100% Agree to this, even before round 5 after loosing 4 rounds he was responding the crowd and then he planned to choke him. Wow! And Chael is a savage!
@@jacek8889 What makes it even worse, is that he promised his dying father he would be Champ, but he never got there. Truth is, his Dad probably didn't care much either way. He loved his son no matter what.
And then getting choked. You have to tap if you get choked. Its unfortunate for chael but silva outsmarted him you cant deny that. Maybe chael let his guard down all he had to do was sit on silva for 2 minutes and been world champ. But once youre fully cinched into a choke thats it.
@@mysteretsym that’s the problem though was thinking the way you stated. “All he had to do was sit on Silva” Nope. All he had to do was prevent one of the greatest fighters ever with incredibly well rounded skills from doing what he does best. And that is, get the upper hand just when his opponent thinks they have either an opportunity to attack, or an opportunity to breathe. Do that with Silva one too many times and it will be over in a flash. Silva took more of a beating than I’ve ever seen him take, and by that many times over. But it just goes to show what a champion he is. No matter how tired he might have been, which he never was, or how disoriented he may have become, which never happened, or how desperate he might have gotten, which also never happened, he will either quickly end it, or wait for his opponent to make a few mistakes, and size that opportunity. Bruce Lee said it. “When my opponent expands, I contract, and when they contract, I expand, and when the opportunity comes, I don’t hit, it hits all on its own”. He was watching Sonnen’s face, very, very, carefully, and could read when his guard was down, in his mind is what I mean. Silva just casually, casually, slips that leg over, and locks in the triangle. Done. If there was ever a time when Anderson Silva used every ounce of power he had, it was right there with his legs, crushing Chanel. Incredible. Simply incredible.
@@andrewhigdon8346 anderson silva is not incredibly well rounded, stop it, his wrestling is zero, his grappling is zero, he has passive guard, he got lucky
Anderson showing immense respect for Chael, how low he got.. not just a bow but at that mans feet with humility and respect, love to see it from the champ
It was painfully clear to see how comfortable the spider was throughout this whole fight. I’m so ecstatic with that finish as it shows exactly what I’m talking about
Kinda Scary Silva did not even slowed down that much, you can see Chaels apprehension in Round 5, And Silva just kept moving forward. It probably demotivated Chael enough that in the rematch sine he was not able to put a lot of beating on Silva in Rd1 he knows he is done.
This fight is honestly still surreal, like it doesn’t feel like a man should be able to take that many punches to the head and stay conscious. Absolutely legendary.
@@ozzylepunknown551 I don’t know if I agree with that, Chael was a good fighter and fought the kind of fight he wanted to, but Silva was trying for submissions repeatedly throughout the fight too. I honestly think Silva wanted to beat him via sub the whole time and that’s why he didn’t offer much resistance to the takedowns. I doubt he intended to get punched in the head 300 times, but at the end of the day he won, and to say Silva isn’t a good fighter is just being disingenuous. The man is one of the GOATs.
Still amazing to see years later. You could see Chael starting to gas out in top position in the final round -- sitting up and throwing slow, tired punches that allowed Anderson to pull his arm toward him and lock in the triangle. Unbelievable. Chael was up 40-34, 40-35, 40-36 on the scorecards entering the fifth.
It has been 10 years and I feel worse for Chael every time I watch this fight. 120 seconds away from fulfilling his promise and within an instant it was gone
I can’t believe Chael. What a nice guy he is, to avoid Anderson the embarrassment of losing 5 rounds in a row. And he even let Anderson hold his belt afterwards. What a gentleman.
Chael Sonnen was an absolute BEAST in this fight. He has nothing to be ashamed of. He beat up one of the greatest champs in UFC history throughout the whole fight. Respect to both fighters
Got to hand it to Chael, despite the loss he truly proved he isn’t just another loudmouth, he actually put up a fight that made me feel like Silva was going to lose for sure.
Whether you wanted Anderson to win or Chael to win. This fight was clearly one of the greatest Fights in ufc history. The more you watch it,the better it gets with time.
Reminds me of that Chiefs Bills playoff game last weekend. Thought the Bills had it. As a Bills fan I was almost in tears of joy. 13 seconds to go up by 3 and kicking off too the Chiefs. How bout a Squib kick & not playing Prevent Defense. If anyone has any clue why DC’s ever & I mean EVER use prevent defense, let me know. I imagine it has something to do with under the table money to that DC cuz I can’t imagine every one of them being that Stupid & never changing or fixing it: DAMMIT! Why the football gods hate me? SMH
Nah bruh if Silva wanted to he would’ve stopped playing around, Chael claims that he beat the brakes off of Silva yet he didn’t even knock him out or make him bleed and what’s worse is he literally tapped when he got out in the triangle
Perfect example of winning a fight but losing the war. Big respect to both of these Warriors. I remember the energy of this fight when we watched it live. INTENSE!!
Silva was so calm while getting beat up for so long. He was more calm than I was watching it on RUclips. True champion, never lost confidence in his art form.
@NIETZSCHEAN54 silva fought against smaller fighters? That is not true considering he embarrassed former lhw champ Forrest griffin and former lhw contender James the sandman Irvin. And most of the middle weights he fought against came in heavier than he did. Rich franklin could have easily been a lhw.. I can go on and on.
I doubt it. He dominates the best middleweight of all time for 4.5 rounds. That'a something to be prous of. Fighting isn't just about the win; it'a about performance too. That's why I love Chael and this fight.
I bet it DOES. He promised his father on his death bed that he would be world champion, and he was 2 minutes away from it. He was reckless in those final moments, he only needed to coast it from there. Silva could do nothing to him from that position until Chael stupidly gifted him that triangle choke. I bet Chael doesn't live a day without regret for that. Quote from Chael: "I'd give EVERYTHING to be World Champion for one day"... Still doubt he's haunted? He is. I guarantee you.
TemplarsCreed - you’re probably right, but even if Chael “won” the belt, he would have been stripped once the drug test came back. He would still officially never be champion.
@@tberry79 Yeah when I started watching this I was thinking, wow, are these guys even in the same weight division, Sonnen looks so much bigger. I didn't know he was on the roids though, explains it all!
@BLACK BULL not really bored. Chael was kicking his ass all fight. Silva has always had dangerous submissions, especially his triangle, and chael has been pretty susceptible to chokes as well. Just great timing by Anderson when Chael got lazy in his guard
I really like how Chael watches his fingers when he's controlling the face, zero eyepokes despite having his hands over Silva's face. The kind of fair play you only see from an undisputed undefeated champion.
It's amazing to see just how much punishment Chael dolled out, and yet at the start of every round Anderson looks clear-eyed with a spring in his step, and Chael's the one with the bruised, swollen and bloodied face. Two absolute warriors.
Silva trained ancient martial arts where they’re very disciplined in taking pain,mentally and physically, he trains his body to stay strong and firm and learns how to withhold pain and swallow it up
I mean most of the shots landed were not significant. They are just annoying. They do not actually deal any damage. He landed a few good shots on top but the flurry of shots do not have any power or leverage behind them.
@Obtuse One I'm pretty sure all his big punches from the top had more power than Weidman's punch that stunned Anderson. I wonder if punches against someone's head that braced against the mat are less effective, hence why so many people go for elbows/cuts in top position these days.
mathjoker You are correct, it is the jolt of the head that causes the most brain damage. Punches to the head where the head is help in place by the floor are just bruising the skin and bone. But with that said, the best punches are those from top where bottom is lifting their head up but gets caught on the way, jolting back down and then bouncing back up again after hitting the floor for two jolts on the brain.
