Yushin Okami (Photo: fightnewsaustralia.com)
UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – HSBC
Arena – Aug. 27, 2011
Anderson Silva continued his dominance of the middleweight
division at UFC 134.
“The Spider” defeated Yushin "Thunder" Okami by TKO in the second
round for his ninth successful title defense over a five-year span.
Silva’s victory headlined UFC’s return to Brazil after a
13-year absence.
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knocked out Forrest Griffin in the co-main
event at the 1:53 mark.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira also scored a knockout, beating
Brendan Schaub in 3:09.
Edson Barboza scored a split decision over Ross Pearson; and
Stanislav Nedkov opened the pay-per-view with a TKO win over Luiz Cane in 4:13.
On the Spike TV pre-show, Thiago Tavares beat Spencer “The
King” Fisher by TKO in Round 2; and Rousimar Palhares beat Dan Miller by unanimous
decision.
The Facebook preliminary fights saw Paulo Thiago beat David
Mitchell by unanimous decision. Raphael Assuncao won in the same way over
Johnny Eduardo.
Yves Jabouin won a split decision over Ian Loveland; and Irui
Alcantara beat Felipe Arantes by unanimous decision.
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