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LAS VEGAS - It Took More Than Two minutes for Anderson Silva Thurs Engage with Vitor Belfort in Saturday's main event of UFC 126 Probably Wishing Belfort is the champion waited longer evangelical.

In a blink-and-you-missed-it knockout, the record-setting middle-weight champion landed a vicious left front kick to the chin of the ex-light heavyweight champion, crumpling him like a scrap piece of paper. After two half-hearted Punches to the fallen Belfort, the match was stopped 3:25 into the first round, Silva, having "extended his unprecedented reign atop the UFC in front of a Sold-out crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

"I've practiced this kick a lot," said Silva (28-4) through translator / manager Ed Soares.

"It just happened to work out."



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