The day Chael remained undefeated and undisputed champion of the world. The biggest arms in West Lin clearly won without tapping. Edit: I see some people don’t understand the MMA meme. 😂
this was the first time we ever saw heart from anderson because he never needed it before, and to see how much heart he has was amazing. I wish they'd signed anderson earlier to the ufc, bc he entered already a bit older, and pre-ufc anderson was actually the most dazzling version of him to my eyes.
Great fight. Sonnnen gave a champions performance until the last minute stoppage. Anderson Silva showed why he is one of the best fighters in MMA history. Props to both fighters for an amazing fight.
I love it at 24:18 when he says, "Are we three-minutes away from having a new champion?", after watching Chael basically dominate the entire fight. Then Rogan jumps in with, "Don't count out Andersson Silva, he's the champion for a reason." -- then see what happened right after that... WOW...!!! GREAT FIGHT, GREAT ENDING...!!!
joe has some sort of sixth sense regarding this, like when he was like don't count out derrick lewis right before his ko of volkov even though volkov was about to win that fight.
@@kuryanthomas1438 Somebody else irl mentioned that to me also -- I'll be paying closer attention now to see if it's true, or maybe were just coincidences...
I watched this fight at my cousin Joe’s house along time ago , we were both rooting for Silva and thought he had lost it was a bad ass comeback. My cousin past away last year and this old fight made me feel like I was in his living room Rip Joe
Sorry for your loss, our loved ones will always be alive in our hearts and memory, I'm pretty sure the he was there present watching the fight with you again
Rogan is a fucking clown. Wish they got rid of him the same time as Goldberg. Unless you like grown men with bulging eye balls, a gaping mouth- and grabbing both his colleagues in the chair like he's having a fucking heart attack. Rogan is the most overrated commentator out there. What a fucking 🤡...
Insane fight. They just didn't slow down so far into the fight. Chael was out boxing, out wrestling, and out pounding Silva but regardless of how much time was spent on the ground, they kept using new high level techniques that would catch most fighters nowadays. Just goes to show how much of a beast legends back then were
Can’t believe the UFC is so desperate for content that they are just posting video game gameplay. We all remember how Silva vs Sonnen went @UFC quit playin
@@TheSimsBurglar Silva got busted later in his career too. PEDs are part of the sport at the elite level, basic fans just don't want to accept reality.
Every time I see this fight and see Chael lose in the final seconds, I think how angry Chael must have been at himself to lose after dominating Anderson Silva for 5 rounds. Anderson pulled out an amazing win and never gave up. But, even though Anderson won it was such a dominating performance by Chael that you have to respect him. Anderson is the goat, but Chael dominated the goat for 5 rounds before he got caught.
Even if Chael had won this, it would have been overturned and him stripped a couple days later after his failed test. He gave up on himself when he decided to take PEDs, though I guess Silva may have been on something here as well, BUT Silva didnt piss hot in this fight, so we can only be sure of 1
Every single time! Rogan cursed the bad guy saying "is it too early for sonnen to celebrate"... lost some coin on this fight, counted my chickens before they hatched just like chael!!
Anderson always had a weird face structure. I seldom saw him swell, bleed or get red in his face even after eating clean shots. Not only in this fight and I always wondered why that is the case with him.
@@hischransen8069some people don't get cuts or bruises as easily as others. Silva definitely experienced permanent brain damage tho from all those strikes
It’s both amazing that chael beat up Anderson for that long and it’s equally amazing Anderson pulled that shit out the bag. Fights like these is what makes this sport great.
I feel like Chael is known so much for his expert level trash talk and wit, that his crazy good fight talent and relentless ability to keep pushing the fight gets overlooked.
Back in his prime he was my favourite fighter to watch, even as a casual fan who didn't know about his entertainment talent. He came with a certain intensity to the fight, which made them exciting to watch. He brought it. When other wrestlers had more of a lay and pray style, Chael always found himself in exciting fights. He was never calm, like most champions, which ultimately cost him.
I like how chale fans love trying to look for his name in this fight. After this fight whatever he did in the fight up to the point where he got out skilled. I see nothing I see a broken ego and a humble chale after that fight(at least in the ring). Fast forward next fight Silva shows he does this and he is the best. Chael is a good fighter and to me should have put that fight away in the 1st buttt he’s fighting the best ever in the history of the ufc in my opinion and this fight shows . All the comments say chael this chael that when they should be saying Silva is the goat. Chael got embarrassed in that 5th round and the next fight as well
3 of us black guys in a bar full of white guys..100+.. we jumped up yelling excited when he tapped.. then realized whole bar was dead quiet lol looking at us
@KidCudi72 cuz at the end of the day its still anderson silva. He was getting thrashed but he was still defending and always had a really good chin. Chael was never a power puncher.
Even tho he lost can we still say this is one of the greatest performances of all time? Anderson was goated at the time and Chael destroyed him up until the triangle
This fight still breaks my heart, every time I see it. Chael was amazing, but that's mma for you folks, and that's Silva, it only takes one small mistake, protect yourselves at all times is not just something they say.
2022 still breaks my heart for Chael! Alot of new fans don’t realize how dominant Anderson was at that time plus the build up was insane, The American gangster came through and did us all proud!
@@No-bi3pb I know poor Kanye East is so delusional. Chael never lost. He is literally undefeated in his career. He's never bled never even lost a round. The biggest arm in West Lin. When you're the greatest fighter who ever lived they've got a name for you, they call you Chael Sonnen.
@@anavilla489 that's what he claimed after fight. Obviously joking. It's an old trick to tap once so opponent lets go and ref might not see the 1 tap. Fedor only tapped once to werdum aswell i think but also was spotted
He was the first fighter in the UFC to dominate Silva. Was Chael's fight to win until he slipped up and got caught in that triangle. Alot of the younger fans weren't around to see Spider when he was in his prime. Nobody could touch him. Definitely one of, if not the most dominant fighter ever until he lost to Weidman.
@davidknell9676 I know, that was from his Pride days, he became a completely different animal right before he made the transition to the UFC. He obliterated an extremely tough, but not very well rounded, Chris Leben in his UFC debut and the rest is history.
@davidknell9676 You're right though, he was always a great fighter in Pride but he couldn't quite get to elite status due to being prone to submissions. He greatly improved his ground game and submission defense after the loss to Chonan and the high level of Muay Thai striking was already there.
I knew the winner before watching and it's still great! Perfect Chael fight, complete with a semi tap and chael asking the ref "what?" When it gets stopped!
Too bad that your hero is honest enough to tell you otherwise!!! You don't believe me than just watch the post-fight interviews & press conferences of both Silva fights as well as the Jones fight!!!
@@Vegeta68041 not at all. He was getting destroyed even though silva was on the bottom with elbows and the brief times they were fighting standing he was getting pieced also.
This one hurts bad. Fantastic fight by both fighters, Silva withstanding blow after blow and finally coming in with a quick submission in round 5, Sonnen absolutely dominating the Goat for 23 straight minuets, it was all fantastic. Incredibly sad loss for the fighter who gave prime Silva something to respect.
Chael sonnon was found packed with steriods the next day and was suspended for 2 years, Anderson silva team revealed he had a broken rib and was sick but he still took the fight. Chael sonnen was never a real fighter, In there next fight 3 years later Chael sonnon quit in 2 minutes of the 1st round.
One of the best fights in ufc history, i remember watching this fight with my friends and family, the atmosphere inside the stadium and the atmosphere we created in our living room was electric, a night i will never forget, hella respect for both fighters.
The only UFC event I’ve attended live to this day. The feeling in the arena was so nuts. I feel like people who have recently gotten into the sport the last few years don’t understand how dominant Anderson was during this time period, and how fucking crazy this was. Chael was so close to pulling off the greatest upset in MMA history.
I blame his corner. They pumped him up and pushed him for a finish. If they had half a brain between the 4 cornermen, they'd have told him to chill out, stand back, and not try to be too aggressive or to finish. He had already undisputably won 4 rounds, that was a kamikaze strategy.
