It will gonna be another exciting episode of the UFC 117 which will be brought to you by the Ultimate Fighting Championship this coming August 7, 2010, Saturday, 9:00 pm ET, live via Pay-per-view and on Spike TV.

The main event will feature Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen. This episode will held this time in Oakland, California. The UFC fight predictions are a close pick.  UFC fans are saying that Sonnen might win over Silva if the match will be decided by a pre-fight trash talk.

Sonnen fought 35 times with a great record of 24 wins, 7 loss via KO and 3 via submission and 14 via decision. Silva, on the other hand, gave an impressive record for his entire UFC career with 26 wins and only 4 losses with one disqualification.

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Updates:

This is the day for Silva as he rules the UFC 117 Main Event and retains his title as the UFC middleweight champion. During the fifth round, Silva lands a big leg kick to start the round but tries another and Sonnen takes him down. Silva trying to land elbows off his back. Half-guard now for Sonnen. On the other hand, Sonnen got trapped in a triangle choke which gave the way to end the fight in 1:50 remaining. As a results, Silva win the fight and proclaim as the champion of the said match.

And to give you the final results and main highlights of the other fight:

UFC 117 Preliminary card

• Welterweight bout: Hallman defeated Saunders via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).
• Heavyweight bout: Struve defeated Morecraft via TKO (punches) at 0:22 of round 2. This bought was broadcast on PPV following the Guida vs. dos Anjos fight.
• Light Heavyweight bout: Boetsch defeated Brown by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
• Welterweight bout: Hendricks defeated Brenneman via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 2.
• Light Heavyweight bout: Davis defeated Wallace via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
• Welterweight bout: Story defeated Hazelett via TKO (punches) at 1:15 of round 2.

UFC 117 Main card

• Heavyweight bout: dos Santos defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
• Welterweight bout: Hughes defeated Almeida via Technical Submission (Anaconda Choke) at 3:15 of round 1.
• Lightweight bout: Guida defeated dos Anjos via submission (broken jaw) at 1:51 of round 3.

The highly anticipated match of the month was concluded, we had witnessed two brave and talented fighters go hand-in-hand with each other in a fight until the end. Its Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen, it was an exciting match-up as the middleweight championship belt is on the line. The fight on the octagon happened right here at Oracle Arena in Oakland California at exactly 9:00PM ET today. At the end and expected Silva retain his championship belt and won via submission. Silva managed to secure a triangle choke hold at 3:10 minutes into round 5 of the match.

Kindly refer below for the official fight card and updated weigh in result as follows:

Main Card:

Anderson Silva (183 lbs) vs Chael Sonnen (183 lbs)

Jon Fitch (170.5 lbs) vs Thiago Alves (171.5 lbs – Failed) “Catch weight of 171 lbs

Clay Guida (156 lbs) vs Rafael dos Anjos (156 lbs)

Matt Hughes (170.5 lbs) vs Ricardo Almeida (170.5 lbs)

Roy Nelson (263 lbs) vs Junior dos Santos (240 lbs)

Preliminary Card:

Dustin Hazelett (169.5 lbs) vs Rick Story (169.5 lbs)

Phil Davis  (205.5 lbs) vs Rodney Wallace (206 lbs)

Tim Boetsch (206 lbs) vs Todd Brown (206 lbs)

Johny Hendricks (171 lbs) vs Charlie Brenneman (171 lbs)

Stefan Struve (247 lbs) vs Christian Morecraft (263 lbs)

Ben Saunders (171 lbs) vs Dennis Hallman (171 lbs)

Prediction: With the current standing of Anderson Silva and his latest achievement, it is safe to say that he can make this fight exciting. However, the knock out artist is determined to finally change the Middleweight Champion. Who will make it out alive? We’ll see in a short while. Still I am for Anderson Silva, his record can already speak for himself.

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