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Anderson Silva fought Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 in Philadelphia in 2009 .
The fight was the first time Silva had been anything other than the headliner.
Dana White wanted a bigger challenge, so he offered Silva an opportunity to move up in weight to fight Forrest Griffin .
Griffin had gone from total obscurity to reality TV show fame to brief stint as a light heavyweight champion.
The fight ended after the first minute of the fight in Philadelphia .
It was roughly a minute into the fight before Silva threw his first strike, catching a Griffin leg kick with his left hand and firing off a punch with his right, much like he’d done to quickly dispatch Irvin in his last trip to 205 pounds .
Anderson Silva knocked out Forrest Griffin in the first round of UFC 101 at UFC 101 .
Griffin ran face-first into the punch and then collapsed onto the Bud Light logo.
Silva calmly moved back and finished Griffin with a right hand.
Griffin would later refer to it as the worst night of his career, made slightly worse by the fact that he tested positive for Xanax .
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