UFC 117: “Silva vs. Sonnen” will feature the put-up-or-shut-up middleweight title fight between division championAnderson “The Spider” Silva and the sharp-tongued Chael Sonnen in the main event of this evening Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 10pm ET/ 7PM PT/ 3AM GMT live on Pay-Per-View (PPV) from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, USA.

For UFC 117 fight results, continue reading below as this will be updated as soon as the fight is over. Click here for the UFC 117 Live Stream.

Two fantastic showdowns with title implications — Roy “Big Country” Nelson vs. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos and Jon Fitch vs. Thiago “Pitbull” Alves — are also slated to highlight what is another stacked PPV offering from the world’s largest fight promotion.

UFC 117 Fight Results

MAIN CARD

• Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) – Round 5, 3:10
• Jon Fitch def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Rafael Dos Anjos def. Clay Guida via submission (jaw injury) – Round 3, 1:51
• Matt Hughes def. Ricardo Almeida via technical submission (modified arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:15
• Junior Dos Santos def. Roy Nelson via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Rick Story def. Dustin Hazelett via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:15
• Phil Davis def. Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
• Johny Hendricks def. Charlie Brenneman via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 0:40
• Tim Boetsch def. Todd Brown via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Stefan Struve def. Christian Morecraft via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 0:22
• Dennis Hallman def. Ben Saunders via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

You can also watch the following UFC 117 replay videos once available: (Courtesy on some video sharing sites)

• Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen Fight video
• Thiago Alves vs Jon Fitch Fight video
• Ricardo Almeida vs Matt Hughes Fight video
• Junior Dos Santos vs Roy Nelson Fight video
• Rafael dos Anjos vs Clay Guida Fight video

Main Event Fight Recap (via mmafighting.com)

Chael Sonnen talked more trash than any fighter in UFC history leading up to Saturday’s middleweight title fight with Anderson Silva.

Once he got Silva in the cage at UFC 117, he backed the talk up for four and a half rounds, dominating Silva until the champion finally managed to sink in a triangle choke that forced Sonnen to tap out in the fifth round.

“Chael had a hell of a fight tonight,” Silva said afterward. “I knew that I was losing the first four rounds.”

“It was a tough fight,” Sonnen said afterward. “He’s a tough guy. I came in second. What can I say? They gave me my chance and I came up short.”

Sonnen stunned Silva by landing a big punch in the first minute of the first round, and after that landed a few more punches to Silva’s chin before taking Silva down and getting him on his back against the fence. At that point, it was the most trouble Silva had ever been in his UFC career. From there Sonnen continued with the ground and pound, landing punch after punch after punch as Silva did nothing but flail away and try to protect himself from the bottom. Silva managed to make it out of the first round, but it was by far the worst round Silva has ever seen in the Octagon. I gave the first round to Sonnen, 10-8.

Silva landed a leg kick at the start of the second round, but within 10 seconds Sonnen had taken him down again and gotten on top of him on the ground. Silva did a better job of controlling Sonnen than he had in the first round, but for the most part it was all Sonnen, landing punches to Silva’s head from the top while Silva couldn’t do much about it. Silva attempted a couple of arm bars that never had Sonnen in any real danger, and tried a kimura late in the round, but it was another round that Sonnen won, this time 10-9.

Silva started the third round with a punch and a spinning back kick, but once again Sonnen took Silva down within the first 30 seconds of the round, and from there he stayed on top of him and controlled him again. The third round was a clinic in takedowns, wrestling and control.

But in the fourth Silva was back to life, rocking Sonnen at the outset and having him badly hurt for a moment. But within a minute, Sonnen had done it again: He used his superior wrestling to grab Silva, throw him on his back and keep him there. Although Silva did some damage with his elbows from the bottom, leaving Sonnen’s face a bloody mess by the end of the round, it was Sonnen who won the round.

Early in the fifth round Sonnen landed a punch and Silva slipped to the ground, and then Sonnen pounced. Once again, it was Sonnen on top, landing punches and controlling Silva. But this time Silva managed to sink in a triangle choke that got Sonnen to submit, bringing a shocking end to a brilliant fight. Although Sonnen briefly appeared to be protesting as if he hadn’t actually tapped out, it was clear that he had.

Silva entered the fight with a UFC record 11-fight winning streak. The 12th was the toughest win of them all.