August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, United States.

Anderson Silva Shocks Chael Sonnen By Triangle Choke - Sonnen demolished Silva all fight long.  That is, until the last round when "The Spider" sunk in the triangle choke.  This will go down as one fo the greatest endings in the history of MMA.

It was a very difficult fight for Anderson Silva. He knew that he was losing in the first 4 rounds, but for his fans, he made his best to pull off in the end and remain as the UFC Middleweight champion! On the other hand, Sonnen did one hell of a great job. He's very close to victory, but Silva really had surprises and he surprised Sonnen with that Triangle Choke.

 

Anderson Silva defeats Chael Sonnen By Triangle Choke

 

 

Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch Results - Fitch Wins By Decision

 

Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida Results - Hughes Chokes Out Almeida

 

Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy "Big Country" Nelson Results - Dos Santos By Decision

 

Dennis Hallman defeats Ben Saunders by unanimous decision.

 

Stefan Struve defeats Christian Morecraft by TKO (punches) after 22 seconds in round two.

 

Tim Boetsch defeats Todd Brown by unanimous decision.

 

Johny Hendricks defeats Charlie Brenneman via TKO after 40 seconds in round two.

 

Phil Davis defeats Rodney Wallace by unanimous decision.

 

Rick Story defeats Dustin Hazelett by TKO (punches) at 1:15 of round two.

 

Clay Guida defeats Rafael Dos Anjos by submission at 1:51 of round three.

 

Silva defeated Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 5 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship. This was only one of three fights in UFC history to end in the 5th round. The others were Randy Couture vs. Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 39, and B. J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107.

 

Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.

 

Fight of the Night:  Anderson Silva vs.  Chael Sonnen

 

Knockout of the Night:  Stefan Struve