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PHILADELPHIA – AUGUST 8: Anderson Silva (black / yellow shorts) def Forrest Griffin (beige shorts) – [] KO – 3:23 round 1 during UFC 101 at Wachovia Center on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Photo by Josh Hedges / Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Anderson Silva, who held the UFC middleweight champion in August 2009, switched to light heavyweight to test himself against former 205-pound UFC champion Forrest Griffin Griffin had lost that belt to Rashad Evans eight months before facing Silva

Fans – and UFC President Dana White – have widely criticized Silva for the two performances he played before facing Griffin. He seemed disinterested en route to victory over Patrick Côté and Thales Leites

Griffin looked to gauge the distance and Silva did the same at the start of the 205 pound scrap This continued for the first two minutes of the game Then Silva attacked and dropped Griffin Once Griffin got back on his feet, Silva looked much more relaxed Silva dropped her hands and used her head movement to avoid Griffin’s strikes before dropping him a second time

Silva allowed Griffin to get back on his feet and then as Griffin moved forward, Silva threw a lazy right jab as he also backed up and dropped Griffin for the third time. This ended the fight at 3:23 of the first stanza

Silva takes on Uriah Hall in tonight’s UFC main event on ESPN fight card 39, which takes place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Before this fight, watch Silva score an incredible knockout against Griffin

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I’m a freelance writer who has covered a wide variety of topics over the years I’ve written about crime, tech, fitness, and entertainment for a variety of outlets These days I have mainly focus on MMA as a contributor at MMAjunkie and now at Forbes I make my home in Baltimore, MD

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