Watch Chael Sonnen on Fighting Words with Mike Straka in which he confesses that Anderson Silva’s submission briefly choked him unconscious.

With Anderson Silva out until early 2011 it appears Chael Sonnen will get another fight in before then, and Michael Bisping appears to be in his sights.

With Anderson Silva out injured for the time, one of the men who could face him next, Vitor Belfort, just wants to get into the octagon and compete.

A new report suggests that UFC 117 has indeed exceeded expectations and is set to draw in the region of 1 million pay-per-view buys.

According to one of Anderson Silva’s trainer the middleweight champion won’t compete again in the UFC until the early months of next year.

Despite losing to Anderson Silva at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen was not lacking in self-confidence when he spoke to the media after the post-fight press conference.

Never short of words, the UK’s Michael Bisping was busy this past weekend calling out Chael Sonnen and dissing Patrick Cote.

Vitor Belfort has told Dana White in no uncertain terms that he wants to be the next man to face Anderson Silva.

Read Anderson Silva’s manager Ed Soares discuss the outcome of Saturday night’s title fight with Chael Sonnen.

According to Dana White the pay-per-view buy rate for last night’s UFC 117 event looks to have exceeded all expectations.