UFC 126 Silva vs Belfort

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Sat 5th February 2011 Local
Sat 5th February 2011 12:00am UTC

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UFC

Season
2011

Round
3

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(10,893 Attendance)

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UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 5, 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background
Former Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort was scheduled to fight Yushin Okami at UFC 122. However, UFC President Dana White said that Belfort would instead challenge Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva for the belt. Belfort was originally scheduled to compete against Silva on January 2, 2010, at UFC 108, but due to an injury sustained by Silva, the fight had to be postponed until February 6, 2010, at UFC 109 and April 10, 2010, at UFC 112, respectively. However, both fights were cancelled.

A bout between Kenny Florian and Evan Dunham was expected for this event. The fight was moved to UFC: Fight For The Troops 2.

A bout between Jon Fitch and Jake Ellenberger was expected for this event. However Fitch was pulled from the bout and instead fought former two-division champion B.J. Penn at UFC 127. Ellenberger remained on the card and instead fought Carlos Eduardo Rocha.

Sam Stout was originally scheduled to face Paul Kelly at this event, but dropped off of the card due to injury. Donald Cerrone stepped in to replace him, in what would become the first UFC lightweight fight featuring a fighter imported from the World Extreme Cagefighting following their merger in December 2010.

UFC 126 featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV, and one preliminary fight on their Facebook stream.

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Result List

01	Anderson Silva	UFC Middleweight	WIN
01	Vitor Belfort	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
02	Forrest Griffin	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
02	Rich Franklin	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
03	Jon Jones	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
03	Ryan Bader	Bellator Mens	LOSS
04	Jake Ellenberger	UFC Welterweight	WIN
04	Carlos Eduardo Rocha	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
05	Miguel Angel Torres	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
05	Antonio Banuelos	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
06	Donald Cerrone	UFC Lightweight	WIN
06	Paul Kelly	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
07	Chad Mendes	UFC Featherweight	WIN
07	Michihiro Omigawa	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
08	Demetrious Johnson	ONE Championship Mens	WIN
08	Norifumi Yamamoto	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
09	Paul Taylor	UFC Lightweight	WIN
09	Gabe Ruediger	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
10	Kyle Kingsbury	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
10	Ricardo Romero	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
11	Mike Pierce	UFC Welterweight	WIN
11	Kenny Robertson	UFC Welterweight	LOSS