UFC 117 Results: UFC 117 Fight Card Results & Recap

UFC 117 took place at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on August 7, 2010 and was a Pay Per View event. UFC 117 was headlined by UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva facing top contender Chael Sonnen. The UFC 117 fight card results are listed below where we will continually updated the fight results as each fight became official. Don't miss the UFC predictions here at ProFighting-fans.com and be sure to check back for the official UFC 117 results after the fights are complete.

UFC 117: Where Do They Stand

You saw the fights, you’ve heard the hype. Silva, Sonnen, Hughes, Guida, Dos Santos, and Fitch: in a single night there were five wins and one loss among some of the biggest names in MMA, and win or lose they’ve all seen their stock rise considerably. UFC 117 was the best event of the year, arguably the best pay-per-view since UFC 100. But it leaves the fight fan with more questions than answers: two fights on the card were to determine contender status in divisions rife with contenders (heavyweight and welterweight). Another fight put an elderly journeyman back into the mix (Hughes). A lightweight match between Clay Guida and Rafael Dos Anjos put both fighters firmly exactly where they were prior to the bout. Confused? Bemused? Amused? Read on, as we do our best to decipher what’s next for the most recent batch of MMA predator and prey.

Thiago Alves versus Jon Fitch

Dana White and Joe Silva have a little dilemma on their hands. The UFC welterweight shark tank is overflowing with talent. Unfortunately, two of the top five fighters are have already clawed their way into title contention, and found themselves facing, then losing to Georges St. Pierre. Both guys are top-notch wrestlers, both train in the same camp. Neither one have nicknames (“Kos” is not a nickname – it’s an abbreviation). I’m talking, of course, about Jon Fitch and Josh Koshcheck. Koscheck has already earned another title shot by winning three straight and appearing in the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter versus the Canadian champion. Fitch had little to challenge GSP with, and frankly, hasn’t shown a fraction of a change in his battle strategy – neither has Koscheck. The solution is obvious: let the winner of Martin Kampmann and Jake Shields face the winner of GSP vs. “Kos”. Fitch versus Koscheck is the betting man’s outcome.

Thiago Alves needs to go on a diet. Dana White said Alves is moving to middleweight, but I suspect he will give “The Pitbull” one more chance – and cut him if he doesn’t make weight. The welterweight needs more KO artistry, not less, since Mike “Quick” Swick and Martin Kampmann both dropped to welterweight and seem to lack finishing power, which Alves has in...bulk. Alves would be a good match-up for Paulo Thiago, who is also coming off a loss, and who has also lost to Fitch.

Chael Sonnen versus Anderson Silva

Chael Sonnen fully and inarguably deserves a rematch, and Silva owes him and the sport that much. There is no way you mercilessly and inexhaustibly dominate the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport in a title fight, only to lose in the 24th minute to Hail Mary submission, only to have to face a third-tier fighter like Michael Bisping or Wanderlei Silva...because you’ve beaten all the second tier fighters already (OK, OK - Sonnen lost to Demian Maia who is arguably in the second tier, having had and lost a title fight versus Silva already). Sonnen needs to take a few bucks out of his FOTN bonus and buy BJ Penn’s jiu jitsu book. Or – fancy this – get a jiu jitsu coach. Silva, on the other hand, finally had a worthy opponent. For Silva, this simply means someone he cannot keep at bay with his superlative striking. Getting your face piledriven for four and a half rounds does not entitle even a champion to shrug off a challenger’s right to do so again.

Vitor Belfort can go punch Nate Marquardt’s or Yushin Okami’s lights out – one catchweight victory does not a title shot earn. ‘Nuff said.

Matt Hughes versus Ricardo Almeida

In uncharacteristic fashion, Matt Hughes managed to connect his left fist to the jaw of his opponent with enough force to make the lights flicker, if not alarmingly dim. Almeida toppled to the canvas, and Hughes showed the poise of a veteran: he made a highly intelligent decision in a split-second, which is one thing if you’re sitting at a desk in a quiet office or study somewhere, another thing entirely if you’re in a brightly lit Octagon surrounded by thousands of roaring fight fans. The natural reaction is to make like Zoolander and go all 2001 on the guy. Instead, Hughes applied a modified anaconda choke to the neck of a mostly-sleeping BJJ black belt, and thus earned himself a submission victory over one of the best jiu-jitsu practitioners in MMA today.

