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Silva-Sonnen in Rio

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Dana White: Rio de Janeiro Soccer Stadium to Host Silva-Sonnen 2

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

Mar 21, 2012 - The much-anticipated Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen rematch will take place inside a Rio DE Janeiro soccer stadium, Dana White announced at a UFC 149press conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday. The UFC president added that the event will take place in front of 80,000 fans.

White did not specify which venue in Rio would host the card or the date, but sources close to the event have confirmed with MMAFighting.com that it is expected to take place on either June 16 or June 23.

Originally, Silva vs. Sonnen 2 was slated for Sao Paulo, but the organization ran into issues booking a venue in that city, so it appears as though they’ll be returning to Rio for the third time in 10 months.

Interestingly enough, on Tuesday’s episode of UFC Tonight on FUEL TV, Sonnen said he had yet to sign a contract for the rematch. Of course, Silva (31-4) defeated Sonnen (27-11-1) via triangle armbar at UFC 117 in Aug. 2010.

UFC Results

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UFC Results on FOX
By Chris Howie
The second UFC card broadcast on the Fox network took place tonight from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois and featured two title eliminations matches in the main event and co-main event of the evening.

In the middleweight division, Michael Bisping and Chael Sonnen fought to decide who will face Anderson Silva this summer in Brazil, while at light heavyweight, Rashad Evans attempted to secure a long awaited match up against Jon Jones but would have to face the undefeated Phil Davis first.

We have complete results below:

Main Card (FOX)

Rashad Evans defeated Phil Davis via Unanimous Decision (50-45,50-45,50-45)
Chael Sonnen defeated Michael Bisping via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Chris Weidman defeated Demian Maia via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Preliminary Card (FuelTV)

Evan Dunham defeated Nik Lentz via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
Michael Johnson defeated Shane Roller by Unanimous Decision (29-28,29-28,29-28)
Mike Russow defeated Jon Olav Einemo via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Cub Swanson defeated George Roop via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:22
Charles Oliveira defeated Eric Wisely via submission (kneebar) – Round 1, 1:43
Lavar Johnson defeated Joey Beltran by Knockout – Round 1, 4:24
Chris Camozzi defeated Dustin Jacoby by Submission (guillotine) – Round 3, 1:08

Rashad Evans continues to trash talk jon Jones, Why?

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Yes, Rashad Evans is still talking about Jon Jones.

That’s mostly a function of his being asked about the light heavyweight champion, though, and that was the case this past weekend. “Suga” was the featured fighter at the UFC 138 Fight Club Q&A in Birmingham, England, and fans wanted to know who would win if Jones fought Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.

Rashad’s reply:

“Honestly, I think… I would say Anderson would win. I think he would catch Jon standing up because I think Jon does a lot of crazy stuff but, fundamentally, sometimes he does it just to do it. But I think Anderson has a reason, like Anderson, fundamentally and technically, is better in that respect and I think he would catch (Jones) doing something stupid. If the fight was to go a little bit longer and Jon used his wrestling then I think the fight may go to Jon. But for the most part, early on in the fight, Anderson would catch Jon trying to do something crazy.”

Silva’s speed, technique and pinpoint accuracy would be enough to defeat Jones’ superior size, length and unorthodox striking. That’s one way of looking at it.

Another is to say that “Bones” would stifle “The Spider” with a suffocating top game, much like Chael Sonnen did to the middleweight champ back at UFC 117. Of course, Sonnen went on to lose that fight via triangle choke.

This one would be a tough call, no question. Who do you Maniacs think wins?

Evans answered plenty more questions during his near hour long on stage session in front of fans, including more on his feud with Jones and fighters he wishes he could have fought before they retired from MMA.

UFC 136 results

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Official results from MMABAY and UFC 136 are found below:

1 Mike Massenzio def. Steve Cantwell via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
2 Aaron Simpson def. Eric Schafer via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
3 Darren Elkins def. Tiequan Zhang via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
4 Stipe Miocic def. Joey Beltran via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
5 Anthony Pettis def. Jeremy Stephens via Decision (Split) rd3 5:00
6 Demian Maia def. Jorge Santiago via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
7 Joe Lauzon def. Melvin Guillard via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) rd1 0:47
8 Nam Phan def. Leonard Garcia via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
9 Chael Sonnen def. Brian Stann via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) rd2 3:51
10 Jose Aldo def. Kenny Florian via Decision (Unanimous) rd5 5:00
11 Frankie Edgar def. Gray Maynard via KO (Punches) rd4 3:54