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Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC 117

Filed under: UFCAs Anderson Silva made his way to the Octagon in Oakland on Saturday night, Chael Sonnen paced around inside the cage, staring Silva down and beckoning for him to come on inside and get a piece. It was classic pro wrestling-style stuff,…

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As Anderson Silva made his way to the Octagon in Oakland on Saturday night, Chael Sonnen paced around inside the cage, staring Silva down and beckoning for him to come on inside and get a piece. It was classic pro wrestling-style stuff, and it perfectly complimented Sonnen’s entire pre-fight schtick.

That was something I expected from Sonnen on fight night. It was what happened after that really surprised me.

As Silva reminded us several times, talking is easy. Doing it as well and in as consistently entertaining a fashion as Sonnen is a little harder, but it’s still nothing compared to going toe-to-toe with the pound-for-pound best in the sport. Sonnen’s pre-fight routine seemed like an act, but his performance in the fight proved that even if no one else believed he could back up those words, he never doubted it for a second.

UFC 117 Live Blog: Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC 117 live blog for Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves, a welterweight bout on tonight’s pay-per-view from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

Fitch vs. Alves is a rematch from UFC Fight Night 5 in June 2006 where Fitch won by TK…

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This is the UFC 117 live blog for Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves, a welterweight bout on tonight’s pay-per-view from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

Fitch vs. Alves is a rematch from UFC Fight Night 5 in June 2006 where Fitch won by TKO. The winner of this fight will face the winner of Josh Koscheck vs. Georges St-Pierre.

The live blog is below.

UFC 117: Jon Fitch Dominates Thiago Alves

Filed under: UFC, NewsJon Fitch did what he usually does Saturday night at UFC 117, taking Thiago Alves down over and over again, controlling him on the ground, and grinding out a unanimous decision victory.

Fitch has now won by unanimous decision in …

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Jon Fitch did what he usually does Saturday night at UFC 117, taking Thiago Alves down over and over again, controlling him on the ground, and grinding out a unanimous decision victory.

Fitch has now won by unanimous decision in each of his last five fights, and he has clearly established himself as the No. 2 welterweight in MMA, behind only UFC champion Georges St. Pierre.

Chael Sonnen Loses a Heartbreaker to Anderson Silva at UFC 117

Filed under: UFC, NewsOAKLAND, Calif. — Through four and a half rounds of fighting at UFC 117 on Saturday night, Chael Sonnen was the better man. But as UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva demonstrated with a late triangle choke submission, all it t…

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Anderson Silva kicks Chael Sonnen in the main event of UFC 117.OAKLAND, Calif. — Through four and a half rounds of fighting at UFC 117 on Saturday night, Chael Sonnen was the better man. But as UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva demonstrated with a late triangle choke submission, all it takes is a few seconds for an improbable triumph to turn into a heartbreaking defeat.

“I’m devastated,” Sonnen said at the post-fight press conference. “I worked hard and did what I could do all that nice stuff, but at the end of the day you either get your hand raised or you don’t, and I didn’t.”

Sonnen did exactly what he said he’d do to the champion for twenty-three straight minutes. He took him down, roughed him up, and seemed well on his way to a clear-cut, unanimous decision victory. Perhaps most improbably, he also staggered Silva in the stand-up exchanges at several points in the fight.

UFC Welterweight Division will Pretty Much be on ‘Repeat’ for Next 6-8 Months

(Suddenly, Thiago felt overcome by déjà vu. He knew he had been here before. Where had it been? In a dream? In another life? Wait, give him a minute, it’ll come to him. PicProps: Tracy Lee/Yahoo Sports)
Jon Fitch emerged victorio…


(Suddenly, Thiago felt overcome by déjà vu. He knew he had been here before. Where had it been? In a dream? In another life? Wait, give him a minute, it’ll come to him. PicProps: Tracy Lee/Yahoo Sports)

Jon Fitch emerged victorious over Thiago Alves last night at UFC 117 in a fight that – minus the funky up-kick stoppage – looked pretty much just like the pair’s first meeting from 2006. The decision win allegedly puts Fitch in line for a future 170-pound title shot; one everyone assumes will be a do-over of his 2008 loss to Georges St. Pierre. Of course, that’s assuming GSP hangs onto the belt in his scheduled December fight against Josh Koscheck … which will be a rematch of their first fight back in 2007.

What we’re trying to say here is, provided Koscheck doesn’t throw a giant wrench in things at the end-of-the-year show, don’t expect to see any new shit from the UFC welterweight division for the next, oh, six to eight months.

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UFC Welterweight Division will Pretty Much be on ‘Repeat’ for Next 6-8 Months

(Suddenly, Thiago felt overcome by déjà vu. He knew he had been here before. Where had it been? In a dream? In another life? Wait, give him a minute, it’ll come to him. PicProps: Tracy Lee/Yahoo Sports)
Jon Fitch emerged victorio…


(Suddenly, Thiago felt overcome by déjà vu. He knew he had been here before. Where had it been? In a dream? In another life? Wait, give him a minute, it’ll come to him. PicProps: Tracy Lee/Yahoo Sports)

Jon Fitch emerged victorious over Thiago Alves last night at UFC 117 in a fight that – minus the funky up-kick stoppage – looked pretty much just like the pair’s first meeting from 2006. The decision win allegedly puts Fitch in line for a future 170-pound title shot; one everyone assumes will be a do-over of his 2008 loss to Georges St. Pierre. Of course, that’s assuming GSP hangs onto the belt in his scheduled December fight against Josh Koscheck … which will be a rematch of their first fight back in 2007.

What we’re trying to say here is, provided Koscheck doesn’t throw a giant wrench in things at the end-of-the-year show, don’t expect to see any new shit from the UFC welterweight division for the next, oh, six to eight months.

read more