Considering the stakes and the way he ended this fight, the win over Belfort is high on the list. This is going to be violent and I am sorry. If you weren't convinced before this fight, you sure were after. All fighters on the card made their required weight. Coming in, people were thinking that Forrest Griffin, a fighter known for his toughness and size, would be the one to finally truly test "The Spider". Urijah Faber was expected to challenge Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight Championship in the co-main event (after their stint as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter: Live), but a torn ACL forced Cruz off the card. [17] Attendance was 15,104. Chael Sonnen talked more junk leading into this fight about Silva and pretty much everything else he could think of than perhaps any other person in MMA history. Due to a scheduling conflict with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the bout was moved to headline UFC 148 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. First, this was a championship bout. Silva (34-10, 1 NC) is the former UFC middleweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of all time.
Enter then UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin. Silva was in the second most trouble of his UFC career in this fight against TUF champion Travis Lutter (who failed to make weight for the fight, by the way). [2][3] The contest was heavily promoted, featuring the International Fight Week, as well as the preview show UFC Primetime. He's not going to be able to walk out of the Octagon by himself. Hayato Sakurai is still a huge name in the sport. Silva had only absorbed 166 strikes (combined) in his previous 11 matches. At UFC 77, Silva took on Rich Franklin for the second time. What I'm going to do inside the Octagon is something that's going to change the image of the sport. Anderson Silva defeats Dan Henderson by rear naked choke at 4:52 of round two. [41] Sonnen connected with 76 strikes from the top position in the opening round, and held a 22-to-15 edge in significant strikes against Silva. I've got to give him [Sonnen] a lot of credit. For the second time in six years, a leg injury caused by a kick forced former middleweight champion Anderson Silva to bow out of a UFC fight. However, due to an injury sustained by UFC 147 headliner Vitor Belfort, Franklin was pulled from the bout with Le to replace Belfort in a rematch against Wanderlei Silva. Anderson Silva defeats Chris Leben by KO (knee) after 49 seconds in round one. Could he defeat a 205 pound light heavyweight?
People have to remember that at the time of his UFC debut, Silva was considered to be one of the better strikers in MMA. [27][28] As in the first two fights, Ortiz came out strong, but Griffin countered his attacks and ultimately won via unanimous decision. The fight features two of the top strikers in the UFC middleweight division going at it, which should bring plenty of eyeballs to the fight despite taking place on Halloween. Watch On-the-Go Download the UFC Mobile App for past & live fights and more! In that match, Silva (after losing four rounds on points) made Sonnen submit to a triangle choke with 1:50 left in the fight. A few punches later and it was all over. UFC on ESPN+ 39: Hall vs. Silva: Anderson Silva (+155) vs. Uriah Hall (-180) https://t.co/eu93qKXHfw @SpiderAnderson @UriahHallMMA, — BestFightOdds (@BestFightOdds) October 14, 2020. And that's exactly what this Top 10 Anderson Silva Victories list is about- Silva's career highlights. All of which makes Silva's career highlights interesting. The amounts are figures which the UFC disclosed to the state athletic commission; fight bonuses, sponsorship fees and other unofficial bonuses were not disclosed.[44]. Six bouts were televised live on pay-per-view. Yes, that's right- Sonnen, a man with a wrestling background, hurt "The Spider" with strikes. Anderson "The Spider" Silva is the former UFC middleweight champion and one of the most dominant strikers the sport has ever seen. Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall betting odds released, Silva and Hall will meet on October 31 in a five-round middleweight main event, this will be the last fight of Silva’s legendary Hall of Fame career. [19] Roller, a former four-time Oklahoma high school state wrestling champion and a Big 12 Conference Champion at Oklahoma State University,[20] was able to take Alessio down and control his opponent's back on the ground, but was hurt on the feet in the first and third rounds. He's one of those rare fighters whose abilities, in his case, his striking, has literally changed the game. [11], -Keith Kiezer, NSAC executive director. [8], Rich Franklin was expected to return to the middleweight ranks in a bout against Cung Le. Anderson Silva Defeats Hayato Sakurai by decision at Shooto To The Top 7, 8. [23], The fourth fight featured the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Cung Le meeting veteran Patrick Côté at middleweight. [1] It was the seventeenth UFC event of the year. The 45-year-old Brazilian held UFC gold between 2006 and 2013, but ever since losing to Chris Weidman at UFC 162, he just hasn’t been the same. Anderson da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). For the first time in his UFC career, Silva went up against a fighter that many believed had some striking advantages over him. One cageside judge scored it a 10–8 round as Silva was credited with zero strikes. Their first fight had been all Sonnen until the tail end, and fans knew this. Back in 2001 when this fight took place, he was undefeated, having taken out fighters like Luiz Azeredo, Caol Uno, and Frank Trigg. [9], In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the UFC planned five days of festivities (known as International Fight Week) leading up to UFC 148. International Fight Week is expected to be an annual July occurrence, coinciding with a Las Vegas UFC event.
