There are not many adjectives that can properly describe how the UFC middleweight title fight between the champion Anderson Silva and the challenger Vitor Belfort ended.

Those that did not witness the fight will surely say that the descriptions are pure hyperbole, words used to build up a fight that lasted a scant 3:25.

The fight was short, there was not much action, but no matter what words that fans of mixed martial arts read they will not be able to adequately describe the end of the fight.

Suffice it to say that the front kick that sent Vitor Belfort to the ground was the most devastating front kick ever delivered in MMA history.

UFC announcer Joe Rogan exclaimed that he had never seen a front kick end a fight like Silva’s did in any combat sport ever—that is how unexpected and powerful the kick was.

The hype leading up to this fight was huge.

Some of the Brazilian Press that were on hand to cover the event dubbed it the “The Fight of the Century,” while Rogan said it was, “The biggest title fight in the history of the middleweight division.”

Belfort was the best striker that Silva had ever faced, but in the end his power did not come into play one bit.  The fighters circled each other for the better part of the first round, neither looking to be the first to engage.

When they did engage at the 2:45 mark of the round, it was Belfort delivering a left that seemed to stun the champ momentarily, but he recovered quickly and the fighters were back to circling each other.

The end came quickly and in stunning fashion as Silva’s front kick landed flush on the jaw of Belfort and sent him crumbling to the ground.

Silva briefly celebrated and then ran to Belfort’s side to check on the status of the man he recently claimed was never his friend.

The win extended Silva’s win streak to 14 straight fights and extended his record UFC title defense streak to eight straight.

The win may calm the questions as to who the best pound for pound fighter in MMA is. 

The win will surely kick up the cries for a fight between Silva and Georges St. Pierre.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) released the medical suspensions today from UFC 126, which took place on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

MMAJunkie.com received the list of suspensions from the NSAC.  Ten of the 22 fighters who competed on the card face suspensions:

• Vitor Belfort: Suspended until March 23, no contact until March 8.
• Forrest Griffin: Suspended until Aug. 5; can be cleared early if right foot X-ray is cleared by a doctor.
• Carlos Eduardo Rocha: Suspended until March 23, no contact until March 8 due to a scalp laceration.
• Jake Ellenberger: Suspended until Aug. 5; can be cleared early if X-ray on both hands are cleared by a doctor.
• Paul Kelly: Suspended until March 23, no contact until March 8 due to a right-eyebrow laceration.
• Michihiro Omigawa: Suspended until April 7, no contact until April 7 due to a right-eyebrow laceration and head blows.
• Chad Mendes: Suspended until March 23, no contact until March 8.
• Gabe Ruediger: Suspended until April 7, no contact until April 7 due to a right-eyebrow laceration and head blows.
• Ricardo Romero: Suspended until March 23, no contact until March 8.
• Kenny Robertson: Suspended until March 23,  no contact until March 8.

Fighter payouts for UFC 126, which took place on Saturday, February 5th at the sold out Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada were disclosed today by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) knockout win over Vitor Belfort: $275,000

Forrest Griffin: $275,000 ($150,000 win bonus) unanimous decision win over Rich Franklin: $75,000

Jon Jones: $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus) submission win over Ryan Bader: $20,000

Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus) split decision win over Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000

Miguel Torres: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus) unanimous decision win over Antonio Banuelos: $9,000

Donald Cerrone: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) submission win over Paul Kelly: $19,000

Chad Mendes: $19,000 ($9,000 win bonus) unanimous decision win over Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000

Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) unanimous decision win over Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000

Paul Taylor: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) knockout win over Gabe Ruediger: $8,000

Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) TKO win over Ricardo Romero: $10,000

Mike Pierce: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) TKO win over Kenny Robertson: $6,000

UFC 126 took place on Saturday February 5th from the Mandaly Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Anderson Silva successfully defended his middleweight title for a record eighth time while extending his MMA winning streak to an impressive 14 fights with a stunning front kick knockout of Vitor Belfort.

