Silva wins, Silva wins! In our latest first round fight, Silva defeated Silva. Oops, that’s too vague - the Silva that won is the long-reigning former champion from Brazil who is a striking machine and used to train at Chute Boxe. Much better. Silva now goes on to another all-Brazil match-up, this time taking on Lyoto Machida in the Sweet 16.
Today, we close out round 1, and we do it with a good old fashioned mugging. Probably. I mean, it’s MMA so anything can happen, right? Today, #1 Mauricio Rua, better known as Shogun, vs.