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UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II
The poster for UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 7, 2012
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena
CityUnited States Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance15,016
Total gate$7,000,000
Event chronology
UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II UFC on Fuel TV: Muñoz vs. Weidman

UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 7, 2012. The card featured six televised MMA bouts on pay-per-view, as well as five preliminary bouts. It is the seventeenth UFC event of the year and took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.[1] The card's main event featured the UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva defending the title against Chael Sonnen. The co-main event was a rubber match between Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz.

Background

UFC 148 took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Silva vs. Sonnen

The UFC Middleweight Championship main event match between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen was originally intended to take place at UFC 147 at Havelange Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Due to a scheduling conflict with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the bout was moved to headline UFC 148 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2] Sonnen is currently ranked as the number two middleweight in the world by Sherdog,[3] while Silva is ranked as the number one middleweight in the world and the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world, according to Sherdog, Yahoo! Sports, and ESPN.[4][5][6]

The fight is a rematch of the main event at UFC 117, which was also for the UFC Middleweight Championship. In that match, Silva, after losing four rounds on points, made Sonnen submit to a triangle armbar with 1:50 left in the fight. Sonnen landed 320 strikes against Silva, more than any other fighter since UFC 5, when Royce Gracie landed 355 strikes against Ken Shamrock. Silva had only absorbed 166 strikes combined in his previous 11 matches.[7] With the win, Silva retained the UFC Middleweight Championship, his undefeated record in the UFC, and extended his win streak to 13. The fight received the Fight of the Year award at the 2010 World MMA Awards.[8] Since UFC 117, Silva has defended the title twice, with KO and TKO wins over Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami, respectively. Sonnen is also undefeated since UFC 117, defeating Brian Stann and Michael Bisping, setting the stage for one of the most anticipated rematches in UFC history.[9]

Since a win over Nate Marquardt in early 2010, Sonnen has been a polarizing figure due to his unrelenting criticism of Silva and trash talk, including comments directed towards Silva's manager, teammates, coaches, wife, and home country of Brazil.[7] Silva had remained relatively quiet until a UFC 148 media call in June of 2012, in which he stated through a translator: "Chael Sonnen's going to get his ass kicked like he's never gotten his ass kicked before. What I'm going to do inside the Octagon is something that's going to change the image of the sport. This is going to be violent and I am sorry. I'm going to make sure that every one of his teeth are broken, that his arms are broken and his legs are broken. He's not going to be able to walk out of the Octagon by himself. I can guarantee that. He will need a plastic surgeon afterwards. And I know that he’s listening, so the game’s over. No more shit talking. It’s on now." This caught many by surprise, as these remarks were perceived as out of character.[10]

Other fights and card changes

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Silva vs. Sonnen I, won fight of the year at the 2010 World MMA Awards.

Urijah Faber was expected to challenge Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight Championship in the co-main event, following their stint as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter: Live, but a torn ACL forced Cruz off the card.[11] Faber was then expected to face replacement Renan Barão for the Interim Bantamweight Championship[12], but that fight was moved to the main event of UFC 149 in Calgary.[13] Barão was originally scheduled to fight Ivan Menjivar on the UFC 148 preliminary card. Menjivar's new opponent is Mike Easton.

Also on the card is a long-awaited rubber match between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin. Ortiz won the first bout at UFC 59 and Griffin won the rematch at UFC 106. Both fights ended in a split decision.[14] After 15 years in the UFC, Ortiz plans to retire after this fight.[15] He is 1–6–1 in his last eight fights, his last win over Ryan Bader at UFC 132 in July 2011.

Rich Franklin was expected to return to middleweight in a bout against Cung Le. However, due to an injury to UFC 147 headliner Vitor Belfort, Franklin was pulled from the bout with Le to replace Belfort in rematch against Wanderlei Silva.[16] Le is now scheduled to face veteran Patrick Côté.[17] This will be Le's second fight in the UFC, after losing his first to Wanderlei Silva by TKO at UFC 139. Côté is returning to the UFC after last losing a decision to Tom Lawlor at UFC 121 in October 2010. He is on a four fight win streak, with no losses since leaving the UFC.[18]

International Fight Week

In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the UFC is planning five days of festivities leading up to UFC 148, for what they call International Fight Week. This will be the first International Fight Week, which is expected to be an annual July occurence, coinciding with a Las Vegas UFC event. UFC President Dana White stated, "The first annual International Fight Week will be awesome, the fans are going to have a fight week experience better than anything they've ever had before, and each year we are going to build this thing to the point where every fan on the planet knows they have to come to Vegas for this July fight week at least once in their lives." [19] The UFC Fan Expo (two days of fighter meet-and-greets, training seminars, autograph sessions, and special events) is also planned for July 6 and 7.[20] The weigh-ins for UFC 148 were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was in conjunction with International Fight Week. The event held at near full capacity of 10,000 attending the weight-ins. [21]

