UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen

[baka_boy1221]

UFC 117
Main Card
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Rafael Dos Anjos
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Junior Dos Santos

Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Thiago Silva vs. Tim Boetsch
Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Christian Morecraft
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman
Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders vs. Dennis Hallman
Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace vs. Stanislav Nedkov

UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen

So what do you guys think ... what are your predictions ...

Oh and what do you guys think of the match-up between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen ...?  

[Abrien Sliver]

Igotta side with what Vitor Belfort's camp is saying in that Silva will take it, Sonnen is a boring fighter who most likely won't even be able to put Silva on the mat, while Silva will keep on being a knockout king.  

[Evaded_Death]

silve is going to beat him out cold look what he did to maia and what maia said isnt as bad as what sonnen has said silva is acting like he is cool with evreything but in the octagon he is going to break his face with his muay thai i cant wait for dana white to eat his words  

[baka_boy1221]

UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders > Dennis Hallman
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve > Christian Morecraft
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks > Charlie Brenneman
Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Boetsch > Todd Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Phil Davis > Rodney Wallace
Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett > Rick Story

Main card
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson > Junior dos Santos
Though everyone is choosing dos Santos to win (and this is understandable) ... I believe that Roy Nelson's well-roundedness (pun intended) will care him through this fight ...
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes < Ricardo Almeida
This is no doubt a fight that Almeida wants to win ... seeing that Hughes beat Almeida's teacher: Renzo Gracie ... and I believe Almeida has the tools to do it ... his jiu-jitsu is really good and his striking is very crisp ...
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida > Rafael dos Anjos
Clay Guida is simply a wildman ... he takes people down ... and beats the hell out of them ... but since he moved camps to Greg Jackson's ... he has shown great improvement in his overall game ... which he will no show against dos Anjos
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch > Thiago Alves
Jon Fitch has been much busier and much more well rounded ... and there are a lot of things that are on Alves's mind: weight, that whole brain scan thing, and the fact that he was beat by Fitch before ...
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) - Chael Sonnen
I can't really choose someone for this fight ... I see it going one of two ways ... we will see a very pissed off Anderson Silva come in and blast Chael Sonnen and knock him out cold ... or we will see Sonnen get the takedown and keep dominant position ...  

[Evaded_Death]

silva wins in the very last round by a tiangle choke he was getting battered the whole fight.at least this proves once and for all he can take on more then just jiujitsu fighters  

[baka_boy1221]

mega drakkin lord

silva wins in the very last round by a tiangle choke he was getting battered the whole fight.at least this proves once and for all he can take on more then just jiujitsu fighters

but it shows how bad Silva's takedown defense is ...  

[baka_boy1221]

UFC 117 Results
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders vs. Dennis Hallman
Hallman defeated Saunders via unanimous decision [29–28, 30–27, 29–28].
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Christian Morecraft
Struve defeated Morecraft via TKO (punches) at 0:21 of round 2. This fight was broadcast on PPV following the Guida vs. dos Anjos fight.
Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Todd Brown
Boetsch defeated Brown by unanimous decision [29–28, 29–28, 29–28].
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman
Hendricks defeated Brenneman via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 2.
Light Heavyweight bout: Phil Davis vs. Rodney Wallace
Davis defeated Wallace via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
Story defeated Hazelett via TKO (punches) at 1:15 of round 2.

Main card
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Junior dos Santos
Dos Santos defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
Hughes defeated Almeida via technical submission (anaconda choke) at 3:15 of round 1.
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Guida defeated dos Anjos via submission (broken jaw) at 1:51 of round 3.
Catchweight bout (171.5 Ibs): Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Fitch defeated Alves via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen
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.

Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Knockout of the Night: Stefan Struve
Submission of the Night: Anderson Silva, Matt Hughes  

[Evaded_Death]

baka_boy1221

mega drakkin lord

silva wins in the very last round by a tiangle choke he was getting battered the whole fight.at least this proves once and for all he can take on more then just jiujitsu fighters

but it shows how bad Silva's takedown defense is ...

true but his rib injury could have affected him im noy making excuses for him but we really wont know until he fights another wrestler