Key takeaways
Rich Franklin beat Wanderlei Silva by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 147 at the Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Cezar Ferreira beat Sergio Moraes after three rounds.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in ten fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Rodrigo Damm, who stopped Anistavio Medeiros at 2:12 of round one, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Marcos Vinicius's knockout of Wagner Campos, 11 minutes and 4 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 56 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its five results came early, against one of the five above it. Rodrigo Damm (submission, round one), Francisco Trinaldo (knockout, round one) and Thiago Perpetuo (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
