Round 1: Mendes knocked down Silva early with a high kick, even though Silva had his hand up and blocked some of it. Mendes followed that by taking Silva down again but they were back up later. Silva then took Mendes down and mounted Mendes and Silva had him in full mount. Silva started hammering away and the referee stopped it to win by TKO.

Winner via tapout (strikes) in Round 1: Thiago Silva