Sonnen impatiently paced, pointing at and calling for Silva as he waited. He would have his chance soon enough, as referee Josh Rosenthal called both men to the center of the Octagon. Sonnen immediately closed the gap on Silva, but was unable to get him to the mat.
After a few seconds, the two rose, and Sonnen continued to land with strikes until taking Silva down hard and pinning him against the fence. By the midway point, it looked like Silva had cleared his head, even though Sonnen kept landed with punches while looking for a choke. Finally, the bell rang, giving Silva a much-needed break from the assault.
Silva came out fast for round two, intent on getting his respect from Sonnen. With none forthcoming, Silva tried to land some elbows from the bottom as Sonnen peppered him, but the shots were having no effect on the Oregon native. Instead, Sonnen seemed to get stronger as the round progressed, with Silva having no answers for him.
A big right hand from Silva opened up round three as Sonnen rushed him, and he followed up seconds later with a spinning back kick. None seemed to affect Sonnen, who took Silva back to the mat. A series of knees to the thigh and punches to the head followed, with Silva making no attempt to escape. Sonnen kept his followers happy with more ground strikes, wrapping up another one-sided round in his favor. Silva finally got the fight where he wanted it in round four, rocking Sonnen with a series of bad intentioned strikes before getting the challenger on his back.
A short left hand knocked Silva off balance and down early in the final stanza, and Sonnen immediately pounced on him and continued the attack that had won him the first four rounds. Again, Silva tried to potshot from the bottom, but it was clear that he was going to need a miracle to win the belt. Well, with a little more than two minutes to go, he got it, as he sunk in a triangle choke. Sonnen tried to resist, but he eventually tapped at the mark. And though Sonnen protested the tap, replays showed otherwise, and the belt remained in the hands of the pride of Curitiba.
With the win, Silva, who claimed a rib injury almost kept him out of the bout, improves to ; Sonnen falls to At the midway point, with still no meaningful action, Silva began showboating, with Belfort finally firing off a Moments later, Belfort caught a Silva kick and the two tumbled to the mat.
And as soon as the bout began to heat up, there was no doubt that the Curitiba native was going to send his home country fans away happy. Showing little emotion before the opening bell, Okami came right at Silva to begin the fight, and the champion smoothly moved around the Octagon, feinting and keeping the challenger from committing.
Two minutes in, Silva started opening up a bit, not fully unleashing his arsenal but giving his foe something to think about. Okami responded by looking for the takedown, but when it came up empty, he pushed off and resumed the standup duel. In the final 30 seconds, Okami scored with a couple of punches, which prompted Silva to finish up the round with a jarring left kick to the head. Silva came out fast in round two, with kicks to the leg and punches to the head.
Okami weathered the storm initially, but as Silva dropped his hands, the champion dropped the challenger with a straight right. Anderson Silva Uriah Hall. Silva Oct. Anderson Silva Jared Cannonier. Andrade May. Anderson Silva Israel Adesanya.
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