COMPLETED·Saturday, February 5, 2011

UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort

Mandalay Bay Events Center·Las Vegas, Nevada

59Solid

Card rating

+19 over-delivered

Results: 11 of 11final
Finishes: 655% of results
Fastest finish: R1 0:21Kyle Kingsbury
Top score: 129.41 FPKyle Kingsbury
Biggest upset: +118Forrest Griffin

Main eventAnderson Silva def. Vitor Belfort — KO/TKO R1 3:25

Attendance: 10,893
Gate: $3,600,000

Highlights

Post-event

Fight of the Night

Donald Cerrone vs Paul Kelly

Lightweight

Fastest finish

Kyle Kingsbury vs Ricardo Romero

KO / TKO · R1 · 0:21

Light Heavyweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO4 · 36%

Submission2 · 18%

Decision5 · 45%

Favorites (closing): 8-3
Knockdowns: 4
Most sig strikes: 83Franklin vs Griffin
Most finish attempts: 3Jones vs Bader

Main event

WAnderson SilvaL334-11—-210

LVitor Belfort26-14—+190

Middleweight

Title

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:25

ref · Mario Yamasaki

Co-main event

WForrest Griffin19-7—+118

LRich Franklin29-7—-128

Light Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

Main card

WJon JonesW628-1—-285

LRyan Bader31-8—+258

Light Heavyweight

Submission

R2 · 4:20

ref · Herb Dean

WJake EllenbergerL431-15—-280

LCarlos Eduardo RochaL49-4—+255

Welterweight

Decision (Split)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Kim Winslow

WMiguel Torres44-9—-320

LAntonio BanuelosL220-11-1—+290

Bantamweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Mario Yamasaki

Preliminary card

WDonald CerroneL236-17—-275

LPaul KellyW315-5—+235

Lightweight

Submission

R2 · 3:48

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

WChad Mendes18-5—-365

LMichihiro Omigawa19-15-1—+305

Featherweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Herb Dean

WDemetrious JohnsonW225-4-1—-105

LNorifumi Yamamoto18-6—-115

Bantamweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Mario Yamasaki

WPaul Taylor11-6-1—-220

LGabe Ruediger18-8—+180

Lightweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:42

ref · Kim Winslow

Early prelims

WKyle KingsburyL411-6—+115

LRicardo RomeroL211-3—-135

Light Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 0:21

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

WMike PierceL217-7—-240

LKenny RobertsonL415-7—+200

Welterweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 0:29

ref · Herb Dean

Fight stats· 11 of 11 fights final


Kyle Kingsbury vs Ricardo Romero	WKO/TKO · R1 0:21	+115	9/13	12	0/0	1	0	0:07	129.41
Donald Cerrone vs Paul Kelly	WSub · R2 3:48	-275	37/74	62	3/4	0	1	3:31	111.13
Demetrious Johnson vs Norifumi Yamamoto	WUD	-105	38/102	70	10/15	0	0	3:45	108.35
Mike Pierce vs Kenny Robertson	WKO/TKO · R2 0:29	-240	19/37	33	2/4	1	1	3:58	107.54
Paul Taylor vs Gabe Ruediger	WKO/TKO · R2 1:42	-220	37/61	47	0/1	1	0	3:19	102.77
Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort	WKO/TKO · R1 3:25	-210	6/10	6	0/0	1	0	0:05	102.55
Forrest Griffin vs Rich Franklin	WUD	+118	50/155	126	5/7	0	0	5:50	100.70
Jon Jones vs Ryan Bader	WSub · R2 4:20	-285	20/42	31	2/2	0	3	4:23	98.09
Chad Mendes vs Michihiro Omigawa	WUD	-365	56/123	67	4/10	0	0	6:16	85.88
Jake Ellenberger vs Carlos Eduardo Rocha	WSD	-280	25/76	41	3/5	0	0	1:44	61.32
Miguel Torres vs Antonio Banuelos	WUD	-320	73/188	73	0/0	0	0	0:00	59.20
Carlos Eduardo Rocha vs Jake Ellenberger	LSD	+255	21/76	32	0/5	0	2	3:35	22.05
Rich Franklin vs Forrest Griffin	LUD	-128	33/104	40	1/2	0	0	0:21	20.23
Gabe Ruediger vs Paul Taylor	LKO/TKO · R2 1:42	+180	17/49	60	0/6	0	0	1:08	17.44
Michihiro Omigawa vs Chad Mendes	LUD	+305	18/92	59	0/1	0	2	0:33	16.39
Paul Kelly vs Donald Cerrone	LSub · R2 3:48	+235	22/75	29	0/0	0	2	0:00	10.20
Kenny Robertson vs Mike Pierce	LKO/TKO · R2 0:29	+200	12/36	24	0/0	0	0	0:13	7.59
Norifumi Yamamoto vs Demetrious Johnson	LUD	-115	16/65	17	0/2	0	0	0:26	7.38
Antonio Banuelos vs Miguel Torres	LUD	+290	10/135	10	0/0	0	0	0:01	4.03
Ryan Bader vs Jon Jones	LSub · R2 4:20	+258	5/24	8	0/2	0	0	0:00	2.60
Vitor Belfort vs Anderson Silva	LKO/TKO · R1 3:25	+190	6/15	6	0/0	0	0	0:03	2.49
Ricardo Romero vs Kyle Kingsbury	LKO/TKO · R1 0:21	-135	1/3	1	0/0	0	0	0:00	0.40