@@olisk-jy9rz I agree. I mean idk what the corner said/did but the whole time watching this (hindsight 20/20) I was thinking the same thing. He should have been more defensive in the 5th. But also there is a chance he could have gotten wrecked if he didn't apply this pressure.
@kommisar THAT'S complete byullshit, Silva never was close to koing, unlike Chael that knocked him down thrice and hurt him many more times on the ground. The beating Silva took shortened his career and probably gave him brain damage as well
@kommisar Silva needed a TKO, KO or tap to win. No judge would score that for him. Silva did a great job defending himself tho which is why Chael looks battered and he doesn't.
@@johnhutchinson9509 yeah, I was thinking, it only takes one small mistake and Silva ruins your career. I still don't understand how he won so many fights, to be honest, but fighting him is playing with fire while wearing gasoline-soaked underwear.
He didn’t even have to stand with him the 5th round. He still coulda just taken him down and got out of Anderson’s full guard into half or side control and probably still would’ve won
ScubaSteve that’s true. Nobody was ever able to beat him up like that. And he fought killers, Bisping, Weidman, Adesanya, DC. And Chael totally dominated him
@@michamarczuk1420 The thing is, I believe Chael got into his head so badly that Anderson was diminished. Chael has an amazing mental game. Normally Anderson was the one that did this, looking condescendingly down the Octagon and snapping the mental ability of his opponent. Chael paved the way for Weidman. Too many people respected Anderson.
10 years later it still crushes me every time for Chael. I felt so bad for him watching it live the first time I think I almost cried 😂. Both legends of the sport. Credit to Silva for finding a way to win.
Pierce Hughes dude when they ask him about his dad, I know you told your dad you would get the belt what would you tell him ? And he replies I’ll tell him I tried. - chael that one chokes me up , and he did he should be proud of himself and his dad is to
Stopped watching after the first round. Knew it was going to end up like every Chael Sonnen fight. He wins every round and then wins the fight. Undisputed!
I thought Anderson's gesture of humility and respect to Chael post fight was one of, if not THE most heartfelt, genuine sporting moments out there. True gladiators.
I was there live that night. Anderson was/is my favorite fighter so i was so excited to see the man fight live. As this fight progressed, round after round of getting taken down and smothered, I thought "oh man. of all the nights I cam to see him live, he's going to lose. great." and then those final seconds happened. In the stands, there's no commentary, so you're just kind of trying to see what's happening on the ground through the big screens. The ref called it off, and we all kind of stood there in silence, almost as if- 'wait, what just happened!?' After we realized he caught him in a triangle and won, we all lost our shit. It was amazing. I have a picture with Anderson from 2 days prior at an open workout in Concord, and I kept the ticket in the same picture frame. Greatest fight I've been to.
What a night! You watched one of his greatest fights live, man. Maybe you didn’t watch him overwhelm and dismantle his opponent as he usually did most of his fights, but you were there when he pulled off an incredible win at the very last round, after losing the whole match, he won against all odds during the bout itself. He defeated a legend like Chael Sonnen on the ground! I think that it made it more unique and special watching him win a title fight that was already lost than other performance.
@@brancoroldan5470 Yessir! One of the greatest fights, ever. And totally agree, to see him come back from adversity really make it special after seeing him annihilate opponent after opponent. This was the rest of the main card for UFC 117: Jon Fitch vs Thiago Alves Clay Guida vs Rafael Dos Anjos Matt Hughes vs Ricardo Almeida Roy Nelson vs Junior Dos Santos Overall a pretty stacked card as well!
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Anderson’s triangle is a prime example of why you should never quit in life - you can be losing the whole time but it only takes 1 opportunity to win
Very well said brother.
100% Agree to this, even before round 5 after loosing 4 rounds he was responding the crowd and then he planned to choke him. Wow!
And Chael is a savage!
Cheal Sonnen tap out is a prime example of why you are fucked in life - you can be winning the whole time but it takes only one mistake to lose it all
Amen
@@jacek8889 What makes it even worse, is that he promised his dying father he would be Champ, but he never got there. Truth is, his Dad probably didn't care much either way. He loved his son no matter what.
Sonnen had a magical ability to hit someone, making himself bleed and leaving the other guy looking untouched.
best comment
I’m barely familiar with MMA and even I fucking love this comment
Key words is looking untouched. Skin may get cut and heal in a few days, but brain damage is forever. RIP Silva.
Smallie Biggs silva is from brazil is he part black?
Smallie Biggs that's the most retarded thing I have ever heard
I could not imagine spending 4 rounds in the cage with Anderson Silva, whooping his ass the whole time, and then tapping out. Heart break
And then getting choked. You have to tap if you get choked. Its unfortunate for chael but silva outsmarted him you cant deny that. Maybe chael let his guard down all he had to do was sit on silva for 2 minutes and been world champ. But once youre fully cinched into a choke thats it.
But Chael is a loud mouth who deserves that kind of humbling defeat. Just like Conner deserved Khabib.
@@mysteretsym that’s the problem though was thinking the way you stated. “All he had to do was sit on Silva”
Nope. All he had to do was prevent one of the greatest fighters ever with incredibly well rounded skills from doing what he does best. And that is, get the upper hand just when his opponent thinks they have either an opportunity to attack, or an opportunity to breathe. Do that with Silva one too many times and it will be over in a flash. Silva took more of a beating than I’ve ever seen him take, and by that many times over. But it just goes to show what a champion he is. No matter how tired he might have been, which he never was, or how disoriented he may have become, which never happened, or how desperate he might have gotten, which also never happened, he will either quickly end it, or wait for his opponent to make a few mistakes, and size that opportunity. Bruce Lee said it. “When my opponent expands, I contract, and when they contract, I expand, and when the opportunity comes, I don’t hit, it hits all on its own”. He was watching Sonnen’s face, very, very, carefully, and could read when his guard was down, in his mind is what I mean. Silva just casually, casually, slips that leg over, and locks in the triangle. Done. If there was ever a time when Anderson Silva used every ounce of power he had, it was right there with his legs, crushing Chanel. Incredible. Simply incredible.
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@@andrewhigdon8346 anderson silva is not incredibly well rounded, stop it, his wrestling is zero, his grappling is zero, he has passive guard, he got lucky
Anderson showing immense respect for Chael, how low he got.. not just a bow but at that mans feet with humility and respect, love to see it from the champ
Anderson is so great, he's one of the few that can say "I got my ass beat for a half hour straight and I still won" and not be lying.
And if you think about the sound of his voice haha, that man a kind legend.
Dillon Cobb My all time favorite fighter. That front kick was peak Silva
It was painfully clear to see how comfortable the spider was throughout this whole fight. I’m so ecstatic with that finish as it shows exactly what I’m talking about
Anderson Silva.🇧🇷 The best pound for pound fighter on the planet. My favorite fighter of all time. You guys know damn right❗️✊🏼; )
about 25 min yeah
Chael was the only man to figure out the spider in his prime. But to Silva's credit he found a way to win in the end. Both legends of the game
Kinda Scary Silva did not even slowed down that much, you can see Chaels apprehension in Round 5, And Silva just kept moving forward. It probably demotivated Chael enough that in the rematch sine he was not able to put a lot of beating on Silva in Rd1 he knows he is done.
@@Jamie-zs8ok he wasn't on steroids anymore in that rematch
Good comment 👍🏼🔥💪🏼
@@brucelston Silva was. Everyone was on roids back then
@@GA-gp9dj calm down bitch. Every fighter fights injured.
This fight is honestly still surreal, like it doesn’t feel like a man should be able to take that many punches to the head and stay conscious. Absolutely legendary.
