Bellator 180 results, highlights: Chael Sonnen outpoints Wanderlei Silva for win

Three years after they were supposed to fight in UFC and never did, light heavyweights Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva finally met in the main event of Saturday's Bellator NYC pay-per-view in Madison Square Garden.

Outside of a pair of small pockets of action on the feet, the pair of 40-year-old's, with just one fight between them over the last

four years, very much looked their age as Sonnen relied on his wrestling to maul and dominate Silva by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27 twice).

The victory was a 180 from Sonnen's lifeless Bellator debut in January, when he returned from a three-year retirement and a lengthy drug suspension to lose via pathetic first-round submission to Tito Ortiz.

Sonnen (29-15-1) had much more life on Saturday, instantly taking Silva down in the first and third rounds, and went on to control 90 percent of the action from top position on the ground. But his success ultimately robbed the fight of its entertainment, during an already wild and bizarre PPV.

"As I look around this arena, all I could think to myself is, 'God damn, I hate New York,'" Sonnen said, during a pro wrestling-style promo that also took aim at Ortiz and legendary heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, who was knocked out by Matt Mitrione in the co-main event. "I made Tito Ortiz tap out in less than a minute ... When it comes to you Fedor Emelianenko, I only need one shot."

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