Which bout earned Silva Beat down of the Year honors from Sherdog?

Question

Silva through his stellar performance has been able to bag many titles and awards. I would like to know, which hiatoric bout earned Silva Beat down of the Year honors from Sherdog?

Answer 1

At UFC 101 which took place on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Silva again fought at 205 pounds against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin. Griffin was knocked down three times in the first round. The bout earned Silva Beatdown of the Year honors from Sherdog. The bout shared those honors with the second bout between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir.[35] Both fighters were awarded $60,000 as Fight of the Night bonuses and Silva received $60,000 in bonus money for Knockout of the Night.