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LAS VEGAS — This is the UFC 132 live blog for Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben, a middleweight bout on tonight’s UFC pay-per-view at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Silva (33-10-1) made a successful middleweight debut by defeating Michael Bisping last February at UFC 110. Leben lost to Brian Stann via TKO at UFC 125 in January.
The live blog is below.
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Round 1: They circle in and meet in the center. Silva lands first with a right hand. Silva comes forward with looping hooks, and Leben knocks him off-balance with one straight left. Leben comes up short with one uppercut, then grabs Silva by the back of the head and rocks him with several consecutive left hand uppercuts. Silva drops to his knees and Leben puts him all the way out with another left. Silva is face down and unconscious. He comes to a couple seconds later, trying to pull guard on referee Josh Rosenthal.
Chris Leben def. Wanderlei Silva via KO (punches) at 0:27 of round one.