Anderson Silva is the current UFC Middleweight Champion..
A year and half ago, he fought Ryo Chonan. This is the 3rd round of that fight.
Notice, near the end, Silva tries for the Thai Plum Clinch like he did with Franklin, and gets denied...
https://youtube.com/v/nKcz2OI2iGY
I'm not taking anything away from Silva, he's still a bad ass. I am of the belief that Pride has the upper hand with better fighters.
Though, Chonan went on to get knocked out by Baroni, who lost his last 4 UFC fights.
