Anderson Silva

UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort brought an unforgettable title defense to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on February 5, 2011. Anderson Silva stopped Vitor Belfort with a front kick and punches to keep the middleweight championship. The eleven-fight event also paired former champions Forrest Griffin and...

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida took place on November 20, 2010, at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson defeated Lyoto Machida by split decision in the light heavyweight main event. BJ Penn knocked out Matt Hughes in just 21 seconds in their welterweight...

UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen took place on August 7, 2010, at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The UFC’s first Oakland event ended with Anderson Silva retaining his middleweight championship through a fifth-round submission of Chael Sonnen. Junior dos Santos, Jon Fitch, Matt Hughes and Clay Guida also won...

Brock Lesnar survived a punishing first round and returned with a submission to unify the heavyweight championship at UFC 116. The July 3, 2010, event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas also featured Chris Leben’s late finish of Yoshihiro Akiyama and Stephan Bonnar’s successful rematch with...

UFC 112 brought two title fights to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on April 10, 2010, and left the divisions with very different stories. Frankie Edgar defeated BJ Penn to become lightweight champion, while Anderson Silva retained the middleweight title against Demian Maia in a performance that drew widespread...

UFC 97: Redemption returned to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, on April 18, 2009. Anderson Silva retained the middleweight championship against Thales Leites, while Mauricio “Shogun” Rua stopped Chuck Liddell in the first round. The twelve-fight event paired an important title defense with a dramatic change in momentum...

UFC 91 brought a change at the top of the heavyweight division on November 15, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Brock Lesnar stopped defending champion Randy Couture in the second round, earning the title in only his fourth professional MMA fight. Beneath that headline,...

UFC 90 brought the promotion to the Chicago area on October 25, 2008, with a middleweight championship fight at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Anderson Silva retained his title when Patrick Côté suffered a knee injury, but the evening’s most emphatic arrival belonged to heavyweight newcomer Junior dos Santos,...

On March 1, 2008, Anderson Silva retained the middleweight championship by submitting Dan Henderson at UFC 82: Pride of a Champion. Their main event at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, ended with a rear-naked choke at 4:52 of the second round....

Silva wins the rematch in Cincinnati The champion entered with the belt he had won in October 2006. Franklin’s local support added atmosphere and meaning to the event’s name, but the title still belonged to Silva. The challenger’s task was to find a way past an opponent whose clinch...

Jardine defeats Liddell by split decision The headliner was a three-round, non-title light heavyweight fight. Both men were returning from knockout defeats at UFC 71: Liddell had lost his championship to Quinton Jackson, and Jardine had been stopped by Houston Alexander. Anaheim offered each a chance to recover against...

Silva finishes Marquardt in the opening round Marquardt offered a credible test for Silva: an experienced contender with a strong grappling background rather than a challenger expected simply to trade strikes. He took the champion down during the first round, giving the fight an early tactical dimension. Silva remained...

A weight miss removes the title stakes Lutter had earned a championship opportunity through The Ultimate Fighter 4, but his failure to make the middleweight title limit changed the main event into a non-title contest. Silva’s belt therefore was not at stake. The distinction matters: beating Lutter added a...

On October 14, 2006, UFC 64: Unstoppable crowned two champions at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Anderson Silva stopped Rich Franklin at 2:59 of the first round to take the middleweight title. Sean Sherk defeated Kenny Florian by unanimous decision to win the vacant lightweight championship....

Uriah Hall is a Jamaican-American former UFC middleweight known as “Prime Time.” He announced that he was stepping away from MMA in August 2022. Early Life and Martial Arts Background Hall joined the UFC in 2013 Hall is a Jamaica-born fighter who developed his martial arts at Tiger Schulmann’s...

On April 10, 2010, Demian Maia challenged Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, losing by unanimous decision after five rounds. Jiu-jitsu expertise in MMA Brazilian fighter Demian Maia brought world-class Brazilian jiu-jitsu to the UFC after building a career in grappling competition....

On October 14, 2006, Anderson Silva tore through Rich Franklin at UFC 64 in Las Vegas, winning the middleweight championship by first-round TKO. Clinch…...