No one can deny that Anderson Silva is the most feared fighter and the best in the sports. He had no loss since 2006 which was against Yushin Okami. He lost the bout due to illegal kick disqualification. He never seen this as a defeat, and very angry about that fight. His aim was to clear this from his record, and he did that indeed. That was his 9th title defence, and obviously he doesn't seem to lose that belt anytime soon. Any of his fights we've seen he beats the opponents in ease and somehow makes us feel that these highest level fighters seem like rookies in the sport. So here is what happened in Rio.
Anderson Silva started his fight very cautious like we used to see him in his title defences. He analyzed his opponent's moves, stances and the distance. Okami threw some punches while Silva kept his stance. Okami tried taking Silva down a couple of times with no success. His attempts were easily avoided. Getting close to that round's end Silva landed a solid uppercut connecting it with a head kick, making him daze. Fortunately for Okami the round ended right after that kick. Okami was more aggressive through the round though the best kick landed was Silva's to the head.
Second round started with both fighters trading punches, later Silva started pushing forward. After a couple of punches he decided to drop his guard. He started mocking Okami. He dodged Okami's right and countered his strike dropping him down. He didn't go over him and let Okami get back to his feet. Silva continued mocking with hands on his sides once again, Okami didn't even try to hit him for a minute. His confidence was destroyed. He again got dropped by a heavily landed right by Silva, this time Silva started pushing forward. He began landing punches with knees to the body. Okami hopelessly failed to respond these punches making the referee stop the fight.
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