UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen

[Brian in Mesa]

UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen
Oakland, California
August 7, 2010

Preliminary card

* Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders vs. Dennis Hallman

Spoiler

Hallman defeated Saunders via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).

* Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Christian Morecraft

Spoiler

Struve defeated Morecraft via TKO (punches) at 0:21 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman

Spoiler

Hendricks defeated Brenneman via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 2.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Todd Brown

Spoiler

Boetsch defeated Brown by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Phil Davis vs. Rodney Wallace

Spoiler

Davis defeated Wallace via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).

* Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story

Spoiler

Story defeated Hazelett via TKO (punches) at 1:15 of round 2.

Main card

* Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Junior dos Santos

Spoiler

Dos Santos defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).

* Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida

Spoiler

Hughes defeated Almeida via technical submission (anaconda choke) at 3:15 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos

Spoiler

Guida defeated dos Anjos via submission (broken jaw) at 1:51 of round 3.

* Catchweight bout (171.5 Ibs): Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves

Spoiler

Fitch defeated Alves via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

* Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen

Spoiler

Silva defeated Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 5 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship. This was only one of three fights in UFC history to end in the 5th round. The others were Randy Couture vs. Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 36, and B. J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107.

 

[hsandhu]

Sonnen's mouth may have single handedly done this show 200,000 extra buys. That's 10 million dollars extra, he deserves at least a million.

I really hope he can find a way to win. Chael as champion would be great.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Sonnen's mouth may have single handedly done this show 200,000 extra buys. That's 10 million dollars extra, he deserves at least a million.

I really hope he can find a way to win. Chael as champion would be great.

No doubt.

I just watched all of the pre-fight garbage-talking between these two. Priceless !!!

 

[Shzm13]

Thumbs up for Sonnen, fully deserved to win, but didnt finish.

Silva is amazing

 

[Mathew81]

Sonnen dominated for 4 and a half rounds but you can never count Silva out. Too bad as I wanted Sonnen to win.

 

[SunsTzu]

Sonnen dominated for 4 and a half rounds but you can never count Silva out. Too bad as I wanted Sonnen to win.

Yeah that was a heart breaking loss. I hope there is a re-match.

 

[CorporalCardinal]

There probably will be, they could spin this into a huge chunk of money.