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The moments were ticking away on Anderson Silva‘s long reign, and the Oakland, California crowd was already preparing to crown Chael Sonnen. To the surprise of millions, the Oregon native had dominated every minute, virtually every second of their UFC 117 middleweight title fight. The bout was so lopsided, in fact, that Compustrike sent out press alerts as the fight went on to quantify the absurdity of what we were witnessing.
Sonnen, the first notice announced, had outstruck Silva 51-2 in the first round. The second alert was even more astounding. Through three rounds, Sonnen had outlanded the champion 218-11. The king is dead, the announcements seemed to be saying.
By the end, the numbers were staggering. Mind-blowing, really. Sonnen set a Compustrike record, landing 289 blows, to only 29 for Silva. Yet somehow, some way, Silva was the one to get up and walk away with the belt.