Anderson Silva is king of the middleweights
Anderson Silva erased all doubt that he is the world’s top middleweight fighter when he choked out Dan Henderson at UFC 82: Pride of a Champion.
Silva retained the UFC middleweight title and unified it with Henderson’s Pride 185-pound championship.
Henderson hung in there with Silva early. However, Silva used his skills as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to take over on the mat, winning with a rear naked choke at 4:52.
Chris Leben moved closer to a shot at Silva with a convincing win over Alessio Sakara of Italy. Leben floored Sakara with a left and pounded his way to a TKO victory at 3:16.
In a battle of heavyweight contenders, Heath Herring won a split decision over Cheick Kongo of France. Kongo looked great at first, but he didn’t have a solid strategy to put Herring away. Herring recovered and controlled the pace on the mat in Rounds 2 and 3 to pick up the win.
Japanese welterweight Yushin Okami knocked out Evan Tanner with a knee strike at 3 minutes of Round 2.
Also, John Fitch won a unanimous decision over Chris Wilson in the middleweight opener; and Josh Koscheck defeated Dustin Hazelett on a TKO in Round 2.
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