UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen Fight Video Result

The most anticipated rematch in UFC history took less then seven minutes to play out.

In a bout two years in the making, Anderson Silva pounced on a mistake made by his most heated rival, Chael Sonnen, and quickly finished the bout. Silva, who has been UFC middleweight champion for nearly six years, retained his title via TKO at 1:55 of the second round in the main event of UFC 148.
In their first bout in the summer of 2010 at UFC 117 in Oakland, Sonnen dominated Silva for four-and-a-half rounds before Silva scored a stunning submission victory, the first time in UFC history a fighter won the first four rounds and then lost in the fifth.

It seemed like more of the same in round one at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, as Sonnen, a former collegiate wrestler from West Linn, Ore., instantly scored a takedown on Silva and spent the entire round working him over from top position.

In the second round, though, Sonnen went for a spinning back elbow, a rarely used, flashy move, and missed wildly, landing on the canvas. Silva responded with a knee to the body and several right hands before referee Yves Levigne stopped the fight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this sport is the best sport in the world," said Silva. "Me and Chael work hard for all the people here. Chael disrespected my country, but that's fine. That is nothing for me. This is a sport, this is UFC. Yeah."

With the win, Silva added to several UFC records, including consecutive wins (15) and successful title defenses (10).

Earlier in the evening on the same fight card, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz let it all hang out in the final fight of his career.

But the man who helped put the modern-day UFC on the map came up short, losing the third fight of his trilogy with fellow former champion Forrest Griffin.

Ortiz (16-11-1), who was champion from 2000-03, had his moments in the bout and decisively won the third round, but the judges scored the bout 29-28 across the board for Griffin.

In a bizarre post fight scene, Griffin, thinking he had lost, fled the Octagon, and had to be forced to return to the cage. The crowd booed Griffin lustily after being announced as the winner.

Ortiz, of Huntington Beach, Calif., reiterated after the bout that he was done."I gave it my all," Ortiz told Griffin. "I gave it my all. This is my last fight tonight. I've been doing this for 15 years, man."

Ortiz won their first bout in 2006 via split decision; Griffin took a split decision in a 2009 rematch.

Veteran Cung Le (10-2) won for the first time in the UFC by taking a unanimous decision in a slugfest against Quebec City's Patrick Cote (17-8). The 40-year old former kickboxing champion from San Jose used his arsenal of kicks to by and large keep Cote, a classic power puncher, off balance and out of range. All three judges gave Le the bout on 30-27 scores.