So true. I'm surprised he lasted past the 1st round.
A good fighter wouldn't have to endure that in the first place...
@@ozzylepunknown551 every fighter gets touched once a while. Can't expect to get hit 0 times
@@ozzylepunknown551 I don’t know if I agree with that, Chael was a good fighter and fought the kind of fight he wanted to, but Silva was trying for submissions repeatedly throughout the fight too. I honestly think Silva wanted to beat him via sub the whole time and that’s why he didn’t offer much resistance to the takedowns. I doubt he intended to get punched in the head 300 times, but at the end of the day he won, and to say Silva isn’t a good fighter is just being disingenuous. The man is one of the GOATs.
Crazy what roids can do
Still amazing to see years later. You could see Chael starting to gas out in top position in the final round -- sitting up and throwing slow, tired punches that allowed Anderson to pull his arm toward him and lock in the triangle. Unbelievable. Chael was up 40-34, 40-35, 40-36 on the scorecards entering the fifth.
I guess he was up so much there was no need for a 4th score huh
@@secularargumentthis is the three judges scorecards going into the fith lol
Should have been 40-32, maybe 40-33. Well by today's scoring I think it would be.
@@dannywholuv ah. Touche salesman. Lol
@@secularargument coz there are only 3 judges
It has been 10 years and I feel worse for Chael every time I watch this fight. 120 seconds away from fulfilling his promise and within an instant it was gone
Yea its a tough one
That’s life.
What promise
he was on roids, 100% deserved to lose, and i like chael, not a hater, just the truth
Johnwick 97 He promised his dad on his deathbed that he’d become a world champion
11 years later and this still breaks my heart for Uncle Chael.
same
What do you mean? He won the gangster is undefeated never lost a round
@@McDavynLane you're right. He thought tapping ended the round. Someone should have explained the rules better. 🤣🤣🤣
@@christopherhamer9584 rip Anderson Silva he had such promise such a sad sight to see uncle chaels spinning back fist break Anderson's neck
Crazy how fights can change in a second.
I can’t believe Chael.
What a nice guy he is, to avoid Anderson the embarrassment of losing 5 rounds in a row. And he even let Anderson hold his belt afterwards. What a gentleman.
😂😂🤣🤣
12 years later and ur still hurt get over it
@@victoralaniz573 Victor, do you understand what’s happening here? Do you know what sarcasm is?
@@victoralaniz573 Its a joke dude....12 years later. A funny one actually.
You damn right!!
silva blocked all the sonens punches perfectly with his face
But the punching power was so weak, they left no marks. That was the key thing.
@@safe6278 How do you know that, Dr. Crackpot?
@@DexterHaven shit, I misread an article about Silva's broken leg
@@safe6278 I wish CNN and MCNBC were as honest as you and can admit things. ;)
sonen still lost.... 🤡🤡🤡
I've watched this fight multiple times and every time I think "there's no way Silva's winning this" even though I know the outcome.
That chin though
The dramatic ending
IKR!!! I say the same thing every time!!!
He “won” but he got his ass beat bad
I guess that's what makes a champion
Chael Sonnen was an absolute BEAST in this fight. He has nothing to be ashamed of. He beat up one of the greatest champs in UFC history throughout the whole fight. Respect to both fighters
Chael sucks ass
Huh? Did he win
Он был на химии однако
He was on enhancers
@@chadallan6415 so was anderson
Got to hand it to Chael, despite the loss he truly proved he isn’t just another loudmouth, he actually put up a fight that made me feel like Silva was going to lose for sure.
Chael was juiced up during this one. Second one was real Chael.
@@BATBATBATBATBATBAful Probably true, now that you mention it.
So was ANDERSON SILVA
@@caingsparta2500, dick pills :P ;D
Sparta, Silva didn’t juice until he broke his leg and wanted to recover faster
I have watched this fight 100 times and still can't believe Chael lost he was beating his ass every round.
Believe it! 🤣✅
He’s a fraud
It was an incredible fight
@@earlycuyler5029Should've known it was coming.
@@earlycuyler5029: The plan was for him to win every round except the last.
Whether you wanted Anderson to win or Chael to win. This fight was clearly one of the greatest Fights in ufc history. The more you watch it,the better it gets with time.
@OUTCLASSER Support Team none agree with your comment
@@lxLanarchyxl Lmao
@OUTCLASSER Support Team Damn dude you're wrong af
It was 1 sided…..
Reminds me of that Chiefs Bills playoff game last weekend. Thought the Bills had it. As a Bills fan I was almost in tears of joy. 13 seconds to go up by 3 and kicking off too the Chiefs. How bout a
Squib kick & not playing Prevent Defense.
If anyone has any clue why DC’s ever & I mean EVER use prevent defense, let me know. I imagine it has something to do with under the table money to that DC cuz I can’t imagine every one of them being that Stupid & never changing or fixing it: DAMMIT! Why the football gods hate me? SMH
The generosity of Chael knows no bounds. Tapping to Silva to make him feel good after whipping him all fight.
Lol make it sound good billy Bob 🤣
great fight cant disrespect either of them
Nah bruh if Silva wanted to he would’ve stopped playing around, Chael claims that he beat the brakes off of Silva yet he didn’t even knock him out or make him bleed and what’s worse is he literally tapped when he got out in the triangle
@@Nateeahco Why don't you hop off silva's d fanboy. Nobody made silva look like that in the octagon, fkn casual.
@@NateeahcoId say Chael didnt take as much brain damage as Silva. Id take that as a win 😂
“You know what, you can never count out a guy like Anderson Silva. “ that’s some foreshadowing by joe rogan
🕷=🐐
“or is robbie lawler biting off more than he can chew?” Rogan is very good at foreshadowing
He just threw it out there for future credit , case in point
“Conor’s relaxed and smiling”
"..there's a reason why he's (Silva) a champion." - Joe Rogan
Perfect example of winning a fight but losing the war. Big respect to both of these Warriors. I remember the energy of this fight when we watched it live. INTENSE!!
Exactly to dominate yet get schooled at the last moment is traumatic to say the least 😅
It’s the other away around bud Cause saliva ending up winning the war
@@doubleaa8251that’s what he’s saying…
@@doubleaa8251that’s what he said dopey.
It's exactly the other way dude
Silva was so calm while getting beat up for so long. He was more calm than I was watching it on RUclips. True champion, never lost confidence in his art form.
Literally drew from the bottom of his well for that comeback...his essence is fighter
@Donald Prairie he’ll still go down as one of the greatest with or without you taking him seriously
@@albshur3845 In my opinion he is the greatest. Leg injury ruined him, he was just unstoppable.
@Donald Prairie that was his style.. you win some & you lose some.
@Donald Prairie I would love to see u in the octagon
All the chael jokes aside, he really did whoop Anderson Silva’s ass for the entire fight until he got tapped
Thats what banned substances can do
Fuck that bitch Chael.
So silva got caught by usada also
@I Am Who I Am silva tested positive for steroids later in his career tho
@NIETZSCHEAN54 silva fought against smaller fighters? That is not true considering he embarrassed former lhw champ Forrest griffin and former lhw contender James the sandman Irvin. And most of the middle weights he fought against came in heavier than he did. Rich franklin could have easily been a lhw.. I can go on and on.
“I was In politics and I left politics the only way a person should....in handcuffs” chael sonnen
Lol
@@abood1875 1
His such a Gangster !!!
Lol, funny shit
@@zack3759 cry
I'm just getting into the lore of the UFC and MAN!!! Watching Chael dominate like this but fall short with the tap was so heartbreaking!!
Me too man, me too.
