Silva out works Diaz, earns decision win
The main event of UFC 183 featured a middleweight bout between former Champion Anderson Silva and perennial UFC bad boy Nick Diaz.
The main event of UFC 183 featured a middleweight bout between former Champion Anderson Silva and perennial UFC bad boy Nick Diaz.
Anderson Silva fell to his back in tears only seconds after ring announcer Bruce Buffer read the scores that gave him a unanimous decision victory over Nick Diaz in the main event of UFC 183 at the MGM Grand Garden.
It was Silva’s first fight in 13 months, as he returned from a gruesome broken leg at UFC 168 when he kicked Chris Weidman.
Saturday, judges had it 50-45, 49-46 and 50-45 for the former middleweight champion and widely acknowledged greatest fighter of all-time.
Official Result: Anderson Silva defeated Nick Diaz by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)