Anyone watch UFC 117?
I thought it was great. Roy Nelsons got a chin! Matt Hughes is a beast. Spider was beat up for 4 rounds then pulls of the submission with 2 minutes left! Dana White president of UFC got what he wanted Spider was actually coming out fighting...exactly what Dana said he would be forced to do by his opponent.
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 (modified front headlock) at 3:15 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Guida defeated dos Anjos via submission (jaw injury) at 1:51 of round 3.
- Catchweight bout (171.5 lbs): 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 39, and B. J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107.
- Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.[13]
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