The main event of UFC 117 proved to be fight loaded with both shock and awe moments. Most of us were taken back at the sight of Anderson Silva being throughly dominated in such convincing fashion by a man that many would have considered to be beneath the middleweight champion.

Thankfully, we were treated to an otherwise dominant Silva being forced out of his comfort zone. If nothing else, Chael Sonnen accomplished a few things:

After what seemed like years of fist-to-face controversy and political backlash, mixed martial arts has finally gotten the go ahead from Ontario political officials.

The provincial government released this past Saturday that it will allow sanctioned events to take place under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. These are the same rules used by promotions across North America since 2000.