Jon Jones officially became the "next big thing" in the UFC light heavyweight division with his second round submission over previously unbeaten Ryan Bader. The victory earned him a title shot against UFC champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128 on March 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Forrest Griffin also returned to the Octagon after a prolonged absence, earning a victory over Rich Franklin in a battle of former UFC champions.

After the UFC 126 fight card, the winners from the above fights were on hand for a press conference along with Rua and UFC president Dana White.

Many topics were discussed, with the most interesting one being the near conformation of a future bout between UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and Anderson Silva.

What follows are the best moments from post UFC 126  press conference.

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Anderson Silva defeated Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Saturday February 5th with a spectacular front kick that sent Belfort, a former UFC champion, crumbling to the ground.

After the fight, much of the talk focused around who Silva would face as his next opponent.

UFC president Dana White said that the fight that made the most sense at this time would be Silva versus UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre if St. Pierre is able to defeat Jon Fitch in his next title defense.

St. Pierre and Fitch are set to meet at UFC 129 which is scheduled for April 30th at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

An additional consideration is St. Pierre's request that he be given time to add weight in a smart manner as he moves to middleweight. 

St. Pierre has said that if he does move up to middleweight, he will stay at that weight.

Anderson Silva spoke to Ariel Helwani after the fight, discussing his kick as well as the potential match up against St. Pierre.

Ariel Helwani caught up with UFC light heavyweight fighter Jon Jones after UFC 126.

Jones entered his fight against Ryan Bader knowing that a win would catapult him into the top five rankings of the UFC light heavyweight division. 

Jones defeated the previously unbeaten Bader forcing him to tap out at the 4:22 mark of round two when he clamped on a guillotine choke. 

After the fight, as he stood in the center of the Octagon, Joe Rogan informed Jones that "Suga" Rashad Evans was injured and had to withdraw from his scheduled title bout against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128. Rogan then offered the title shot to Jones, who accepted as Rua walked into the Octagon.

UFC 128 will take place on March 19 at the Prudential Center in Newar, New Jersey.

At the post-fight press conference UFC president Dana White informed the assembled press that he had been told that ticket sales surged when the news broke of Jones replacing Evans.

The fight will be close to a homecoming event for Jones, who hails from Rochester, New York.

Prior to UFC 126, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White expressed apprehension about the main event between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort.

White said, "Everybody's so excited about this fight. Not just the other fights that are on the card, but this main event fight, because we know what both of these fighters are capable of doing. We all know."

"I'm going to be honest here, I'm not going to be a promoter here, but let's be honest. This thing could be the most dynamic, incredible fight we've ever seen, or the worst staring competition in the history of mankind. All I care about is that both these guys come and let it go and fight the fight we know we could possibly see.

When pushed further on why he felt that way, White responded that his fear was, "That they stand there and neither guy gets off. Believe me. God forbid. That's not what I want to happen."

After the fight Ariel Helwani caught up with White to get his feelings on what he saw in the cage on Saturday night.

After the fight Ariel Helwani spoke to Steven Seagal who discussed how he trained Anderson Silva to deliver the front kick that Silva used to put Vitor Belfort.

 Segal told Helwani,  “I learned sort of a variation of that in Japan probably 30, 40 years ago and I’ve been perfecting it all these years. It’s not exactly Karate, it’s just something that I created that’s just a little bit different that Anderson could learn well because he’s sort of a natural born athlete. He has very quick hands and feet and his kicks are good to begin with, so I started teaching him kicks I thought he could really hurt people with. In practice he was knocking people out with body shots. At that point I knew he was going to start making these kicks work.”

 Segal went on to say, “Well nobody knows the kick, I’m teaching it to Machida, Anderson and a few of the Brazilian’s, but we haven’t really used it much yet, I haven’t shown it to many people yet.”

The kick that knocked Vitor Belfort out was a perfectly placed straight kick. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva said that he was actually working on that kick with Stevan Seagal, who was with Silva as he walked to the Octagon on Saturday night.

