Soszynski Vs. Brian “All American” Stann
- Cheick Kongo Vs. Antoni Hardonk
- Steve “Robot” Cantwell Vs. Luiz “Banha” Cane

Preliminary Fight Card: (may not be aired)

- Denis Kang Vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
- Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald Vs. Nate “Rock” Quarry
- David “The Crow” Loiseau Vs. Ed “Short Fuse” Herman
- Mark Bocek Vs. David Bielkheden
- Ryo “Piranha” Chonan Vs. TJ Grant
- Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout Vs. Matt “Handsome” Wiman

UFC® middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva returns to the Octagon™ on Saturday, April 18th to defend his crown against number one contender Thales Leites in the main event of UFC® 97. The pound for pound king has already defended his title more times than anyone in UFC middleweight history and will battle Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Thales Leites - winner of five in a row.