anderson silva highlights

Silva has given us something beautiful and expected many times over, but nothing compares to the front kick that torched Belfort.Joe Rogan shouted the now famous call, "He front-kicked him in the face!" No one really knew.

He got Silva on his back early in the fight.Silva got back up briefly, but Lutter took him back down. Sonnen's big mistake was allowing Silva to hold onto his right wrist.After nearly a minute, Silva finally found the moment to attack and slipped his leg over the right arm of Sonnen for the triangle choke.

That is, only if one other man agrees. But it was the front kick that captivated fans around the world. No one was expecting Sonnen to do what he did, but as it was happening, no one was expecting Silva to do what Silva kept his streak alive and beat his biggest rival in one of the most classic title fights in UFC history.After Silva's amazing comeback over Sonnen, he was given Vitor Belfort. Despite being 45 years old, former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva doesn’t The post The UFC’s annual MMA celebration, “International Fight Week,” is one of the most keenly-awaited moments of the year, as the promotion stacks the deck with multiple title fights and, sometimes, multiple cards in Las Vegas for a full week of fan-friendly events, capped off by a stacked show (or two or three).

Always free!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Welcome to “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. Silva flew with a flying knee early in the first round. Silva dodged a couple more wild punches from Belfort before resetting. Sonnen tried to defend, and Silva added in an armbar. Henderson came up just short.

Henderson would give up his back where Silva then applied the body triangle to lock down the position.Silva found the rear-naked choke and finished the fight.Once again, Silva beat his opponent where they were supposed to have the advantage, and in doing so he also defended the UFC. In MMA, failure is assured. His charm outside the cage was even overshadowed by his skills inside it.He burst onto the scene with utter devastation and helped the UFC ascend to the top of the sport. Second, many believed that Henderson's jaw and wrestling skills would make this the toughest test of "The Spider's" career at the time. The challenger sought to get the fight back to the floor, but Silva defended and ended up on top. Anderson Silva 's legendary career is not over yet. He became one of the company's biggest stars and gained a legion of fans along the way. Could Griffin just bully Silva around?Silva did not just beat Griffin that night. Lutter took it well, caught his leg and put Silva on his back. Former PRIDE welterweight and middleweight champion, the equivalent to the UFC's middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, Dan Henderson was the center of that marketing.They booked him against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in a title unification bout. He barely missed connecting with a violent right hook. Lutter even had Silva mounted in the first.At the beginning of the second round, Lutter put Silva on the ground again after Silva tried a low kick. One of the biggest stars in UFC history is one step closer to making his Octagon return. Sonnen was on his way to becoming the middleweight champion.Sonnen tagged Silva again in the opening moments of the fifth round that put Silva on the canvas. As he was backing away, Silva pelted Griffin right on the chin with a right hand.Griffin ran to the back before the decision could even be read.Silva annihilated the former world champion.

He worked from the guard and looked to be riding his way to the championship. The second time was a beautiful defensive display where he dodged every strike Griffin threw and followed it with an accurate rebuttal.