Diego Sanchez undoubtedly is considered the underdog heading into Saturday's UFC 107 main event with UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn.
But can "The Nightmare" pull off the upset and deliver Penn his second career loss at 155 pounds and his first such defeat in nearly eight years?
We posed the question in our latest weekly poll, and the results were revealed on this past Friday's new edition of "Inside MMA" on HDNet.
The oddsmakers have tapped Penn approximately a 75 percent favorite to win the fight. And fans have predicted pretty much the same.
Thousands of votes were cast, and 72 percent favored Penn as the winner of UFC 107, which takes place Dec. 12 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. The remaining 28 percent of the votes went to Sanchez.
Penn (14-5-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC), who's bounced between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, looks for his second successful title defense of 2009 and his third overall since winning the belt in early 2008. Penn won the vacant belt with a win over Joe Stevenson and defended it against Sean Sherk and Kenny Florian. However, Sanchez (21-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC), many fans argue, brings a type of intensity Penn has rarely seen. The "TUF 1" winner is 2-0 since his drop from welterweight to lightweight with wins over Stevenson (unanimous decision) and Clay Guida (split decision).
Do the oddsmakers and fans have it right? Should Penn be a bigger favorite, or is Sanchez being overlooked?
Source: http://mmajunkie.com/news/17096/poll-results-can-diego-sanchez-win-b-j-penns-title-at-ufc-107.mma
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