Silva Defends Title For the 13th Time in UFC 117
Written by Jane Starlingham on Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Marked as being one of the great fighters in the history of UFC, Aderson Silva will once again defend his title as being the Middleweight champion. This great fighter has been keeping his profile low and has remained soft spoken. He may not be as popular as other title holders and his fights were just shadows of other champions’ fights, his record has so far the greatest among them. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion as well as the promotion’s longest reigning champion. With 12 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest active winning streak in the UFC and the record for the longest winning streak in UFC history.
UFC 117 Live Stream can be viewed through several great news sites as well on several cable channels. Lucky are those who can make it live near the octagon.
His challenger, Chael Sonnen had the most amazing victory with his last fight against Nate Marquardt wherein he was able to free himself from two very deep Guillotine Chokes in the first and third rounds. He was declared winner afterwards and gained the sweetest victory.
Fans has been looking on what might Sonnen be doing on the fight since he has been trash talking and insulting Silva in the past four months wherein Silva stayed calm and remained soft spoken. Could his wordy rage equate his fight? Let’s all find out.