UFC 97 Outcome

[The Wrestling Fan]

Preliminary Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: (United States) Eliot Marshall vs. (Brazil) Vinicius Magalhães

Marshall defeated Magalhães via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Welterweight bout: (Japan Ryo Chonan) vs. (Canada) TJ Grant

Grant defeated Chonan via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29).

* Lightweight bout: (Canada) Mark Bocek vs. (Sweden) David Bielkheden

Bocek defeated Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:57 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: (Canada) David Loiseau vs. (United States) Ed Herman

Herman defeated Loiseau via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).

* Middleweight bout: (Canada) Jason MacDonald vs. (United States) Nate Quarry

Quarry defeated MacDonald via TKO (elbows) at 2:27 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: (Canada) Denis Kang vs. (France) Xavier Foupa-Pokam

Kang defeated Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Main Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: (United States) Steve Cantwell vs. (Brazil) Luiz Arthur Cane

Cane defeated Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

* Heavyweight bout: (France) Cheick Kongo vs. (Netherlands) Antoni Hardonk

Kongo defeated Hardonk via TKO (strikes) at 2:29 of round 2.

* Light Heavyweight bout: (Poland) Krzysztof Soszynski vs. (United States) Brian Stann

Soszynski defeated Stann via submission (kimura) at 3:53 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight bout: (United States) Chuck Liddell vs. (Brazil) Mauricio Rua

Rua defeated Liddell via TKO (strikes) at 4:28 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout: (Canada) Sam Stout vs. (United States) Matt Wiman

Stout defeated Wiman via unaninmous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Middleweight Championship bout: (Brazil) Anderson Silva vs. (Brazil) Thales Leites

Silva defeated Leites via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 50-46) to retain the Middleweight Championship title.

[glassjaw]

The Silva fight was so so so terrible. I don't blame Silva tho like all the idiot fans are doing. Chucks done he should have retired before the Evans fight oh well. I respect a man with pride.

[The Wrestling Fan]

Silva did what he had todo

[glassjaw]

I don't believe it had anything to do with Silva. Even tho there's a supposed another greesegate going on... It takes two to tangle. Leites was scared.

[The Wrestling Fan]

True and people are bitching about how Anderson Silva was dancing around and what not but when you think about it are YOU going to walk right into one of the best Ju-Jitsu guys in the world

[fantafan]

The bottom line about the Silva vs. Leites fight was it was boring. MMA is like that. People who reacted so harshly or are trying to blame anyone for a "boring fight" dont watch MMA. A shit load of MMA fights are "boring". Granted not often is it the main event with a touted best P4Per, but fights "suck" all the time. Its just how it is. Its how MMA is. Same reason hockey games can be really boring or really exciting, just happens.