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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 8, 2012 0:01:55 GMT -5
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Post by MuffFuzz on Jul 8, 2012 0:02:11 GMT -5
Anderson played him like a fiddle. Let Chael gain overconfidence in the first, but not take any substantial damage, then finish him in the second. There really shouldn't have been any doubt, Chael is not even worthy of holding Anderson's jock. But the way Anderson dodged that fake left then spinning back fist, WOW! The Spider reigns supreme. Lolno. Lolyes. But really, Anderson didn't come out guns blazing in the second like he did in the first and was ready to put Chael down. It's obvious Andy is a cerebral and tactical fighter.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jul 8, 2012 0:03:37 GMT -5
Man, what a stupid mistake on Sonnen's part to attempt something as wild and crazy as that spinning maneuver. It ended up costing him the fight and I guess it was all for not.
I don't know if Chael will ever fight Silva again. I guess there's no point when Silva is already 2-up on him.
No matter if Chael goes back and fights his way back up to a title shot, I still doubt we'll see Silva/Sonnen 3.
Anderson is the best, bar none. I have no idea what's next for him. He might as well retire with the belt because there's nobody at Middleweight who can take him.
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Post by scoobypat on Jul 8, 2012 0:05:48 GMT -5
He ducks the initial jab and I guess Sonnen just figured that the jab would hit and set up the spinning back hand. I doubt Anderson even knows he threw a back hand, he was staring at the ground when it was thrown. LOL so lame for a fight to pretty much end on that, I wish someone could put the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme to that.
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Post by K Dot on Jul 8, 2012 0:08:34 GMT -5
Lame or not, Silva won and Chael can shut the up forever.
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Post by Bartman on Jul 8, 2012 0:08:54 GMT -5
Right now at Middleweight, Lombard is the next logical choice if he's impressive in his UFC debut.
Fights against Munoz/Weidman/Bisping/Belcher don't really interest me for Anderson.
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Post by Sonnen on Jul 8, 2012 0:08:55 GMT -5
But you said Sonnen lost just because of that. He was getting all of his takedowns stuffed in round 2 and could not mount any offense. Dude gets FULL MOUNT on Silva and still couldn't do sh*t. Yeah. That told me a lot. Yep tells you alot about Silva's ground game eh? Not many guys do fantastic in the mount with less than a min' on the clock. He is against a black belt in BJJ, give the man time to work. Lol. Haters gonna hate.
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Post by scoobypat on Jul 8, 2012 0:12:48 GMT -5
Lame or not, Silva won and Chael can shut the up forever. Why, that would be boring. Look how crazy hyped this fight was, it would be so boring if MMA just stick to the "He's a great guy" schtick. "Combat sports" (as Joe Rogan would say) needs guys you want to see get their heads punched in, or guys who legitimately hate each other. I hope more guys got the Sonnen/Ortiz, route of craptalking, it makes fights stand out.
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Jul 8, 2012 0:12:55 GMT -5
But you said Sonnen lost just because of that. He was getting all of his takedowns stuffed in round 2 and could not mount any offense. Dude gets FULL MOUNT on Silva and still couldn't do sh*t. Yeah. That told me a lot. Yep tells you alot about Silva's ground game eh? Not many guys do fantastic in the mount with less than a min' on the clock. He is against a black belt in BJJ, give the man time to work. Lol. Haters gonna hate. Look at your sig and take your own advice, calm down. Did you hear Anderson's corner in between rounds? "Alright, we're warmed up, let's start the fight now." Anderson come out and blitzes him. I love Chael, man. I do, he''s a great dude. Was AWESOME on the Rogan podcast as well. He will always be #2, and when #1 is the best on the entire planet, that's not so bad. Anderson crushed him after getting Chael coming forward.
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Post by HHH316 on Jul 8, 2012 0:14:34 GMT -5
Sitting in a house full of Sonnen fans while wearing an Anderson Silva shirt at the end on the fight was the icing on the cake of my great Saturday.
LOL @ that poor excuse for a spinning back fist.
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Post by Sonnen on Jul 8, 2012 0:16:25 GMT -5
Yep tells you alot about Silva's ground game eh? Not many guys do fantastic in the mount with less than a min' on the clock. He is against a black belt in BJJ, give the man time to work. Lol. Haters gonna hate. Look at your sig and take your own advice, calm down. Did you hear Anderson's corner in between rounds? "Alright, we're warmed up, let's start the fight now." Anderson come out and blitzes him. I love Chael, man. I do, he''s a great dude. Was AWESOME on the Rogan podcast as well. He will always be #2, and when #1 is the best on the entire planet, that's not so bad. Anderson crushed him after getting Chael coming forward. I am calm?...
