UFC Fight Night 36 Play-by-Play: Erick Silva vs. Takenori Sato

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Erick Silva vs. Takenori Sato

Round 1: Silva inches forward.  No strikes through the first 30 seconds.  Silva lands with a kick to the body.  Sato grabs a leg and works for a single leg takedown.  Silva unloads a series of strikes on him.  He’s throwing heels at Sato’s head.  Sato hangs on to the leg.  Silva slams hammer fists into the side of his head.  He delivers a series of right hands until the referee steps in to stop it.

The official time of the knockout was 0:52 of the opening round.

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Erick Silva
“I needed a win, but at no point I felt pressured. Losing my last fight served as motivation, not as pressure. I trained very hard, it was the best camp of my life. I was the first to arrive in the gym and the last one to leave. I was very hungry for the win. The result couldn’t have been different. I want to keep training and on Monday I’ll be in the gym again.”

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