Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former title challenger Chael Sonnen fought in an exhibition boxing match in Brazil on Saturday. It was a trilogy match for the previous UFC rivals.
Sonnen and Silva first fought at UFC 117 in August 2010. Sonnen was a heavy underdog heading into the combat however completely dominated Silva for the primary 4 rounds. Simply after the halfway mark of the ultimate body, after being taken down once more, Silva locked on a triangle choke and pull victory from the jaws of defeat.
Within the rematch at UFC 148 in July 2012, Silva completed Sonnen within the second spherical. The trilogy match happened inside a boxing ring Sao Paulo. It was billed as Silva’s last combat in his native nation.
The bout was an exhibition match and each fighters approached the opening spherical as a light-weight sparring session. Sonnen pressured Silva and the 2 exchanged however gave the impression to be holding again on their punches. Silva labored behind his jab whereas Sonnen pressed ahead. They have been touching one another with punches however there was no energy on them.
The second spherical noticed the identical holding again by each males. It turned clear that the exhibition match was for present than it was for competitors.
Silva picked up the tempo within the third spherical popping his jab repeatedly in Sonnen’s face. He went to the physique and head and confirmed that he is nonetheless received some footwork and hand pace on the cusp of fifty. Within the closing moments of the spherical, Sonnen backed Silva into the nook and delivered punches to the physique. The spherical ended with Silva connecting with a mix.
Sonnen pursued Silva within the early going of the fourth body. Silva saved him on the skin together with his jab. Neither fighter seemed to harm the opposite.
The quantity of punches and the output of each fighters picked up within the last spherical. However there wasn’t an influence shot thrown in the whole “combat,” though Sonnen did have blood trickling from his nostril. As a result of it was an exhibition match, a winner was not declared. The combat led to a draw.