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Post by scoobypat on Jul 8, 2012 0:21:21 GMT -5
Yep tells you alot about Silva's ground game eh? Not many guys do fantastic in the mount with less than a min' on the clock. He is against a black belt in BJJ, give the man time to work. Lol. Haters gonna hate. Look at your sig and take your own advice, calm down. Did you hear Anderson's corner in between rounds? "Alright, we're warmed up, let's start the fight now."Anderson come out and blitzes him. I love Chael, man. I do, he''s a great dude. Was AWESOME on the Rogan podcast as well. He will always be #2, and when #1 is the best on the entire planet, that's not so bad. Anderson crushed him after getting Chael coming forward. To be fair, unless it's late in a fight, a corner will always attempt to calm a fighter by telling him he's got it or something to that extent. No one walks into their corner and hear's "What was that? You're getting your ass kicked!" after one round of five. So maybe that was their strategy, but I took it more as them just trying to keep his confidence up. I would have bought more into the snake in the grass laying and waiting strategy if Sonnen hadn't previously dominated Silva in their last fight. You have to think that the fear of Silva being finished in this fight was real to them, so I don't think their strategy was "Let him do his thing round one", maybe against any other fighter I'd buy that, but not in this fight.
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Post by K Dot on Jul 8, 2012 0:23:05 GMT -5
If Silva fought Sonnen again, I wouldn't have much doubt of Silva winning again. The difference between these two fighters showed evidently this time:
Round 1. Silva was in Sonnen's world, he got taken down, got GnP, and got mounted towards the end but still stayed relaxed and calm throughout and never let Chael do any damage.
Round 2. Sonnen was in Silva's world where once Chael couldn't take Silva down and it went Silva's way, he panicked and went for some crazy maneuver and lost the fight.
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Post by anxietydestroys on Jul 8, 2012 0:25:04 GMT -5
It was so strange. When the fight ended...I had the SAME feeling when the 1st fight ended. WHAT HAPPENED?! IS THIS GOING TO BE A LEGIT WIN?! In the first fight when Anderson tapped him the ref went in and ducked out and it was like did he tap?!?! then you check the replay and yes he did. 2nd fight...was the knee legal?!?!?! Replay showed yes...
Basically, me personally...I had the SAME emotion at the end of both fights.
Also, what about Anderson wiping the Jelly on himself during the intro and grabbing Chael's shorts. Chael has PLENTY of post fight material people..don't worry.
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Post by Bartman on Jul 8, 2012 0:29:59 GMT -5
Post-fight press conference about to begin for those interested.
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Post by K Dot on Jul 8, 2012 0:31:10 GMT -5
It was so strange. When the fight ended...I had the SAME feeling when the 1st fight ended. WHAT HAPPENED?! IS THIS GOING TO BE A LEGIT WIN?! In the first fight when Anderson tapped him the ref went in and ducked out and it was like did he tap?!?! then you check the replay and yes he did. 2nd fight...was the knee legal?!?!?! Replay showed yes... Basically, me personally...I had the SAME emotion at the end of both fights. Also, what about Anderson wiping the Jelly on himself during the intro and grabbing Chael's shorts. Chael has PLENTY of post fight material people..don't worry.I'm gonna say Vaseline didn't really have an affect as Sonnen took down Silva 1st round and held a dominant advantage the whole time. Grabbing his shorts are illegal and Yves probs should have paused for a deduction but to say that it changed the outcome for Chael is just foolish.
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Post by scoobypat on Jul 8, 2012 0:33:31 GMT -5
Yeah the vaseline thing was weird, interested as to what his reasoning for that was. The shorts thing I can kind of see, just grabbing for something, the same way guys grab the fence, and you forget what you're doing.
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Post by Sonnen on Jul 8, 2012 0:37:42 GMT -5
Pissed off with Forrest for taking Ortiz moment with Rogan, can't blame Tito and Dana for being upset, least Forrest apologised, he knew he messed up.
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Post by Sandy on Jul 8, 2012 0:38:04 GMT -5
you Sonnen nuthuggers are f***ing hilarious...
"Sonnen made a big mistake...BUT I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANDERSON"
lol...of course you are...that is why you keep mentioning the big mistake...the whole point of a fight is to FIND AN OPENING from the opposite fighters MISTAKE...
haha...
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Post by Bartman on Jul 8, 2012 0:39:11 GMT -5
Ah, here's a working link.
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