Event

The event consisted of 11 mixed martial arts bouts sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and contested under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. All bouts consisted of three five-minute rounds except for the main-event championship match between Silva and Sonnen, which was scheduled for five five-minute rounds. Six bouts were televised live on pay-per-view. Four preliminary bouts were televised live on FX, and one was streamed live on Facebook.[22] UFC 148 set the mixed martial arts gate record in Nevada. The event earned $7 million in ticket sales, beating the previous record by $1.6 million, set at UFC 66. The reported attendance was 15,016.[23]

Results

Main Card on Pay-Per-View
Weight Class Win vs. Loss Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva (c) def. United States Chael Sonnen TKO (strikes) 2 1:55 Note 1
Light Heavyweight United States Forrest Griffin def. United States Tito Ortiz Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Note 2
Middleweight South Vietnam Cung Le def. Canada Patrick Côté Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Brazil Demian Maia def. South Korea Dong Hyun Kim TKO (injury) 1 0:47
Featherweight United States Chad Mendes def. United States Cody McKenzie TKO (punches) 1 0:31
Bantamweight United States Mike Easton def. El Salvador Ivan Menjivar Unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card on FX
Lightweight United States Melvin Guillard def. Brazil Fabrício Camões Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 Note 4
Lightweight Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Brazil Gleison Tibau Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 Note 3
Middleweight Cyprus Constantinos Philippou def. Japan Riki Fukuda Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 Note 5
Lightweight United States Shane Roller def. Canada John Alessio Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card on Facebook
Lightweight Brazil Rafaello Oliveira def. Cuba Yoislandy Izquierdo Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

^Note 1 For the UFC Middleweight Championship.

^Note 2 Tito Ortiz retired from MMA after the fight.

^Note 3 This fight aired on PPV after Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen.

^Note 4 This fight aired on PPV after Gleison Tibau vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov.

^Note 5 This fight aired on PPV after Melvin Guillard vs. Fabrício Camões.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $75,000.[24]

  • Fight of the Night: United States Forrest Griffin vs. United States Tito Ortiz
  • Knockout of the Night: Brazil Anderson Silva
  • No submission of the night was awarded because no fights ended by submission.

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[25]

  • Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000
  • Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000
  • Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus) def. Patrick Cote: $21,000
  • Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. Dong Yyun Kim: $44,000
  • Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Cody McKenzie: $10,000
  • Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Ivan Menjivar: $13,000
  • Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus) def. Fabricio Camoes: $8,000
  • Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Gleison Tibau: $31,000
  • Costa Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Riki Fukuda: $28,000
  • Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. John Alessio: $10,000
  • Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000

See also

References

  1. ^ "UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II". ufc.com. May 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II moved to Las Vegas for UFC 148". Las Vegas Sun. April 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "Sherdog Middleweight Rankings". sherdog.com. May 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "MMA Power Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "Rankings: Silva vs. GSP". http://sports.yahoo.com/ufc. Yahoo! Sports. February 17, 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. ^ "Sherdog.com's Pound-for-Pound Top 10". Sherdog.com. August 30, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Chael Sonnen raises Anderson Silva's ire ahead of UFC 148, and that's exactly the way he planned it". Yahoo! Sports. June 28, 2012.
  8. ^ "World MMA Awards 2010 Winners". mmafighting.com. May 18, 2012.
  9. ^ "Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen Rematch Set for Super Bowl Weekend?". mmaintel.com. May 18, 2012.
  10. ^ "MMA trash-talking: Death threats are out but breaking teeth and limbs appears OK". Winnipeg Free Press. June 28, 2012.
  11. ^ "Dominick Cruz out of UFC 148 with torn ACL". Los Angeles Times. May 8, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  12. ^ "Urijah Faber's New Opponent at UFC 146 is…". sports.yahoo.com. May 18, 2012.
  13. ^ "Jose Aldo injured, Urijah Faber vs Renan Barao fight moved to UFC 149 main event". mmamania.com. June 9, 2012.
  14. ^ "Tito Ortiz: Griffin fight set for July 7". USA Today. March 20, 2012.
  15. ^ "Tito Ortiz Sticking to Retirement Plans: Fan Reaction". Yahoo! Sports. April 12, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  16. ^ "Company man Franklin answers call again". ESPN. June 1, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  17. ^ "Cung Le vs. Patrick Cote targeted for UFC 148". mmajunkie.com. May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  18. ^ "Patrick Cote returns to UFC in a big way". London Free Press. June 2, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  19. ^ "International Fight Week adds to UFC 148 hoopla". Las Vegas Review-Journal. June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  20. ^ "UFC Fan Expo 2012 slated for July 6–7 in Las Vegas". mmamania.com. January 26, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  21. ^ "UFC 148 weight-ins". Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  22. ^ "UFC 148 Live on Pay-Per-View Silva vs. Sonnen II". Ultimate Fighting Championship. June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  23. ^ "UFC 148 draws a reported 15,016 attendance for $7 million live gate". MMA Junkie. July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  24. ^ "UFC 148: Bonus Awards". fightofthenight.com. July 8, 2012.
  25. ^ "UFC 148 Fighter Salaries: Forrest Griffin Gets $275K, Anderson Silva Gets $200K". oposingviews.com. July 9, 2012.
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