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UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II
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Date:Jul 07, 2012 7:00pm PT
City:Las Vegas, NV
Country:USA
Venue:MGM Grand Garden Arena
Attendance:15,104
Gate:$6,901,655
Remarks:
One of the most highly anticipated fights in UFC history and it didn't disappoint. I'm not sure how Silva got so dominated in the first but he certainly came through in the second. A whole bunch of decisions besides that though that weren't exciting fights so not a great event from that perspective. It looked like most of the fighters had jet lag and just didn't want to be embarrassed.
Featured Fights:
Main - Anderson Silva (W)  vs Chael Sonnen
Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 1:55 to retain the UFC Middleweight Belt
Anderson Silva [ 12 ] (KO-12, Sub-0, Decision-0) (rd1-2, rd2-5, rd3-3, rd4-2, rd5-0)Final Pick Stats! 
Chael Sonnen [ 2 ] (KO-0, Sub-1, Decision-1) (rd1-0, rd2-0, rd3-0, rd4-1, rd5-1)
Co-Main - Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin (W) 
Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Tito Ortiz [ 6 ] (KO-2, Sub-0, Decision-4) (rd1-0, rd2-1, rd3-5)Final Pick Stats! 
Forrest Griffin [ 8 ] (KO-1, Sub-0, Decision-7) (rd1-1, rd2-0, rd3-7)
3 - Patrick Cote vs Cung Le (W) 
Cung Le def. Patrick Cote via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Patrick Cote [ 9 ] (KO-5, Sub-2, Decision-2) (rd1-1, rd2-4, rd3-4)Final Pick Stats! 
Cung Le [ 5 ] (KO-3, Sub-0, Decision-2) (rd1-1, rd2-1, rd3-3)
4 - Demian Maia (W)  vs Dong Hyun Kim
Demian Maia def. Dong Hyun Kim via TKO (injury) - Round 1, 0:47
Demian Maia [ 4 ] (KO-0, Sub-2, Decision-2) (rd1-0, rd2-2, rd3-2)Final Pick Stats! 
Dong Hyun Kim [ 10 ] (KO-3, Sub-1, Decision-6) (rd1-2, rd2-0, rd3-8)
5 - Cody McKenzie vs Chad Mendes (W) 
Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 0:31
Cody McKenzie [ 2 ] (KO-1, Sub-1, Decision-0) (rd1-0, rd2-2, rd3-0)Final Pick Stats! 
Chad Mendes [ 12 ] (KO-1, Sub-8, Decision-3) (rd1-3, rd2-5, rd3-4)
6 - Ivan Menjivar vs Mike Easton (W) 
Mike Easton def. Ivan Menjivar via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Ivan Menjivar [ 5 ] (KO-0, Sub-1, Decision-4) (rd1-0, rd2-1, rd3-4)Final Pick Stats! 
Mike Easton [ 9 ] (KO-5, Sub-1, Decision-3) (rd1-0, rd2-6, rd3-3)
7 - Fabricio Camoes vs Melvin Guillard (W) 
Melvin Guillard def. Fabricio Camoes via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Fabricio Camoes [ 1 ] (KO-1, Sub-0, Decision-0) (rd1-0, rd2-1, rd3-0)Final Pick Stats! 
Melvin Guillard [ 13 ] (KO-8, Sub-1, Decision-4) (rd1-2, rd2-7, rd3-4)
8 - John Alessio vs Shane Roller (W) 
Shane Roller def. John Alessio via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
John Alessio [ 4 ] (KO-0, Sub-3, Decision-1) (rd1-0, rd2-3, rd3-1)Final Pick Stats! 
Shane Roller [ 10 ] (KO-5, Sub-1, Decision-4) (rd1-1, rd2-4, rd3-5)
Non-Featured Fight Results:
- Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Gleison Tibau via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) - Constantinos Philippou def. Riki Fukuda via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) - Rafaello Oliveira def. Yoislandy Izquierdo via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Full Card:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
- Anderson Silva (31-4) vs. Chael Sonnen (27-11-1) (Middleweight Championship Bout)
- Tito Ortiz (16-10) vs. Forrest Griffin (18-7)
- Patrick Cote (17-7) vs. Cung Le (7-2)
- Demian Maia (15-4) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (6-1-1)
- Cody McKenzie (13-2) vs. Chad Mendes (11-1)
- Ivan Menjivar (24-8) vs Mike Easton (12-1)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (17-0) vs. Gleison Tibau (25-7)
- Fabricio Camoes (14-6-1) vs. Melvin Guillard (29-10-2-1)
- Costa Philippou (10-2) vs. Riki Fukuda (18-5)
- John Alessio (34-15) vs. Shane Roller (10-6)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
- Yoislandy Izquierdo (6-1) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (14-5)

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