Anderson Silva on the other hand has Steven "FUCKING" Seagal
Matt "Read my Bible" Hughes vs. Ricardo "Who Cares?" Almeida
Clay "I Like My Hair Better Than A Royalty Cheque" Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Roy Nelson vs. Junior Dos Santos
Chael Sonnen would be great if he wasn't more boring than Yushin Okami and John Fitch put together. He is such a lame fighter, they had to invent the word "grinder" to try make it not sound like all he does is lay on his opponents for 3 rounds.
Hope Anderson breaks out a Carlton dance or the running man.
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Anderson only needs a KO to get people back on his bandwagon. UFC just needs to stop giving him Brazilians, and stick to American fighters, he seems to always fuck up the Americans, and dances with Brazilians.
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"I'm the toughest guy in the company. There has never been a guy with earrings that can out-tough me and he's not gonna be the first."
"I think Vitor Belfort is in line next. That's not really who i would want to fight. I have a guy in mind and I'll challenge him on the night of the 7th."
"I've never had a problem with what he does in the cage. I don't believe in sportsmanship and honor. It's a fight. I just don't like him. I don't have to have a reason, not everybody can like everybody. I'm going to got out there and take his belt on the 7th and Dana's gonna fire him on the 8th."
"I don't think Anderson has any fans. He's the only guy in the world that has been a champion for 4 years and only has one sponsor. Nobody wants to associate themselves with him. Nobody wants to dress like him or be like him. I, on the other hand, have numerous sponsors who do very well. That should tell you all you need to know about his popularity."
"Anderson has been picking his fights for years. He fought a Math teacher from Ohio and a one-legged Canadian. Things will be drastically different for him when he fights a world-class wrestler like myself."
"There's no argument that I'm the only one promoting this fight. Of course I'm promoting this fight myself. Nobody wants to hear from him. Nobody is making any money off the fight because of him. I don't even know why he's here. You guys [the media] are the only fans he has. I'm the one people want to see."
"I don't know what hype means. Hype is BS, it's phony. I answer questions that you guys ask, that's it. I don't think that's hype. That's the fight business. We have to make people want to watch our fight. I could pull Anderson Silva out of his hotel room any night and beat the crap out of him, but i made a commitment to wait until august 7 to do that."
"He's a scary fighter, I know he's gonna hurt me really bad. But I'm confident that I can deal with the pain and take the belt from him anyway."
"I don't think he's gonna be that easy to take down. I don't think anybody has ever outgrappled him. But I've fought 41 men and I've never been outstruck. I doubt we're gonna be the first to do either to each other. It's gonna be a real fight, something that he's not used to."
Did he really just throw Rich Franklin under the bus like that? Hope Joe Silva matches them up after Anderson KTFOs that goof. His shit talk is very good I'll admit, its just too bad his skills can't back it up.
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Now......If I was Chael Sonnen, heres what I'd do.
Now Anderson Silva would be expecting me to do one thing, and thats shoot for the takedown. First I'd have the traditional wrestler stance, looking like I'm ready to shoot in, but what I'm looking to do is sneak in an overhand right to the temple of Silva. Very similar to what Randy Couture did to Tim Sylvia, and Rashad Evans did to Rampage. Now if I actually hit him in the temple it should be enough to give him wobbly legs, which would give me enough time to use my wrestling skills to take him to the mat. Now after I did this, I wouldn't go for sidecontrol or even try to fuck with Anderson's jits, since I know better from watching Dan Henderson and Travis Lutter do that and fail hard. I would just simply lay and wait in his guard until I could go for a heel hook or knee bar, since his legs would be right there for it. He tapped to a knee bar before, and noones even tried it on him ever since, and if I'm Chael Sonnen this is strategy I would employ to win this fight.
Now, If that all fails, I could always initiate the clinch and try lean on him on the fence. Which wouild probably be Chael Sonnes real strategy for the fight.
