anxietydestroys
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Post by anxietydestroys on Jul 8, 2012 0:40:11 GMT -5
Yes, I agree. The Vaseline and the grabbing did not win him the fight or even help him in anyway...other than mind tricks.
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Sandy
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Post by Sandy on Jul 8, 2012 0:45:10 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 James Hetfield on Jul 8, 2012 0:45:41 GMT -5
The Vaseline thing is actually legal. The NSAC commissioner mentioned it the last time silva did that in Vegas.
It's only illegal to add ADDITIONAL Vaseline on yourself, but Silva just took the Vaseline from his face and rubbed it around him. Odd? Yes. Legal? Yes.
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Post by Sonnen on Jul 8, 2012 0:50:32 GMT -5
The Vaseline thing is actually legal. The NSAC commissioner mentioned it the last time silva did that in Vegas. It's only illegal to add ADDITIONAL Vaseline on yourself, but Silva just took the Vaseline from his face and rubbed it around him. Odd? Yes. Legal? Yes. It's no big deal though really, didn't make a difference.
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Post by K Dot on Jul 8, 2012 0:51:24 GMT -5
The Vaseline thing is actually legal. The NSAC commissioner mentioned it the last time silva did that in Vegas. It's only illegal to add ADDITIONAL Vaseline on yourself, but Silva just took the Vaseline from his face and rubbed it around him. Odd? Yes. Legal? Yes. Never knew that but how come Yves wiped it off?
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 8, 2012 0:53:19 GMT -5
Who knows.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Jul 8, 2012 0:54:59 GMT -5
Silva did nothing illegal by rubbing the vaseline on himself. Ref put it on him and there are no rules saying where you can spread it. If he greased it would be different. If you look what I wrote it is pretty much what happened.
Sadly Tito lost, but Forrest looked very sloppy. Don't know if it was rust or what, but he didn't seem all there.
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Post by "Living Legend" Duttanized on Jul 8, 2012 2:07:55 GMT -5
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. You must calm down young grasshopper.
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Post by 1992 on Jul 8, 2012 2:11:44 GMT -5
This is bull . Androids shouldn't be allowed to compete in the UFC.
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Daniel F'n Bryan
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Post by Daniel F'n Bryan on Jul 8, 2012 2:28:20 GMT -5
Well uhhh.....speechless honestly. I didnt expect it to end so decisively and quickly. I was genuinely sad when Chael lost. I felt like I just watched the Phillies lose in the Workd Series to the Yankees all over again.
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Post by 1992 on Jul 8, 2012 2:38:16 GMT -5
Well uhhh.....speechless honestly. I didnt expect it to end so decisively and quickly. I was genuinely sad when Chael lost. I felt like I just watched the Phillies lose in the Workd Series to the Yankees all over again.
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Post by 1992 on Jul 8, 2012 2:54:26 GMT -5
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 8, 2012 2:54:56 GMT -5
Interestingly, Chael said something like "I don't care if the knee was illegal or not, I don't like that rule anyway. He's the true champion, no excuses."
Wonder what this tells us...
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 8, 2012 2:55:30 GMT -5
Well uhhh.....speechless honestly. I didnt expect it to end so decisively and quickly. I was genuinely sad when Chael lost. I felt like I just watched the Phillies lose in the Workd Series to the Yankees all over again. (:
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Post by 1992 on Jul 8, 2012 2:56:20 GMT -5
Interestingly, Chael said something like "I don't care if the knee was illegal or not, I don't like that rule anyway. He's the true champion, no excuses." Wonder what this tells us... It...tell us...he's not making excuses? I mean am I being thick and not reading between the lines or...?
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 8, 2012 3:01:12 GMT -5
Also... Having Jason Parillo in your corner is like the Kiss of Death. Why would he ENCOURAGE Tito to stand and trade with Forrest? Although Tito was doing well when he actually did hit, he was still being outstruck about 5-to-1. Instead of him telling Tito to play to what was his strength (the wrestling and GnP), he told Tito to box with Forrest. His cornering advice sucks. " 'EM UP!!!" BJ, PLEASE FIRE THIS MAN!
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Post by SteveHulk on Jul 8, 2012 4:16:30 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. This. All credit to Silva... he was awesome. Nice to see both men being classy afterwards too.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jul 8, 2012 7:37:44 GMT -5
Where does Chael go from here?? Who would you guys match him against in his next fight?? Should he stay at 185 or move up to Light-Heavy??
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Post by NYdream™ on Jul 8, 2012 7:45:07 GMT -5
Was very happy hen he won. Im just wondering whats next for him... Who do you think will be next in line? Or does he do another superfight?
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Post by hammer on Jul 8, 2012 8:16:14 GMT -5
the winner of munoz/weidman, if they win impressively, id guess. lombard would need one more win after boetsch id say, over bisping, belfort or stann.
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