Silva

By FCF Staff

Despite promptly taking Anderson Silva down to the mat and remaining on top throughout the first round, Chael Sonnen was stopped by the reigning UFC Middleweight Champion tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After dominating round one, Sonnen was unable to take Silva down in round two, and after missing a spinning back fist the challenger fell to the mat. Silva capitalized on the position by blasting Sonnen to the chest with a knee, and after Silva landed several more punches from above, the bout was called to a halt.

Afterwards, Silva made amends with his rival Sonnen, and invited the outspoken middleweight to a “barbeque at his house.”

Here are the official results from UFC 148.

Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen by TKO R2 1:55 (punches)
Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Cung Le def. Patrick Cote via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Demian Maia def. Dong Hyun Kim via TKO (injury) R1, 0:47
Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie via TKO (strikes) R1, 0:31
Mike Easton def. Ivan Menjivar via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Melvin Guillard def. Fabricio Camoes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Gleison Tibau via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Constantinos Philippou def. Riki Fukuda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Shane Roller def. John Alessio via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Rafaello Oliveira def. Yoislandy Izquierdo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)