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Watched the pre show press conference on f4w. Pretty stoked for this entire card, even with Fitch on it. Hoping the Big Country comes down in an F150 to complete his redneckness, and then he kills Dos Santos so we can have Brock vs. Nelson in the most American match of all time. Not betting on that going down though. Anybody heard from Carwin since that time he lost? Whatever. Speed-fiend the Guida also fighting, and I loves that dude and his hair. Also, Matt Hughes, which is kinda remarkable I guess. Also, now a large Chael Sonnen fan. Don't like hsi fights and he's kinda toolish, but man, dude knows how to make me giggle. Kinda hope he beats Silva but not as much as I hope Silva walks in and rips his entire head off in two minutes.
Silva beats Chael straight quick or acts like a tool and gets it after five. Wouldn't mind seeing Dana's reaction if it's the second one.
Fitch beats Alves with some loverly LnP no doubts. Three rounds of "I really hope I don't have to see GSP waste either of these dudes again so maybe they can both lose somehows."
Almeida beats Hughes on account of anyone who can't doesn't really have a future in the sport apparently.
My boy Roy over Dos Santos with an obliterating right hand in the first round after Dos Santos uses him as a punching bag for a bit but he just takes it like Jabba then scores the lucky shot cause man do I ever want to see that happen.
Guida to kill any man in his path.
Plus an undercard with a super tall Netherlandian.
Stoked for the show and such!
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Was it me or does Chael comes off as a sort of kind of a sad, hateful person. The UFC bio showed him saying he has never played another game or sport besides wrestling (even cards!) -- and his father obviously conditioned his love on his son's 'success' on the mat. No wonder he seems so filled with venom.
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I don't admit to knowing Sonnen very well, but Silva is a pompous ass too. I hate his standing there, bopping his head around possibly because I hate the fact that nobody seems to be able to hit him. I also hate that he offered to help forrest up, which was a total slap in the face to him. I don't think Silva is good for MMA, I've never met anybody in real life who likes him and he seems to have this 'i'm better than MMA' attitude, like he's just running out his contract and plans to retire with the belt, which I think he does. As such, I'll cheer for anybody facing him.
The only person more gnarly in this sport thatn Chael Sonnen right now is Frank Mir. All others can rot.
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"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is
merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all
one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively,
there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the
imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather."
Roy Nelson got totally out classed and such, but whatever, at least he stayed standing. Total Dos Santos fury btu he couldn't put him away, so I don't think he's gonna be putting Brock down either. But who knows. Don't think Nelson is at the level of the top heavyweights, but I still love the dude. All them gut shots look totally useless on him.
Matt Hughes just blew my mind. Where did that come from?
Pretty solid fight from Guida and Dos Anjos. Standard Guida match and the other dude was taking it too him. Harsh way to lose a fight, and he had to be in a ton of pain to tap when all Guida was doing was leaning into him there. Tough loss in an entertaining fight, but I'm stoked Guida got the win here.
John FItch is the least interesting person in the universe. Everyone in the room just stopped caring abotu the show as the fight went on. Hope GSP wrecks him and he ditches welterweight forever. Maybe he'll have a tougher time laying on bigger dudes. I get that it works for him, but I'm not a fan of this guy co-maineventing shows, especially big ppvs like this. Totally kill the momentum of the show. Yeah it's impressive that he can dominate fighters, but it's not that thrilling to watch. Whatever.
Struve should get three trophies full of Coco Puffs and a high five from three people of high social status.
Chael Sonnen is my new best friend. Don't care that Silva tapped him, he absolutely wrecked him. Never thought it would go down like that. Good for Chael for actually bringing it, and I'm pretty stoked on a rematch. I had five bucks on Silva cause I figured it was the obvious pick, but by the end of the first I was all for Sonnen to just beat on him for the rest of the fight. Tough loss for him, and I wouldn't be too shocked if he broke into Silva's hotel room and axe murdered him tonight. Either that or he jumps off a bridge or something - dude looked emotionally broken after the fight. Not sure how a total tool can become such a face, but then again, I also don't understand how there still hasn't been another Mortal Kombat movie.
Gnarly show. Missed the Versus show last week, but this and 116 both delivered big time. Was watching with some folks who never really seen UFC before and they were all impressed too. Muse is on Saturday Night Live now. It's an old one. The new CD is like a bad idea with a lot of good thought gone tragically wrong the more it happened. The lead singer is startlingly British. Weekend Update is on next.
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"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is
merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all
one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively,
there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the
imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather."
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