He didn’t tap that it’s just edited like that. He actually is undefeated
@@fischerdrury926 Never lost a round, never lost an argument. GOAT
Ya that’s what juicing will do to ya! 🧃
I've never heard anyone describe the UFC with "lore", like it's some kind of fantasy universe. :D
imagine straight bullying someone for 4.5 rounds and then getting submitted
no need to imagine, just look defeat of Silva vs Chonan:)
ruclips.net/video/-Ua3Btw-gGE/видео.html
Anderson silva faught against trainers wishes with a broken rib And chael sonnone tested postive for multiple streiords after the fight
I'd never get over this. Chael can posture all he wants. This will always hurt.
Chael didn't know he would lose the whole fight. otherwise he would have endured.
punishing*
This loss must haunt Sonnen every night when he lays down
I doubt it. He dominates the best middleweight of all time for 4.5 rounds. That'a something to be prous of. Fighting isn't just about the win; it'a about performance too. That's why I love Chael and this fight.
I bet it DOES. He promised his father on his death bed that he would be world champion, and he was 2 minutes away from it. He was reckless in those final moments, he only needed to coast it from there. Silva could do nothing to him from that position until Chael stupidly gifted him that triangle choke. I bet Chael doesn't live a day without regret for that. Quote from Chael: "I'd give EVERYTHING to be World Champion for one day"... Still doubt he's haunted? He is. I guarantee you.
TemplarsCreed - you’re probably right, but even if Chael “won” the belt, he would have been stripped once the drug test came back. He would still officially never be champion.
@@tberry79 Yeah when I started watching this I was thinking, wow, are these guys even in the same weight division, Sonnen looks so much bigger. I didn't know he was on the roids though, explains it all!
He also lost the rematch, hes just not good enough
Chael: *beats up anderson the whole fight
Anderson: *slaps on triangle with 20 seconds left in the fight
Chael: Ok great
@ricky gore I read that in chaels voice
@ricky gore Time is all about the intangibles, Ricky.
@BLACK BULL not really bored. Chael was kicking his ass all fight. Silva has always had dangerous submissions, especially his triangle, and chael has been pretty susceptible to chokes as well. Just great timing by Anderson when Chael got lazy in his guard
chael was juiced to the gills like everyone else.
@@rams81rule lol he knows hes talkin out of his ass lol
Amazing fight, it's insane to see how Silva struggled the whole time, yet he was so resilient! Mad respect for who enters the cage
I really like how Chael watches his fingers when he's controlling the face, zero eyepokes despite having his hands over Silva's face. The kind of fair play you only see from an undisputed undefeated champion.
Noticed that too would of been easy to slip on in never did
he's not undefeated.. or a champion. so clearly you see it from fighters who are neither lol
@@chadly19 Yikes, lot of loser salt in the comment section. Keep the champ's name out of your mouth!
@@biochemicks2709 he’s not a champ lol
@@chadly19 someone doesnt know ab the ongoing joke
It's amazing to see just how much punishment Chael dolled out, and yet at the start of every round Anderson looks clear-eyed with a spring in his step, and Chael's the one with the bruised, swollen and bloodied face. Two absolute warriors.
I am not aware of a time where Silva ever bled in the octagon.
Silva trained ancient martial arts where they’re very disciplined in taking pain,mentally and physically, he trains his body to stay strong and firm and learns how to withhold pain and swallow it up
@@kaydenyoung5862 and took steroids with that routine too
@@kaydenyoung5862 That or drugged up so much he can't even feel shit.
I mean most of the shots landed were not significant. They are just annoying. They do not actually deal any damage. He landed a few good shots on top but the flurry of shots do not have any power or leverage behind them.
Me after watching 2 minutes of Chael feeding punches to Anderson's face: How is this video 28 minutes long?
@Obtuse One I'm pretty sure all his big punches from the top had more power than Weidman's punch that stunned Anderson. I wonder if punches against someone's head that braced against the mat are less effective, hence why so many people go for elbows/cuts in top position these days.
@@mathjoker Weidman's punch just landed perfectly
mathjoker You are correct, it is the jolt of the head that causes the most brain damage. Punches to the head where the head is help in place by the floor are just bruising the skin and bone. But with that said, the best punches are those from top where bottom is lifting their head up but gets caught on the way, jolting back down and then bouncing back up again after hitting the floor for two jolts on the brain.
Accurate af
Raw Straw he hits like a bitch when he was doing it tho
Chael sonnen fought the best fighters in the ufc. Respect to him.
The day Chael remained undefeated and undisputed champion of the world. The biggest arms in West Lin clearly won without tapping.
Edit: I see some people don’t understand the MMA meme.
😂
why r u quoting chael. Make ur own quotes. #copycat
@@deneshbhaskar3944 Why do you feel like being a little bitch and not having fun
@@deneshbhaskar3944 what a biggity bitch
@@i.c.weiner6852 be orginal. Even chael would say that. Thats all fellas.
Looks to me he saved his arm.
23:06 "is it too early for chael to start celebrating"
Yes..... yes it is
got to this point in the vid then scrolled down to look for this comment
7:47 😂💀
MK TAKE OFF its adorable
Because they know who's Anderson Silva
this was the first time we ever saw heart from anderson because he never needed it before, and to see how much heart he has was amazing. I wish they'd signed anderson earlier to the ufc, bc he entered already a bit older, and pre-ufc anderson was actually the most dazzling version of him to my eyes.
“I thought that if you tapped, it meant the end of the round”
One of the funniest lines I'd ever heard. I was a huge Silva fan and wasn't big on Sonnen, until that line.
Dominick Schrute ruclips.net/video/xVE8t-aw1mg/видео.html
A lesser known gem. Such a good fight
@@aceb250 So you basically tapped?
@@dominickschrute3084 Yeah Chael is one of the funniest MMA guys out there, next to Rampage I'd say he's a close second.
Man these Anderson Silva fans are getting really good with these edits. Casual fans might watch this and actually believe Chael managed to lose
E Bruner 😂
😂 it’s the UFC’s official page mate
E Bruner - I don’t get this comment. Silva was being killed in each round without doubt. But u sayin chael didnt tap at the end?
Im dead weak
E Bruner hahah
“Chael Sonnen - would have beat Anderson Silva.... had Anderson Silva not beaten Chael Sonnen”
This is the most heart breaking fight of all time
Silva tricked sonnen to then get tapped. He let sonnen do his thing to tire him out and then triangle him. Silva a legend
@@user-qy1vs7jo7bNah it seems like that some paid stuff
@@user-qy1vs7jo7b Uhhhh, no. Sonnen got complacent and Silva took advantage of it.
Naw this is the best comeback fight of all time
Lol no stop being a pussy
Great fight. Sonnnen gave a champions performance until the last minute stoppage. Anderson Silva showed why he is one of the best fighters in MMA history. Props to both fighters for an amazing fight.
I love it at 24:18 when he says, "Are we three-minutes away from having a new champion?", after watching Chael basically dominate the entire fight. Then Rogan jumps in with, "Don't count out Andersson Silva, he's the champion for a reason." -- then see what happened right after that... WOW...!!! GREAT FIGHT, GREAT ENDING...!!!
25:27 “11 fight win streak could very well come to an end”
@@SaulAguilar. Good call, I missed that one...!
Triangle!
joe has some sort of sixth sense regarding this, like when he was like don't count out derrick lewis right before his ko of volkov even though volkov was about to win that fight.
@@kuryanthomas1438 Somebody else irl mentioned that to me also -- I'll be paying closer attention now to see if it's true, or maybe were just coincidences...
The old crowd sounds make these fights legendary
I was thi king the same thing while watching this
Hmm mostly joking but I don’t need sheep reminding me of when something I’m very much paying attention to is getting interesting
These days they sounds like fucking pussies yelling, I don't get it
Damn, people will really “back in the day” anything. Crowd sounds? Really?
