Another contender. Another win for Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n
UFC’s longest-running champion made the accomplished Yushin Okami look mediocre in yet another successful Middleweight Championship defense Saturday. And this time it took place in his home nation of Brazil.<\/p>\n
The Rio-based UFC 134 show saw Silva improve his UFC record to 14-0. Perhaps more importantly for Silva, the victory came over Okami, who scored a disqualification victory over Silva–Silva’s last loss–in a 2006 Rumble on the Rock fight.<\/p>\n
Despite training with Chael Sonnen, who demonstrated a blueprint for fighting Anderson Silva in his near-victory last year, Okami had nothing for Silva. The fairly-even first round ended with Silva loosening up and crushing Okami with a high kick, and with a comfortable Silva thus present in round two, Okami had no chance. Silva ultimately dropped Okami, before finishing with some punishing ground and pound.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the night, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua also got to avenge a loss–that to Forrest Griffin in his UFC debut. In that fight, a combination of Shogun’s injuries and size disadvantage seemed to throw him for an unexpected curve. In this one, Shogun put Griffin right down, before using ground and pound to get a first-round stoppage.<\/p>\n
Full results follow:<\/b>
\nYves Jabouin b. Ian Loveland via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
\nYuri Alcantara b. Felipe Arantes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
\nErick Silva b. Luis Ramos via TKO (punches) at :40 of Round One
\nRaphael Assuncao b. Johnny Eduardo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
\nPaulo Thiago b. David Mitchell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)<\/p>\n
Rousimar Palhares b. Dan Miller via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-27, 30-25)
\nThiago Tavares b. Spencer Fisher via TKO (punches) at 2:51 of Round Two<\/p>\n
Stanislav Nedkov b. Luiz Cane via TKO (punches) at 4:20 of Round One
\nAntonio Rodrigo Nogueira b. Brendan Schaub via KO (punches) at 3:09 of Round One
\nEdson Barboza b. Ross Pearson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
\nMauricio Shogun Rua b. Forrest Griffin via KO (punches) at 1:53 of Round One
\nAnderson Silva b. Yushin Okami via TKO (punches) at 2:04 of Round Two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n