Brazil put on a show at UFC-90, which ended recently, in Chicago, in the United States. With seven Brazilians on the card, including two green-yellow clashes, the country emerged with five victories.
In the main fight of the night, Anderson Silva he abused his confidence and jokes in the octagon against Patrick Cote, even so, Spider landed good blows against the Canadian in the first two rounds, but at the beginning of the third round the challenger suffered a knee injury that prevented him from continuing in the fight, much to the frustration of the audience and both fighters.
Also noteworthy is the good victory of Thiago Pitbull about Josh koscheck in the judges' decision and for the surprising knockout applied by Junior Gypsy em Fabricio Werdum in the first round.
On the preliminary card, Thales leites, after going through a scare at the beginning of the fight, managed to take down Drew McFedries and submit him with a rear naked choke in the first round. In another duel of bruzucas, Hermes França beat former professor Marcus Aurélio in the judges' decision. Check the results
Main card:
- Anderson Silva defeated Patrick Cote via TKO (injury) in R3;
– Thiago “Pitbull” Alves defeated Josh koscheck in the unanimous decision of the judges;
- Gray Maynard defeated Rich Clementi via unanimous decision;
– Junior “Cigano” dos Santos defeated Fabricio Werdum by technical knockout at 1min21s of R1;
– Sean Sherk defeated Tyson Griffin via unanimous decision by the judges;
Preliminary card:
- Thales leites submitted Drew McFedries with a rear naked choke at 1min18s of 1R;
– Spencer Fisher submitted Shannon Gugerty with a triangle at 3min56s of 3R;
- Dan Miller defeated Matt Horwich via unanimous decision;
– Hermes França defeated Marcus Aurélio in a unanimous decision by the judges;
– Pete Sell defeated Josh Burkman via unanimous decision.
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