I watched this fight at my cousin Joe’s house along time ago , we were both rooting for Silva and thought he had lost it was a bad ass comeback. My cousin past away last year and this old fight made me feel like I was in his living room Rip Joe
Sorry for your loss, our loved ones will always be alive in our hearts and memory, I'm pretty sure the he was there present watching the fight with you again
rip joe
Rip joe
rip joe
My condolences.
Forever the greatest throw. Moment of silence for Chael.. Incredible fight! What a legend! Undefeated undisputed champion Chael Sonnen..
Easily the most heartbreaking fight I've ever seen.
Before he was uncle cheal he was know as Nephew cheal 7:47 😂💀
Yeah I agree
This and Jones vs gusstufson
Heartbreaking unless you are Silva!!!!
Im a Silva fan , so satisfying this one 😄
Rewatching this makes you appreciate Joe so much. He literally called that triangle happening from the wrist control Silva had.
Joe great commentator terrible comedian
Rogan is a fucking clown. Wish they got rid of him the same time as Goldberg. Unless you like grown men with bulging eye balls, a gaping mouth- and grabbing both his colleagues in the chair like he's having a fucking heart attack. Rogan is the most overrated commentator out there. What a fucking 🤡...
Miss when he was banging chicks on fear factor
@h uh podcast made him rich
@@ripevanwinkle494 well that's like...your opinion man.
People didn't realize Chael won this fight, Back then tapping out was a finishing technique, #StillUndisputed.
God lighten up dude it's called a meme, it's a running thing in the Chael fan community.
He thought tapping ended the round
timmy timson He never lost a round. He wanted to see if Silva is still alive.
17 losses
Look at these guys getting angry over a joke
Insane fight. They just didn't slow down so far into the fight. Chael was out boxing, out wrestling, and out pounding Silva but regardless of how much time was spent on the ground, they kept using new high level techniques that would catch most fighters nowadays. Just goes to show how much of a beast legends back then were
Can’t believe the UFC is so desperate for content that they are just posting video game gameplay. We all remember how Silva vs Sonnen went @UFC quit playin
@EveryDaffodil53 😂😂😂😂
Chael is undefeated
SoHBomb neva won
@@sutra6971 England .?
Tito tapped
Wow I had never actually watched this fight til now, I feel so bad for chael that's one of the most heartbreaking losses I've ever seen
same here. God! he beat the guy up so badly... and that MF didnt even mark LOL...
Usman Leon is close, not so heartbreaking cuz I can't stand Usman
I watched this fight live, it was so fkin intense. One of the reasons I took some training
Chael popped for steroids for this fight.
@@TheSimsBurglar Silva got busted later in his career too. PEDs are part of the sport at the elite level, basic fans just don't want to accept reality.
Every time I see this fight and see Chael lose in the final seconds, I think how angry Chael must have been at himself to lose after dominating Anderson Silva for 5 rounds. Anderson pulled out an amazing win and never gave up. But, even though Anderson won it was such a dominating performance by Chael that you have to respect him. Anderson is the goat, but Chael dominated the goat for 5 rounds before he got caught.
If the rules were 3 or 4 rounds, it would be an entirely different narrative
@@LINKMASTERX if my gran had wheels she’d be a bike
Khabib is the goat
Pretty sure Chael got popped for drugs right after
Even if Chael had won this, it would have been overturned and him stripped a couple days later after his failed test. He gave up on himself when he decided to take PEDs, though I guess Silva may have been on something here as well, BUT Silva didnt piss hot in this fight, so we can only be sure of 1
Man, tears in my eyes when Silva bowed to Sonnen. Respect man. He did get beat down.
The "Almost" greatest upset of all time.
Chael won, you're hallucinating if you saw otherwise
@@Yom_Bristol I guess the history books are hallucinating as well. 2-0 for the spider. Both finishes lol 😂😂
NoahTre you obviously don’t get it. Chael won
@@javierfromthegggnetwork9657 I do get it. It's an overplayed meme. Not hard to miss when it's almost the entirety of this comment section
@@NoahCanFB You must be pretty stupid to not pick up that the 5th round was CGI.
I watched the first 23 minutes then switched it off, it’s obvious Chael has this one in the bag.
Lmao
Lol idiot
Alexis January LG Buddy you’re more dense than a rock.
Faisal Khan Calm down.
@Faisal Khan Yeah, i know. Silva really needed to stop doping.
Aww how sweet of Chael to beat him up the whole fight and let Silva take the win at the end. How nice of Uncle Chael
Haha! Oh come on
@@jacobmojapelo2448 what’re you on about?
Silva lost, that wasn’t a full tap
@@GrabbaBeer no, it wasn’t
@@FentonTurnedIdiot Silva lost, even the commentators agreed
I remember watching this live. Ah, the memories.
I was rooting for uncle chael even though this is a replay.
Even though he was guaranteed to win, undefeated undisputed GOAT.
Same 😂🤣🤣😂 I became the biggest fan the moment I got hooked listening to him on his channel.
@@sibusisofaya7874
P. Mhf, v. , m
😂
😁
This is arguably the best comeback I’ve ever seen 🤯🤯🤯
Oo nga😂
Ohh, boredom the reason why you're here. Hahaha
Jrald Pagusan true doe
Bipede indignato nah that was only two rounds but Silva was being dominated for all five rounds
@zzz's ßs
Everytime I watch this, I feel so sad for Chael...
Every single time! Rogan cursed the bad guy saying "is it too early for sonnen to celebrate"... lost some coin on this fight, counted my chickens before they hatched just like chael!!
Mộ vmmnbbbnjjj
Na, he had it coming
Why? He won the fight effortlessly.
How can you guys say this? Sonnen tested positive for doping after the fight. He absolutely deserved to lose here.
Silva looks superhuman here. The man didn’t even bleed after all that abuse
I would love to see a day after pic though.
Anderson always had a weird face structure. I seldom saw him swell, bleed or get red in his face even after eating clean shots. Not only in this fight and I always wondered why that is the case with him.
@@hischransen8069some people don't get cuts or bruises as easily as others. Silva definitely experienced permanent brain damage tho from all those strikes
It’s both amazing that chael beat up Anderson for that long and it’s equally amazing Anderson pulled that shit out the bag. Fights like these is what makes this sport great.
I feel like Chael is known so much for his expert level trash talk and wit, that his crazy good fight talent and relentless ability to keep pushing the fight gets overlooked.
Back in his prime he was my favourite fighter to watch, even as a casual fan who didn't know about his entertainment talent. He came with a certain intensity to the fight, which made them exciting to watch. He brought it. When other wrestlers had more of a lay and pray style, Chael always found himself in exciting fights. He was never calm, like most champions, which ultimately cost him.
@@patrickbateman7444 he knew he had to back up the trash talk.
Because everyone already knows he's the undefeated undisputed GOAT of MMA
I like how chale fans love trying to look for his name in this fight. After this fight whatever he did in the fight up to the point where he got out skilled. I see nothing I see a broken ego and a humble chale after that fight(at least in the ring). Fast forward next fight Silva shows he does this and he is the best. Chael is a good fighter and to me should have put that fight away in the 1st buttt he’s fighting the best ever in the history of the ufc in my opinion and this fight shows . All the comments say chael this chael that when they should be saying Silva is the goat. Chael got embarrassed in that 5th round and the next fight as well
@@dominik6229 you can see in silvia's eyes. he was thinking. waiting for those moments. a master chess player.
“Silva black
Sonnen white”
Yeah I noticed
I thought you meant the skin color but you meant the trunks
@@LazzoB67 he did mean skin color. The commentator meant trunks lol.
@@taiasher2576 lol
3 of us black guys in a bar full of white guys..100+.. we jumped up yelling excited when he tapped.. then realized whole bar was dead quiet lol looking at us
🤔😂
I will never forget how close to the floor my jaw was after round one of this fight. Chael just had no fear of him.
