UFC 101 Results

Well, in a pretty solid event, Anderson Silva showed considerable separation between the level he fights at, and that of the mortal human being. Silva toyed with Forrest Griffin for much of the first round, he bobbed, he weaved, he essentially danced around the former UFC Light Heavyweight champion while picking his spot on shots. At one point, after waving Forrest on, he knocked Griffin down, and just as it seemed the fight was about to end, Silva instead let him get back up, even offering his hand to help Griffin up. Then, after he tired of Forrest Griffin, with about 40 seconds left on the 1st round, Forrest Griffin let a fury of punches fly, the problem was Silva did not let any of them connect. Silva left his hands by his side, danced his head around each swing, then let one, pinpoint shot of his own fly, dropping Griffin for good. Well not for good, Griffin actually ran out of the cage and back to the locker room before they were even able to declare Anderson the winner. Not sure what was up with Griffin.

In the other main event, BJ Penn successfully defended his UFC Lightweight Championship against Kenny Florian. Leading up to the fight, Florian carried on about how as "samurais" you search the world for other "samurai's", and that Penn was a "samurai master" but that he, Kenny Florian, was going to "kill the master". Well, this fight lasted much longer than the other main event, going in to the 4th round. Each round, Florian would pin Penn against the cage, attempting take down after take down with absolutely no success. As they separated, both fighters would exchange in a flury of strikes. BJ often caught Kenny with several strong uppercuts, and 1 or 2 good knees, but the rounds were relatively close by my count. Florian appeared to have a strategy, wear Penn down, take your time, and wait for your opportunity to strike. Unfortunately Florian didn't learn the simplest, most obvious, glaring problem when fighting BJ Penn: give up your back to Penn, get choked out, its as simple as that.

Other Results

Lightweightweight Championship:
BJ Penn Vs. Kenny Florian Winner: Penn

Light Heavyweight Match:
Anderson Silva Vs. Forrest Griffin Winner: Griffin

Welterweight Match:
Amir Sadollah Vs. Johny Hendricks Winner: Hendricks

Middleweight Match:
Kendall Grove Vs. Ricardo Almeida Winner: Almeida

Lightweight Match:
Josh Neer Vs. Kurt Pellegrino Winner: Pellegrino