Côté was returning to the UFC after last losing a decision to Tom Lawlor at UFC 121 in October 2010. Team Koscheck, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, "UFC 148 Silva vs. Sonnen II and the 10 most awaited bouts in MMA", "Is Silva vs. Sonnen II the Most Anticipated Fight in UFC History?
After all, Silva was even coming up in weight against him. But beyond the stakes was the actual fight. This bout aired on the broadcast following the Guillard vs Camões bout. The fight was a rematch of the main event at UFC 117, also a contest for the UFC Middleweight Championship. In the end, Silva's pinpoint striking took care of Leben so easily that it was hard not to be impressed. Moments after he found himself in Silva's clinch, he took repeatedly devastating shots to his midsection and face from knees. [40], As the fight finally took place, Sonnen quickly took the champion down in the first round and maintained a dominant position throughout, eventually gaining full mount while attacking with ground-and-pound. Then "The Spider" threw a right hand that dropped Irvin. [22] All three judges scored the bout in favor of Easton, with two scoring it 30–27 while one judge seeing it 29–28 giving Easton the unanimous decision victory. [16] UFC 148 set a mixed-martial-arts gate record in Nevada. He was very gracious, very forgiving. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Here they are below, courtesy of BestFightOdds. Former UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Newton was controlling Silva with takedowns for most of this fight. The event earned $6,901,655 in ticket sales, beating the previous record set at UFC 66. Sonnen is also undefeated since UFC 117, defeating Brian Stann and Michael Bisping and setting the stage for the most-anticipated rematch of the year. [22], In his first fight as a welterweight, former UFC Middleweight title challenger Demian Maia faced Judo black belt Dong Hyun Kim. Silva is an absolute legend of the sport but he is now in the twilight of his career.
[21][26], Hours before the long-awaited rubber match and co-main event of the evening between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin, Ortiz was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Here's how it went down. Instead, what people found out was that when Hendo brought Silva to the ground, he was able to do very little with the position.
It was the kind of win that sold everyone on Silva's potential.
Robert Rousseau is a martial arts expert and a former senior writer for MMA Fighting. Anderson Silva Defeats Vitor Belfort by KO at UFC 126, 3.
Several punches on the ground later, and it was all over. This eventually led to some ground fighting, where the champion connected with a couple of huge right hands that left Marquardt on a street he did not remember. Anderson Silva defeats Travis Lutter by submission (elbows) at 2:11 of round two. Anderson Silva defeats Nate Marquardt by TKO at 4:50 of round one. And that split second of 'where am I,' allowed Silva to connect with a big elbow and eventually take Henderson's back for the choke. Early in the first round, Mendes caught his opponent with a straight right hand to the midsection.
This caught some by surprise, who perceived his remarks as out of character. Back in 2006, people really didn't realize just how good Silva was, nor how talented he was in the Muay Thai clinch. Anderson Silva defeats Forrest Griffin by KO at 3:23 of round one. Instead, fans watched Silva absolutely decimate, even embarrass one of the tougher guys to ever put on MMA gloves in the striking department. [21] It was the first knockout victory for Mendes since 2009.
Anderson Silva Defeats Rich Franklin by TKO at UFC 77, 7. But records didn't matter when he got in there against Silva, who defeated him by decision. Hall opened as a -180 betting favorite. What's more, coming into his bout against Silva, he had only lost once in 11 tries. [12], The event consisted of 11 mixed-martial-arts bouts sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and contested under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. It was the staunchest test of Sonnen's UFC career. Irvin threw a kick that Silva caught.
[39], After Sonnen's win over Nate Marquardt in early 2010, Sonnen became a polarizing figure due to his criticism of Silva and overall trash talk (including comments directed towards Silva's manager, teammates, coaches, wife and home country of Brazil).
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