UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar

UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar was an Ultimate Fighting Championship event held on Oct. 13, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. It was the second major UFC event held in Rio in 2012, following UFC 143.

The main event at UFC 153 featured a light heavyweight bout between Anderson Silva and Stephan Bonnar, won by Silva via first-round TKO. The bout was a non-title fight scheduled for a maximum of three rounds, making it the first UFC main event to be scheduled for less than five rounds since the promotion moved to five-round non-title fights at UFC 138. Silva made his third appearance at light heavyweight, taking the fight on short notice after Jose Aldo was forced out of the event due to injury. Aldo was scheduled to face Frankie Edgar in a featherweight championship bout.

Main Card

Anderson Silva def. Stephan Bonnar
TKO, 4:40 of first round

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Dave Herman
Submission, 4:31 of second round

Glover Teixeira def. Fabio Maldonado
TKO (doctor stoppage), 5:00 of second round

Jon Fitch def. Erick Silva
Unanimous Decision

Phil Davis def. Wagner Prado
Submission, 4:29 of second round

Demian Maia def. Rick Story
Submission, 2:30 of first round

Preliminary Card

Rony Mariano Bezerra def. Sam Sicilia
TKO, 4:16 of second round

Gleison Tibau def. Francisco Trinaldo
Unanimous decision

Diego Brandao def. Joey Gambino
Unanimous decision

Sergio Moraes def. Renee Forte
Submission, 3:10 of third round

Chris Camozzi def. Luiz Cane
Unanimous Decision

Cristiano Marcello def. Reza Madadi
Split Decision