Another one went into the history books tonight, fans and friends: UFC 126 “Silva vs. Belfort” is now a thing of the past. Despite a few misses, especially the underwhelming bout between Miguel Torres and Antonio Banuelos, the night was eventful to say the least. Jon Jones earned a surprise title shot shortly after demolishing Ryan Bader, as it was announced that then-current top contender Rashad Evans had blown out his knee. Now Jones will face his date with destiny and challenge for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Mauricio Rua. And in the main event, Anderson Silva busted out a bizarre front kick that nevertheless knocked Vitor Belfort senseless, prolonging the win-streak that has seen “The Spider” never lose, not even once, in his time inside the Octagon. Here are the full results to UFC 126 “Silva vs. Belfort”.
Anderson Silva defeats Vitor Belfort by KO (Front Kick and Punches) at 3:29 of Round 1. Forrest Griffin defeats Rich Franklin by Unanimous Decision. Jon Jones defeats Ryan Bader by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 4:20 of Round 2. Jake Ellenberger defeats Carlos Eduardo Rocha by Split Decision. Miguel Torres defeats Antonio Banuelos by Unanimous Decision. Donald Cerrone defeats Paul Kelly by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:48 of Round 2. Chad Mendes defeats Michihiro Omigawa by Unanimous Decision. Demetrious Johnson defeats Norifumi Yamamoto by Unanimous Decision. Paul Taylor defeats Gabe Ruediger by KO (Kick) at 1:42 of Round 2. Kyle Kingsbury defeats Ricardo Romero by TKO (Strikes) at 0:21 of Round 1. Mike Pierce defeats Kenny Robertson by TKO (Strikes) at 0:29 of Round 2.
I’m incredibly happy for Anderson Silva right now, and to those thinking that “The Spider” is back, I honestly think that’s not true. He never left in the first place. Say what you will about his occasional antics inside the cage, but this fight with Belfort once again proved why Anderson Silva is one of the best of all time and will likely go down as the most dominant UFC champion of all time. I never doubted Silva, I never stopped being a fan of Silva, and I’ll always believe in Anderson Silva. Because if that crazy front kick of doom told us anything, it’s that Anderson Silva still has plenty of tricks left up his sleeve.
I was equally impressed with Jon Jones, who once again proved why I’ll never again bet against him. Jones beat Bader and made it look easy… he’s beaten everybody and made it look easy, even if he accidentally got himself disqualified one time. I’ll say this right now, loudly and proudly and for all to see: Jon Jones is the next UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jones will blitzkrieg Mauricio Rua and “Shogun” will have nothing for him. “Bones” will reduce Rua’s already-damaged knees to rubble with constant takedowns, and he’ll either choke him out or knock him out. Rua won’t be able to deal with Jones’ ground game, explosiveness, or stand-up. “The Era of Bones” is only a few months away.
And that’s my early commentary, fans and friends. Overall, I enjoyed this event even though some of the bouts were a bit under-whelming. I still think that the UFC is off to an amazing start in 2011, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
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The only reason I bought the UFC pay per view last night was for Anderson Silva, Forrest Griffin and Jon Jones, all three of whom I’ve been following for a while and like as fighters.
But I was overall disappointed with the UFC cards both in general lately and this time, too. Jon Jones was literally twice as good as his opponent. Forrest Griffin was also much better than his opponent. And Anderson Silva actually had to force himself to make mistakes and create openings to get his opponent to commit to a fight, at which point Anderson destroyed his opponent. Anderson was at least twice as fast and twice as good as Vitor. Anderson’s hands and feet were moving way, way, way faster.
Do I like Vitor as a person? Sure, but he wasn’t close to as good as Anderson. As for Jon Jones’ opponent, I hated him when in the weigh ins he would not shake hands or be nice to Jon, so I wanted Jon to whip his butt, and Jon did.
UFC had three great half-cards. They can’t get a good opponent for GSP. And they can’t get a good opponent for Anderson Silva (Chael doesn’t count–Chael cheated), and they can’t even get an opponent for Jon. UFC seems to do a good job of getting a few people who are very good, but UFC doesn’t seem to be good at all at getting two or more in the same weight class.
So for now I’ll keep buying the GSP’s and Silva’s and Jones and Griffin’s, but I’m not liking it for 55 bucks, and I don’t see me doing it much longer with Strikeforce having so much more balanced and skilled matches overall without the fifty-five buck price tag.
Yea Jones is only 23 too, crazy to think he’s only been training MMA for 3 years and he’s as good as he is… gives us all hope!
I agree Jones vs Silva will be a good match up. Both good strikers, long legs that will bring you to hell.
Yeaaaaaaaaaah! Jon Jones is the truth! He WILL be the champion after UFC 128…No one will stop this guy…..GSP vs. Silva? Maybe…Superfight sleeper is Jones Vs. Silva, in a few years! watch!