UFC 126 Wrap-Up and Bonuses
Posted on February 6, 2011, 01:06 AM by Joey SantosusUFC 126 in Las, Vegas Nevada delivered another exciting night of fights. Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva defeated Vitor Belfort in stunning fashion, knocking out the challenger in the opening round to retain his title. Meanwhile, Light Heavyweight star Jon "Bones" Jones officially graduated from prospect to contender, defeating Ryan Bader via second-round submission to surprisingly become the new number one contender, while both Forrest Griffin and Miguel Torres also picked up important victories.
At the event's post-fight press conference Dana White spoke regarding the future of Silva, confirming that the super-fight between "The Spider" and Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre will in fact be next if GSP wins his next bout with Jake Sheilds. When asked about Yushin Okami, who was previously named number one contender after defeating Nate Marquardt, White said only, "Okami's going to be pissed."
The UFC awarded generous $75,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort Bonuses
Fight of the Night: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly
Submission of the Night: Jon Jones
Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card
Anderson Silva defeats Vitor Belfort by KO at 3.25mins of Rd1
Forrest Griffin defeats Rich Franklin by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Jon Jones defeats Ryan Bader by submission (guillotine choke) at 4.20mins of Rd2
Jake Ellenberger defeats Carlos Eduardo Rocha by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 28-29)
Miguel Torres defeats Antonio Banuelos by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Prelims:
Donald Cerrone defeats Paul Kelly by submission (rear-naked choke) at 3.48mins of Rd2
Chad Mendes defeats Michihiro Omigawa by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Demetrious Johnson defeats Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27 x2)
Paul Taylor defeats Gabe Ruediger by KO at 1.42mins of Rd2
Kyle Kingsbury defeats Ricardo Romero by TKO at 0.21mins of Rd1
Mike Pierce defeats Kenny Robertson by TKO at 0.29mins of Rd2
Photo: Tracy Lee | Yahoo! Sports
Comments
i said smell my toes!!!!
woot woot go silva your the champ u put on amazing fights u have a heart and mind of a true warrior i mean it reminds me of cartoons and heroes and stuff were there losing then come back and win aka cheal and then find out that person cheated and was on drugs go silva muay thai jujitsu is the best wrestling boring and u dont talk trash your epic
Dude take your face out of anderson's ass
Did you know on the right side of the keys, that there is punctuation you can use???
Vitor does have a foot fetish.
I think that may have cured him : )
lol.....
i agree.....
he wont be having any foot fetish anymore...
They be like Silva 'what' can you teach me how to Dougie?
You know why?
Cause Beflort got head kicked whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
**** me... i did not expect that!!
anderson easily beat GSP
i love that. "anderson easily beat gsp" thats a full message? i think your missing out on the whole reason of WHY. gsp has wrestling as good as sonnen and WAY better sub defense. not saying gsp would win but im not saying silva would for sure either
easier fight than vitor for anderson guys GSP might last a little longer but will get knocked out
gsp has good wrestling skills like sonnen but he doesnt have the power sonnen has
Now thats the real Bigfoot Silva
Do you think GSP v Silva would top 2million PPV - I think it would !!!
I also think both will end up in the ER post that fight.
Silva reminds me of kung fu panda in this photo...
ha