For four-and-a-half rounds, Chael Sonnen was primed to shock the world.
But as the fifth and final round of their UFC 117 main event unfolded,
it was UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva who pulled off the
surprising submission win.
Following his win, Silva admitted through his manager and interpreter,
Ed Soares, that he had been hampered by injury entering the fight. While
readers sent an overwhelming amount of entries to this week’s edition
of “The Sunday Junkie” both in praise of and questioning Silva, our
winning author, “CopperHeart,” focused on a disturbing trend affecting
the sport’s top athletes.