That's Silva's mistake...he fought his fight, which is Chuck's fight, lol. But if he went in there with a gameplan of striking less and going for some type of take down, albeit vs Lidells awesome take down defense, he may have defeated lidell.
If you've seen the Silva vs Rampage fights, Silva totally demolished him...not beat him, but demolished him. And then you see Rampage vs Lidell...Lidell arms low...Rampage arms up and like a turtle, clip the chin, then gp...flash knockout but it counts.
Silva should have fought like Rampage did.