How did he have all that time to pound on Silva's skull and not put him out. Maybe too much wrestling and not enough weights.
@KidCudi72 cuz at the end of the day its still anderson silva. He was getting thrashed but he was still defending and always had a really good chin. Chael was never a power puncher.
@@KidCudi72 It's not weights or muscle. He just didn't have a lot of power in his hands. Chael never did.
Even tho he lost can we still say this is one of the greatest performances of all time? Anderson was goated at the time and Chael destroyed him up until the triangle
And take in chael basically didn’t tap I believe if the ref didn’t step in he’d have kept going
Ladyheroin .v4 this was Chael’s greatest yet most infamous performance of all time.
For me He won dude, just look at this comment section.
Chael is undisputed undefeated
No, failing PED tests as badly as Chael failed the one for this fight destroys all credibility for your performance
Dave Rumfield Silva was roided too, this is pre usada sonnn... different times
This fight still breaks my heart, every time I see it.
Chael was amazing, but that's mma for you folks, and that's Silva, it only takes one small mistake, protect yourselves at all times is not just something they say.
2022 still breaks my heart for Chael! Alot of new fans don’t realize how dominant Anderson was at that time plus the build up was insane, The American gangster came through and did us all proud!
Chael was full of roids ...and tried so scumbag tap at the end ...well deserved loss.
@@fleshkilla999 he didn't lose tho? Man's delusional 😂
@@No-bi3pb he did nobody care if you like it or not
@@ridxrx no he didnt. Hes undefeated American gangster
@@No-bi3pb I know poor Kanye East is so delusional. Chael never lost. He is literally undefeated in his career. He's never bled never even lost a round. The biggest arm in West Lin. When you're the greatest fighter who ever lived they've got a name for you, they call you Chael Sonnen.
This was hell of a fight... Much respect to both warriors
In Chaels defense, he didn’t know tapping would end the fight, just the round. 😂
Really?
@@anavilla489 undefeated, undisputed.
And never lost a round!!
@@anavilla489 that's what he claimed after fight. Obviously joking. It's an old trick to tap once so opponent lets go and ref might not see the 1 tap. Fedor only tapped once to werdum aswell i think but also was spotted
Thing is was the 5th round hha would have ended the fight anyway
Even though he lost this fight it immortalized him.
He was the first fighter in the UFC to dominate Silva. Was Chael's fight to win until he slipped up and got caught in that triangle. Alot of the younger fans weren't around to see Spider when he was in his prime. Nobody could touch him. Definitely one of, if not the most dominant fighter ever until he lost to Weidman.
@@crimsontide1980 Ryu Chonan. Daiju Takese both managed to pull off shock submissions. This delayed silvas top tier status
@davidknell9676 I know, that was from his Pride days, he became a completely different animal right before he made the transition to the UFC. He obliterated an extremely tough, but not very well rounded, Chris Leben in his UFC debut and the rest is history.
@davidknell9676 You're right though, he was always a great fighter in Pride but he couldn't quite get to elite status due to being prone to submissions. He greatly improved his ground game and submission defense after the loss to Chonan and the high level of Muay Thai striking was already there.
In the end the referee of to save his life
In retrospective this is the most dramatic UFC-fight I've witnessed.
Most definitely! So heartbreaking
I was so proud of him and that ending was just 😵
Still, he showed the world a lot.
Fuck dude there are so many .
I knew the winner before watching and it's still great! Perfect Chael fight, complete with a semi tap and chael asking the ref "what?" When it gets stopped!
@@moto-fl3rd yeah no shit it was in 2010
Was my first ufc fight I watched.
Everyone was talking about Silva so I watched and became a huge Chael Sonnen fan.
Great fight still my favourite.
Its like a dark souls boss one hitting you after 18 minutes of nipping his life bar down to a sliver.
RIght? You think you got it, but, NOPE!
@@INADRM Lol so true. That's why I dropped those games. Ain't got time for that shit anymore.
23 minutes*
5th round not 4th
@@INADRM9
4
Still undefeated, still undisputed.
Uncle chaels soul is undefeated undisputed. It's deeper than fighting
Too bad that your hero is honest enough to tell you otherwise!!! You don't believe me than just watch the post-fight interviews & press conferences of both Silva fights as well as the Jones fight!!!
@@rickymassey 26:52 and 27:04 = Your boy tapped PERIOD!!!
DragonHeart613 he wont admit chael is overrated
now that i think about it, if Yamaski was the ref chael wouldve been dead and with his arm ripped in half
The fact that Chael's face was more damaged than Anderson's still astonishes me to this day.
I don't even know when did Chael take so much damage
Right I still don't get it
Lighter the skin color=more easily visible damage. Make no mistake silva was FUCKED up
Durability depends a lot on genetics.
@@Vegeta68041 not at all. He was getting destroyed even though silva was on the bottom with elbows and the brief times they were fighting standing he was getting pieced also.
“Chael is one of the very best in the world at grinding and beating guys off from the top position”
Paws
Silva, forever the class act, manages to hold Chael’s belt for him despite the intense beating took the entire fight.
Hey, he weathered that beating and persevered. That takes a true champion.
Tap is a tap
Sonnen lost! Silva won!
@@charlesclark9627 how is that possible when sonnen has never lost a round 🥱
Everyone forgets the failed drug test by sonnen, even if he won he would have got stripped
This one hurts bad. Fantastic fight by both fighters, Silva withstanding blow after blow and finally coming in with a quick submission in round 5, Sonnen absolutely dominating the Goat for 23 straight minuets, it was all fantastic. Incredibly sad loss for the fighter who gave prime Silva something to respect.
and then got popped in the second fight.
Chael sonnon was found packed with steriods the next day and was suspended for 2 years, Anderson silva team revealed he had a broken rib and was sick but he still took the fight. Chael sonnen was never a real fighter, In there next fight 3 years later Chael sonnon quit in 2 minutes of the 1st round.
@@BERNARD7269 He was suspended in 2014. This fight was 2010
@@BERNARD7269 I'm sure Silva wasnt juiced as well... 😒
it looked like a Amateur wrestle hs fight
One of the best fights in ufc history, i remember watching this fight with my friends and family, the atmosphere inside the stadium and the atmosphere we created in our living room was electric, a night i will never forget, hella respect for both fighters.
The best middleweight fight in history
I like how calm Silva stays while casually getting his ass beat the whole time like it's not even an inconvenience lol chael fought so well
The only UFC event I’ve attended live to this day. The feeling in the arena was so nuts. I feel like people who have recently gotten into the sport the last few years don’t understand how dominant Anderson was during this time period, and how fucking crazy this was. Chael was so close to pulling off the greatest upset in MMA history.
That junkie got his ass slept
How were the biggest arms in the universe like in person
@@jonahfari11 What are you talking about? He never lost a round.
@@jonahfari11 delusional
@@jonahfari11 fake news
I've never seen someone be so calm while taking a beating. Silva is truly impressive!
He's so calm because he's getting his ass beat basically exhausted ✌️
@@tinalowell3045 define exhausted for Anderson then. He had a tank for 5 rounds...
Indeed
@@tinalowell3045 something you’d know a lot about huh? 😂😂😂
@@jermh: That was an omen.
"is it too early for Chael to start celebrating?"
23:07
Yes Joe, yes it is.
I blame his corner. They pumped him up and pushed him for a finish. If they had half a brain between the 4 cornermen, they'd have told him to chill out, stand back, and not try to be too aggressive or to finish. He had already undisputably won 4 rounds, that was a kamikaze strategy.
@@olisk-jy9rz I agree. I mean idk what the corner said/did but the whole time watching this (hindsight 20/20) I was thinking the same thing. He should have been more defensive in the 5th. But also there is a chance he could have gotten wrecked if he didn't apply this pressure.
