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Anyway, the time has come. At the age of 45, Anderson Silva said goodbye to MMA, until proven otherwise, this Saturday (31) after being overtaken by Uriah Hall. A former UFC middleweight champion (84kg), the Brazilian marked an era and broke records during his reign. In recent years, however, repeated defeats have signaled that the time to stop is near.
Although the UFC Fight Night card, held at the UFC Apex facilities in Las Vegas (USA), It was far from the colorful scenarios that accompanied the heyday of ‘Spider’ in the sport, the main showdown of the night guaranteed a lot of attention in the MMA community. .
After a balanced start, in which the athletes exchanged medium and close range shots, the Jamaican’s physical advantage made the difference and Uriah Hall scored the knockout after connecting his second knockdown. As soon as he won, the former TUF champion made no secret of his excitement at beating his idol and collapsed in tears.
With the farewell, Anderson ends his career in MMA with a lineup of 34 wins and 11 losses, as well as a ‘no contest’ (fight without a winner). Among his achievements that figure prominently in the event, Spider continues as the fighter who owns the longest winning streak in the Octagon, with 16, as well as being the athlete who won the most duels without needing the decision of the judges in fights worthy of title, with nine.
Among his great victories, the veteran recorded important triumphs in the memory of Brazilians, especially the knockouts in the first round against VItor Belfort and Forrest Griffin, in addition to the submission against Chael Sonnen in the final minutes of the dispute.
The struggle
The first round was marked by a tense start, with a lot of study. After almost a minute and a half without hitting, the athletes gradually began to pick up the pace and exchange blows at medium and short distance. In fact, no attack was effective enough to swing one of the athletes, but the volume and pressure Anderson imposed made all the difference in the set. Anderson Room 10 x 9.
The next stage again had moments of inactivity at the beginning. However, as soon as I found the right time to start his attacks, Anderson again took over the actions with low streaks and body kicks, including round attacks. Once again, the assault was decided by the volume of attacks at the expense of force. Anderson 20 x 18 Room.
The third round was balanced in almost every minute played. After dominating the center of the cage for much of the stage, Anderson took advantage until, in the final minute, when pressing the Jamaican with attacks from close range, he suffered a right cross that led to a fall. Then Hall’s pound and ground strokes seemed to be close to settling the score, which ended up being interrupted by the sound of the gong. Anderson Room 29 x 28.
At the start of stage four, Anderson tried to pressure Hall again, but a direct hit to the chin led to another knockdown. This time, with more time to work on the ground and hit, Hall missed the opportunity and hit until the referee stopped the fight.
Follow the results of UFC Fight Night Hall vs Silva:
Uriah Hall knockout Anderson Silva not 4th round;
Bryce Mitchell defeated Andre Fili by unanimous decision;
Greg Hardy knockout Maurice Greene no 2nd round;
Kevin Holland defeated Charlie Ontiveros by TKO in the first round;
Thiago Moses defeated Bobby Green by unanimous decision;
Alexander Hernandez knocked out Chris Gruetzemacher in the first round;
Adrián Yáñez knocked out Víctor Rodríguez in the first round;
Sean Strickland defeated Jack Marshman by unanimous decision;
Jason Witt submitted Cole Williams in the second round;
Dustin Jacoby knockout Justin Ledet no 1st round;
Miles Johns knocked out Kevin Natividad in the third round.