Ricardo Almeida is in a weird position after this fight. He probably should have won. One can never count Hughes out, but Hughes is also supposed to be riding into the sunset right now, not come into a fight looking ripped and finish by anomaly. Almeida just relegated himself to treading-water status. He could face the next decent welterweight striker who needs a test, like Marcus Davis. Or he could be a potential gatekeeper against fighters like Matt Riddle or Dong Hyun Kim.

Roy Nelson versus Junior Dos Santos

This was the “no-brainer” fight of the night. Look at the two guys. Pretend you’ve never watched an MMA fight before. No brainer. Look at their relative strengths and previous fights. No brainer. Look at the outcome: no brainer. The only positive outcome of this bout for Nelson is that he has a chin that is as fearsome as his gut. But he needs to lose one of those attributes. Guess which one? You’ve got it – Nelson and Alves’ next stop is Weight Watchers. Dos Santos’ next stop is probably Lesnar, unless Velasquez wins (which is highly unlikely in my books). I think I’d prefer Weight Watchers. “Big Country” will probably slip several rungs down a ladder he climbed a tad too quickly. Expect to see him after a lengthy layoff on the undercard versus someone like Chris Tuchserer.

Clay Guida versus Rafael Dos Anjos

Guida’s pre-, mid- and post-fight energy doesn’t really explain his propensity for lying on his opponents like they’re tanning beds. Even so, Dos Anjos had the fight sewn up until he displayed a remarkably short-sighted lack of pain tolerance. To his credit, Dos Anjos survived about two rounds with a broken jaw, but tapped after Guida applied pressure without trying that hard to leverage Guida’s shoulder off of his recently-cleft chin. Dos Santos racked up a loss, but not really – it’s about as negative an outcome as Sonnen’s was. He should face George Sotiropolous next, in what would be an epic bout between two outstanding grapplers.

Guida’s next opponent should be the biggest, baddest, grinding-est lightweight out there who isn’t in title contention right now. There is no sense in slowly building him back up to contention. That won’t be Gray Maynard, he’s out of Guida’s league, not to mention probably on the porch swing awaiting the outcome of Penn:Edgar II. Guida should face a fellow grinder in Evan Dunham or Jim Miller. Both of those guys can finish a fight – can Guida?

The UFC 117 Undercard

Names that came up big in the preliminary fights were Johny Hendricks, Phil Davis and Rick Story. Story managed to TKO submission wizard Dustin Hazelett, earning him the upset en route to a four-fight win streak. Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis is emerging as the next up-and-comer at 205 pounds: he is 7-0, 3-0 in the UFC and has yet to lose a round in MMA. Hendricks is a nine-times undefeated welterweight, now 4-0 in the UFC. Davis and Hendricks have each earned a shot at the resident gatekeeper: Hendricks versus Chris Lytle or Phil Baroni, and Phil Davis versus Forrest Griffin or Vladimir Matyushenko.

By Roy Kok
ProFighting-fans.com MMA Staff Writer

Fight Card Results for UFC 117 Fights:

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Pay Per View Televised UFC 117 Fight Results:

• Anderson Silva (c) defeats Chael Sonnen via Submission (Triangle Choke) - Round 5 @ 3:10 - Silva retains UFC Middleweight Championship belt

• Jon Fitch defeats Thiago Alves by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

• Clay Guida defeats Rafael dos Anjos via Submission (Injury) - Round 3 @ 1:51

• Matt Hughes defeats Ricardo Almeida via Submission (Modified Arm-Triangle Choke) - Round 1 @ 3:15)

• Junior Dos Santos defeats Roy Nelson by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Results for More UFC 117 Fights:

• Rick Story defeats Dustin Hazelett by TKO (Punches) - Round 2 @ 1:15

• Phil Davis defeats Rodney Wallace by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

• Johny Hendricks defeats Charlie Brenneman by TKO (Punches) - Round 2 @ 0:40

• Tim Boetsch defeats Todd Brown by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

• Stefan Struve defeats Christian Morecraft by TKO (Punches) - Round 1 @ 0:22

• Dennis Hallman defeats Ben Saunders by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

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