I'm also glad Chael lost lol
@kommisar THAT'S complete byullshit, Silva never was close to koing, unlike Chael that knocked him down thrice and hurt him many more times on the ground. The beating Silva took shortened his career and probably gave him brain damage as well
@kommisar Silva needed a TKO, KO or tap to win. No judge would score that for him. Silva did a great job defending himself tho which is why Chael looks battered and he doesn't.
This is my first time watching this fight and I’m speechless. It’s never finished until it’s finished.
The moment Silva kneels in front of Chael… epic respect and sportsmanship 👍
Imagine if Sonnen just stood up in the fifth round, circled and blocked strikes from Silva. He would have won by score card.
Silva is a knockout artidt. Trading blows with him even when you're Uncle Sonnen is risky as hell.
@@johnhutchinson9509 Picasso is my favorite artidt
@@johnhutchinson9509 yeah, I was thinking, it only takes one small mistake and Silva ruins your career. I still don't understand how he won so many fights, to be honest, but fighting him is playing with fire while wearing gasoline-soaked underwear.
He didn’t even have to stand with him the 5th round. He still coulda just taken him down and got out of Anderson’s full guard into half or side control and probably still would’ve won
Thats what I have been saying. He got to aggressive the last round. But that tap was absolutely questionable.
Chael never gets enough credit for dominating a prime Anderson Silva
Look at the first round, Anderson seems defeated from the get go. Look at his expression. He seems to give up from the get go.
ScubaSteve that’s true. Nobody was ever able to beat him up like that. And he fought killers, Bisping, Weidman, Adesanya, DC. And Chael totally dominated him
NoahTre reeeeeeeeeeee normie who thinks prime Silva at his prime could defeat the undisputed chael
@@michamarczuk1420 The thing is, I believe Chael got into his head so badly that Anderson was diminished. Chael has an amazing mental game. Normally Anderson was the one that did this, looking condescendingly down the Octagon and snapping the mental ability of his opponent. Chael paved the way for Weidman. Too many people respected Anderson.
you guys do realise Chael was juiced to the fkin gills in this fight right? Anderson was probably tho but idk.
So lucky to have seen this live!! Man, it’s exactly as I remembered.
10 years later it still crushes me every time for Chael. I felt so bad for him watching it live the first time I think I almost cried 😂. Both legends of the sport. Credit to Silva for finding a way to win.
A real man cries ! No shame in that game !
I remember too
wonderful fight
It's not so easy to beat the champ.
Pierce Hughes dude when they ask him about his dad, I know you told your dad you would get the belt what would you tell him ? And he replies I’ll tell him I tried. - chael that one chokes me up , and he did he should be proud of himself and his dad is to
Wow! Silva's act of respect to his opponent at the end was the second best move of the fight. Gotta admire it - that's a true warrior.
I don’t agree that’s an act of worship we only do that to almighty god
this was the first thing that came to mind for me too, it's always a good sight to see someone give that much respect after a fight.
@@abdellahmekarssi3926 If you're that much of a fuckwit to believe that shit, sure...
Absolutely.
@@abdellahmekarssi3926 Respect your opponent, if you do not respect your opponent. You will be over confident and make mistakes like Chael Sonnen did.
Still watching this in 2020 and expecting a different outcome...
The definition of insanity!
lol. Sonnen was on top but not actually dominating. He couldnt do shit, Silva was just resting until he could get a submit :D
@@JamesFaction Silva's cte says otherwise
@@JamesFaction nah round 1 sonnen beat the hell out of silva against the cage.
James Faction that’s the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard
I like Chael. A slightly big mouth but big heart to back it up. True soldier. The kinda guy you'd go into battle with.
he was just a man fighting to fulfill the promise he made to his dying father, Chael you are so strong & inspiring!!
He was roided up for the fight; he tested positive right after the fight
Chael "I took steroids to win for daddy and still lost" Sonnen
This is one of the most disgraceful things to ever happen in sports
Lmao
@@maulstik oh look, Sonnen tested positive for PEDs and let's ignore Anderson Silva who got tested for PEDs as well. Cmon hear me
Before that fight Chael was undefeated,, After the fight he became the undisputed undefeated champ.
He tapped he lost sucks to suck
@@SimThrills4U He wasnt told the rules. He won 4-1
Jarad Richards he lost lol your upset lol
@FunMiner what dimension do you live in buddy? Chael owned that dude
Borb Kring a dimension where i stoppage and tap makes you lose. Sorry your salty your fuck boy gave up his postion to get triangled. Sucks to suck
Anderson: Look at this cool triangle thing I can do
Chael: "Okay great"
just HOW GOOD is ANDERSON'S GRIP!!
*"Luk atch thish"
Lmao
Anderson: Give me your arm
Chael: I CAN'T LET YOU GET CLOSE
No where does the rematch fit in? ARE ALL THE PIECES. PUT. TOGETHER?
One of my favorite fights of all time
Stopped watching after the first round. Knew it was going to end up like every Chael Sonnen fight. He wins every round and then wins the fight.
Undisputed!
Pluggyvids derby and to 3435for to the
Pluggyvids derby and to
Cali Macalim not sure how you mean my friend
Undefeated. The best ever.
I thought Anderson's gesture of humility and respect to Chael post fight was one of, if not THE most heartfelt, genuine sporting moments out there. True gladiators.
He's always so humble.
Rampage vs Ninja Rua at the end.
I wish Silva would have put his foot on his neck. All the prefight talk. Tap or die. talk now
@@jarredlewis8951 exactly. Or his knee on his neck. Karma always comes back around to people who play with fire
I hope that moment is immortalized in sports history, like I think that should live on beyond our days.
I was there live that night. Anderson was/is my favorite fighter so i was so excited to see the man fight live. As this fight progressed, round after round of getting taken down and smothered, I thought "oh man. of all the nights I cam to see him live, he's going to lose. great." and then those final seconds happened. In the stands, there's no commentary, so you're just kind of trying to see what's happening on the ground through the big screens. The ref called it off, and we all kind of stood there in silence, almost as if- 'wait, what just happened!?' After we realized he caught him in a triangle and won, we all lost our shit. It was amazing. I have a picture with Anderson from 2 days prior at an open workout in Concord, and I kept the ticket in the same picture frame. Greatest fight I've been to.
What a night! You watched one of his greatest fights live, man. Maybe you didn’t watch him overwhelm and dismantle his opponent as he usually did most of his fights, but you were there when he pulled off an incredible win at the very last round, after losing the whole match, he won against all odds during the bout itself. He defeated a legend like Chael Sonnen on the ground! I think that it made it more unique and special watching him win a title fight that was already lost than other performance.
@@brancoroldan5470 Yessir! One of the greatest fights, ever. And totally agree, to see him come back from adversity really make it special after seeing him annihilate opponent after opponent. This was the rest of the main card for UFC 117:
Jon Fitch vs Thiago Alves
Clay Guida vs Rafael Dos Anjos
Matt Hughes vs Ricardo Almeida
Roy Nelson vs Junior Dos Santos
Overall a pretty stacked card as well!
That's a amazing story . epic night bro ... Much love n respect
thats hella sweet
Epic
This is the most perfect example of Hard Work vs Smart Work 💔 I wanted Chael to win Dude was an animal 💯💯💯
Kinda sad seeing Chael walk around wearing that Tapout shirt at the end...
LOL
Rip mask
the shaaaade! lmao
stevenyou sad that he beat the shit out of a man for 5 rounds and then lost cuz other man put his face in his crotch. That’s the really sad part.
Hanzos Lifted lol don’t be mad cause u don’t know how to choke some out out using Basic Jiu Jitsu HAHAHAHA