This new episode of UFC will feature Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen in the main event of the middleweight division. Based on the track records, it seems that Silva has the big edge of winning this fight agains Sonnent. Matt Hughes is good at being the underdog. Everytime you count him out the UFC Hall of Famer comes through. Ricardo Almeida seemed to get better of Hughes during the exchanges but a big left knocked the “Big Dog” down and Hughes pounced on him and secured a choke and the win. How many more Gracie students does Hughes need to beat. Here are the highlights from Thursday’s press conference. As usual, Chael Sonnen makes himself the star. If you watch the entire thing, you’ll learn just how infectious Thiago Alves’ laughter is. Alves and Dana White are on either side of Sonnen during the presser and both spend the majority of the time cracking up.With their fighting history in their entire career in UFC, Sonnen fought 35 times with a great record of 24 wins, 7 loss via KO and 3 via submission and 14 via decision. Silva, on the other hand, gave an impressive record for his entire UFC career with 26 wins and only 4 losses with one disqualification.






The rival to live up to its promise of Silva, the pressure and wear him down takedowns. with the type of choking, grinding attack typically associated with Sonnen and other members of his training camp, Team Quest. Silva put back at the beginning of each round, and rarely left the top position. UFC 117 http://usspost.com/silva-vs-sonnen-fight-video-14391/