In the closing seconds of the first round, Cannonier threw an inside leg kick that buckled Silva’s knee. It was immediately evident that Silva was in pain as he fell to the canvas.
Silva, the former longtime UFC middleweight champion, was hesitant during the first round of his UFC 237 fight with Jared Cannonier on Saturday night. The round mostly belonged to “The Killa Gorilla” until the fight ended in an unfortunate fashion.
The middleweight bout was the UFC 237 co-main event from Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro and streamed on ESPN+ pay-per-view. After a leg injury that ended his bout by first round KO, @SpiderAnderson is helped out of the Octagon #UFC237pic.twitter.com/gWgk0pay2M “I really appreciate the opportunity to step in here. He didn’t have to fight me. He could’ve fought anybody he wanted to,” Cannonier said. “… So I want to show my appreciation and my respect for him. But the crowd is a different story. They don’t respect me, and I ain’t got not respect for them. That’s just it.”— UFC May 12, 2019With the win, Cannonier now has won two fights in a row. Silva, meanwhile, suffers his second straight defeat.
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