UFC 126: Belfort vs. Silva Results

The referee overseeing the action is Mario Yamaski.

Fighters take the center of the cage and slowly begin to circle. Belfort lightly feinting and Silva responds. Belfort lands a small outside leg kick. Silva stands with his hands down, baiting Belfort, but the challenger doesn’t bite. Belfort leaps in and lands a left. In a scramble Belfort takes Silva down, but Silva stands back up and fires off a knee that lands flush. Silva then lands a front kick flush off of the back foot and drops Belfort to the canvas. Silva follows up with two more punches until the referee was forced to stop the action.

The first round saw Griffin get a quick takedown where he worked ground and pound for the entire round while Rich Franklin was unable to get anything going. It was a dominant round for Griffin and it appeared that Franklin may be in for a very long night. The second round saw the two men do battle mainly on the feet with Griffin again getting the better of the exchanges. This time it was leg kicks and the occasional punch that got through. Franklin would come back fairly strong in the third, landing some nice punches and kicks. SB Nation saw the fight as a 29-28 win for Griffin. The three judges all saw the same score.

Griffin admitted to being rusty after the fight and hopefully he can get right back in the cage to get back to his old form.

Jon Jones controlled the first round with takedowns and positioning on top. Bader was clearly uncomfortable fighting off his back and Jones took advantage, moving to north-south position and looking for a choke. Bader managed to survive but clearly lost the round. In the second Bader had some decent moments and landed a few punches but Jones took over with leg kicks and scored a takedown. From there he secured the neck of Bader and forced the submission with a guillotine choke.

Nevermind, they just announced that it is now Shogun vs. Jones and Rashad Evans is out with a knee injury.

In the first round Rocha managed to get a takedown and move to side control where he dominated the round from side control. There was a brief moment where the fight was almost finished in an americana submission but Ellenberger survived. The second and third rounds were fought standing up with neither man doing much in terms of effective work. Ellenberger would occasionally land punches while Rocha would throw wild shots that tended to miss. In both rounds Ellenberger scored late takedowns to make a case for winning the round.

SB Nation scored the fight 29-28 Ellenberger.

The crowd was not pleased with getting a slow paced strategic effort from Torres but there was no reason for him to risk danger when Banuelos was unwilling to throw punches to try to close the distance. All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Torres.

The fight got started with an odd moment as Kelly and Cerrone went to touch gloves before Kelly pulled back and landed a hard punch. Cerrone wasn’t hurt and got a quick takedown before they ended up back in the stand-up. Kelly was getting the better of the stand-up for the first part of the round before eventually being taken back down. Cerrone landed a hard elbow that opened a nasty cut above Kelly’s eye.

The second round was similar as Kelly was doing well in the stand-up but got taken down again. This time Cerrone moved to mount where he unloaded with punches. Cerrone moved to the back and locked in a body triangle. From there it was a few punches and Cerrone locked up the rear naked choke to force the submission.

For three straight rounds Johnson ducked under the punches of Yamamoto to secure takedowns. Even though Kid was able to get back to his feet in every case it let Johnson set the pace for the fight and win all three rounds on the SB Nation scorecard. Johnson also handled himself ably on the feet, occasionally getting caught but landing solid flurries of his own.

The judges scorecards read 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 all for Demetrious Johnson.