It was as if he saw all of Griffin's attacks coming in slow motion. Silva could not be touched that night. By the second minute of the fight, Griffin had begun to slowly ratchet up his aggression, but by then Silva was ready for more. For the first time in the fight he bulled his way forward with a multi-punch combination that mostly missed, but succeeded in getting Griffin to lash out with a left hook to check his progress.
Silva evaded the punch, then came back with a right hook that dropped Griffin. As Silva threw more, so did Griffin. Silva gestured for him to come on, and Griffin did. Silva feinted with his hands at his waist, and Griffin unfurled a three-punch combination, hitting nothing but air. Silva came back with a left hand that sat him down again.
Silva stepped back with his hands on his hips, then offered to help Griffin up as he got to his feet. The gesture seemed vaguely mocking, but what could Griffin do? Strategy seemed to have gone out the window. Griffin missed a left hook, then connected on a jab that earned him a disdainful look from Silva. Griffin lunged forward with a two-punch combination that Silva avoided almost with a casual shrug before responding with a short right hand in retreat.
Griffin ran face-first into the punch and then collapsed onto the Bud Light logo, legs splayed out, hands waving at the air in front of him in a sort of international gesture requesting mercy. The closing sequence was incredible. Griffin rushed in to attack Silva, but Silva calmly moved back and finished Griffin with a right hand.
Forrest Griffin. He got that mercy from referee Kevin Mulhall, who moved in to stop the bout at the mark of the first round. Silva celebrated with a jog around the cage as a dazed Griffin rolled to his feet and headed for the cage door with the referee and doctor trailing him. That exit would prompt even more Internet mockery than the result of the fight itself.
Within days the memes flooded in. Griffin would later refer to it as the worst night of his career, made slightly worse by the fact that he later tested positive for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, which required him to pay a fine and undergo a day suspension after the fight. Griffin would fight again that November, defeating Tito Ortiz via decision in a close fight.
Afterwards, he apologized to Silva when he encountered him backstage. Griffin finally capped off the charade by walking over to Tito and trying to hand him his sweaty t-shirt. Ortiz blew Griffin off and the fans were quick to let Forrest know that his unfunny and disrespectful attempt at comedy was neither fun nor funny. UFC president Dana White was extremely upset about the situation. White was asked about it in the press conference. White expressed his frustrations and also clued in the media and fans as to why Forrest did what he did…or at least why he told his boss he did it.
First Dana was asked about what he said to Forrest Griffin when he ran after him. Well the next time you are depressed about winning a fight, go back in the back and be depressed.
Stand up there. It drives me crazy. Come on dude. You have to understand that fifteen years ago, May 30, , Joe Rogan was the first person to interview me and I told him that I was going to make a mark in the sport. I helped build a sport that helped build the person I am today and for Forrest to step in and do what he did, after running?
Ironically Forrest Griffin walked into the press conference as Tito was giving this answer. Yes, Forrest was late. Forrest took a seat and offered up an apology that appeared to be sincere. He also said he was disappointed in his performance for not finishing the fight and was frustrated. White enjoys his reputation as being a hard-ass, so if such a rule does exist, I am guessing he implemented it to assure the fans that MMA is not a bloodsport and no one is ever "seriously" hurt.
Realistically speaking, a fighter who has just suffered from an in-cage encounter of the worst kind , meaning having just lost a fight with the unbeatable Anderson Silva, must be quite a stud to leave under his own power and at a brisk run. All I have heard on the situation was the less than elucidating news that Forrest's entourage those who accompanied him on his run from ring to locker room , only said that he spent a long time alone locked in the bathroom, then left without attending the usually obligatory press conference post fight.
Some had speculated that Forrest had a broken jaw resulting from Anderson's strikes to his face. There had been at least three that could have potentially broken his jaw, so that seemed a logical explanation, until it was later confirmed that he did not receive treatment for such an injury.
Having the typical issue of bowel or bladder incontinence as a result of Multiple Sclerosis and myself being stuck somewhere between the two, this would have been cause enough to make me attempt to run away after "losing it" in a fight.
I do remember hearing that Tim Sylvia had once just such an unfortunate consequence during one of his early defeats.
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