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UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II

Jul 7, 2012 10:00 PM EDT MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

UFC 148 Results:

UFC middleweight title bout: Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen via TKO (strikes) at 1:55 of Round 2.

UFC 148 Results: Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz via Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

UFC 148 Results: Cung Le def. Patrick Côté via Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

UFC 148 Results: Demian Maia def. Dong Hyun Kim via TKO (injury) at 0:47 of Round 1.

UFC 148 Results: Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie via TKO (punches) at 0:31 of Round 1.

UFC 148 Results: Mike Easton def. Ivan Menjivar via Unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27).

UFC 148 Results: Melvin Guillard def. Fabrício Camões via Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

UFC 148 Results: Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Gleison Tibau via Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

UFC 148 Results: Constantinos Philippou def. Riki Fukuda via Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

UFC 148 Results: Shane Roller def. John Alessio via Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

UFC 148 Results: Rafaello Oliveira def. Yoislandy Izquierdo via Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

UFC 148 will take place Jul. 07, 2012 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will defend his title for the second time to No. 1 contender Chael Sonnen.

UFC 148 was also set to host a bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and No. 1 contender Urijah Faber, but Cruz was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering a torn ACL. Faber will now face Renan Barao for the UFC's interim bantamweight title. This fight has now been moved to UFC 149.

UFC 148 Fight Card

Jul 7, 2012 10:00 PM EDT

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