When was ufc 117

Anderson Silva. Lebe jetzt. Chael Sonnen. Jon Fitch. Thiago Alves. Clay Guida. Rafael Dos Anjos. Matt Hughes. Ricardo Almeida.

Roy Nelson. Junior Dos Santos. Dustin Hazelett. Rick Story. Rodney Wallace. Phil Davis. Johny Hendricks. Charlie Brenneman. And I only bring that up to you because I have often wondered would I have done something different if I knew there was only a minute left? It meant that, rather than looking to round off what was looking set to be a landslide decision victory on the scorecards, Sonnen continued to push the pace on Silva and was eventually caught in a triangle armbar that forced the tap at the mark of the fifth and final round.

He is not in the five-round club. Not many guys ever main event or have a title fight or are ever put in five rounds, let alone go the duration. Have I been asleep five hours? Have I been asleep five minutes? You have to look at a clock. Bellator video: Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Johnson face off for first time. Sinead Kavanagh is a to-1 underdog entering Bellator , but Conor McGregor is ready for her to shock the world.

He landed some vicious elbows on Sonnen from his back that cut the challenger open above his left eyebrow. At the start of the fifth round, Silva was smiling and dancing while Sonnen looked pretty beat up. Sonnen was winning the contest four rounds to none. Silva needed to knock out his opponent or make him tap to retain the title. The fifth round began as the previous four did. With Sonnen charging at Silva and swinging wildly before the fight was ultimately brought to the mat with Sonnen using his dominating wrestling skills.

Sonnen applied the pressure some more and it looked like he would be well on his way to doing what he said he would do for months. But then it all went terribly wrong for Sonnen. While swinging away wildly from the top position, the Brazilian jiu-jitzu expert Silva, caught Sonnen in a triangle choke and forced him to tap. At first there was some controversy when referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight.

It was unclear by the live video if Sonnen had tapped. Replays showed however that he did indeep tap out and that Rosenthal made the right call.

Silva's hand was raised in victory, as he successfully defended his middleweight title for the eight straight time. He also extended his undefeated streak to an impressive 13 fights.