"Steven Seagal helped me perfect that kick. That was a kick we were working on before I stepped in," Silva said at the post-fight press conference. "This was a kick that I trained a lot."

The front kick ended the fight at 3:25 of round one and allowed Silva to walk away from the fight with his UFC middleweight title in hand.

Talk after the fight was that Silva would face Georges St. Pierre in his next fight.

Silva has run through the UFC middleweight division since joining the UFC in 2007, racking up a 13 fight UFC unbeaten streak and eight straight title defenses, both UFC records.

The kick that knocked Vitor Belfort out was a perfectly placed straight kick. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva said that he was actually working on that kick with Stevan Seagal, who was with Silva as he walked to the Octagon on Saturday night.

"Steven Seagal helped me perfect that kick. That was a kick we were working on before I stepped in," Silva said at the post-fight press conference. "This was a kick that I trained a lot."

The front kick ended the fight at 3:25 of round one and allowed Silva to walk away from the fight with his UFC middleweight title in hand.

Full results from the fight card are below:

Mike Pierce defeated Kenny Robertson via TKO (punches) at 0:29 of round 2.

Kyle Kingsbury defeated Ricardo Romero via TKO (strikes) at 0:21 of round 1.

Paul Taylor defeated gabe Ruediger via KO (strikes) at 1:42 of round 2.

Demetrious Johnson defeated Norifumi Yamamoto via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

Chad Mendes defeated Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Donald Cerrone defeated Paul Kelly via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:48 of round 2. 

Miguel Angel Torres defeated Antonio Banuelos via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Jake Ellenberger defeated Carlos Eduardo Rocha via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28).

Jon Jones defeated Ryan Bader via submission (Guillotine choke) at 4:20 of round 2.

Forrest Griffin defeated Rich Franklin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Anderson Silva defeated Vitor Belfort via KO (front kick and punches) at 4:25 of round 1 

UFC president Dana White began the UFC 126 post-fight press conference by providing some numbers from the fight card.

The following fighters all took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts on Saturday night:

Fight of the Night:  Donald Cerrone vs.  Paul Kelly

Knockout of the Night:  Anderson Silva (awarded the bonus for his first round knockout of Vitor Belfort)

Submission of the Night:  Jon Jones (awarded bonus for second round submission of Ryan Bader)

The live gate for the event brought in $3.6 million with another $45,100 coming from the viewing party at the Islander Ballroom at the Mandalay Bay

After Anderson Silva destroyed Vitor Belfort with a front kick in the first round of their middleweight title fight at UFC 126 the talk about what's next for Silva kicked up a notch.

At the post-fight press conference UFC president Dana White said that the next fight that seems to make sense is a fight between Silva and UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre.

The only caveat White offered was that St. Pierre had to win his next fight.

St. Pierre is scheduled to meet Jake Shields at UFC 129 which will take place on April 11th of this year at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

The problem that UFC matchmaker Joe Silva and Dana White will face is if St. Pierre will take the fight quickly or will he request the time to put the weight on in a smart manner, which he said will take quite a while to do properly.

With the words of Dana White at the press conference the fight surely seems to be a lock to take place sooner rather than later.

After seeing multiple replays of the kick that ended the fight between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort, Joe Rogan exclaimed that he had never seen anyone finished with a front kick. 

He then clarified that by saying he was not just talking about MMA, but that he had never witnessed anything like that in any combat sport.

With the win Silva extends his MMA unbeaten streak to 13 fights and his overall win streak to 14.

Silva's goal of retiring as the UFC champion may not be out of the question.

After the fight Silva told Joe Rogan, that he wanted to thank all his trainers, all his family and friends and the coach that taught him the kick.

He then said he wanted to make sure that everyone respects Vitor because before he even stepped into the cage to fight, Vitor was already a champion and deserved the respect of everyone.

With this dominating performance, the talk of who the best pound for pound fighter in the world is should calm down.

One word can describe this finish, "Wow"