@@ReggieBowe to be fair in the first fight Chael didn't know that if you tapped you would lose the fight he thought that he would have lost just the round
"This guy's a fraud, so he comes out he bows, he wants to be everybody's good buddy and as soon as the cage door shuts he's a killer, and that's just fine, i'm the same way i'll smile in his face and if he turns his back to me i'll stick a knife in it and walk away without even cleaning up the mess." One of the coldest quotes ever.
haha i love hearing from this guy. It's amusing all the anderson fans getting really offended and seem unable to see it's mostly an act. He is extremely funny and always amusing to watch in interviews and Q+A's
silva has been entertaining us for the past 7 years. (ufc fans) and this is the respect we give him? some guy with an 11 -28 record trash talking like hes done something for the sport!
@Amazingred1990: Fair response.My comment was more directed toward Nate's letting Chael's wrestling dictate their match.Chael is a huge strong LHW or decent sized HW fighting a MW dude,and he's a potent wrestler,but he's distinctly vulnerable to mobile strikers and subs.Nate has decent footwork,a solid subgame and pretty sharp strikes.Silva has the best movement in MMA history,ridiculous accuracy,formidable takedown D,+ cold subgame.Nate should have done better.Silva still thrashes em both.
@@vitor3000 Chael always got owned when he is not ready. He needs his wwe scripted lines ready at home to learn and then use it. Conor is natural at it. He destroyed RDA,Cowboy,Poirier,Mendes and Aldo in one press conference. And then on 205 he made himself known to the world. Conor is natural that's why his line against Jeremy didn't need any preperation but when Chael gets confronted by somebody he doesn't know what to say. That happened with Michael Bisping and Jon Jones.
Yeah, pretty much. I met a guy at my gym who worked at a MMA Store in Huntington Beach. He's met many of these fighters. He had the hardest time telling which MMA fighters don't take them. But hey, you need them to be competitive.
All that aside, like Chael or not, he's an entertaining individual and he will put asses in seats because of the way he promotes the fights, like it or not. He's a comedic genius. Having said that, I'm an Anderson Silva fan since 06 when he lit Chris Leben up when everyone thought Leben couldn't be rocked. However, all the respect in the world for how Chael performed that night. I fear for Anderson if there's a rematch.
I dont give a shit that he got beat, just watching him talk shit is priceless, I wish he fought at every UFC just so we can have more pure comedic moments like this.
Aside whether this guy dies of octagon related injuries, you've got to admit that Chael's rhetoric is great for the sport of MMA. Its nice to see a fighter that uses this comedic "campaigning" style to hype a fight instead of the traditional "name calling." So many people will tune it to watch this guy eat his words or pull off a huge upset.
@HaggenPagan26 It's hard to just "train to watch submissions" when you're dealing with very legitimate BJJ black belts like Anderson Silva, (let alone being a multi time world champion like Demian Maia). Everyone has certain holes in their game, for some people those holes just can't be sealed. For Anderson it's his wrestling and takedown defense, for Chael it's his submission defense, which is why I say Anderson wins the rematch.
The Next M-W Champion of the world.......... i like this kid he has the will to make fights into his strengths... It is just time to see the spider squashed and he is the guy for it as many are already over looking Sonnen... going to be a good fight I HOPE...
This guy is literally the best talker in mma. Dont necessarily like him that much, but I respect his skills on the mike. perfect fighter would have his mike skills combined with Anderson striking.
I will, I will, I will...... You got your ass beat country boy. I have much respect for these Brazilian MMA fighters cause they're so humble and peaceful out of the octagon and ferocious lions inside it.
@HaggenPagan26 Shields isn't fighting the same division as Silva... Silva's middleweight and Shields is going to be fighting at Welter, his first fight is going to be against Martin Kampmann at 121 I believe.
@cceu79 last i checked Demian Maia wasn't a college Division-1 Wrestler Champion and World champion Wrestler. He was a World class BJJ grappler. Which is why he tapped Sonnen way faster than Anderson did off his back. Sonnen hangs his arms out there constantly in the guard and non stop punches and looks to improve position. Which is why, again, he got tapped. Sonnen is much faster than Forrest and Anderson got caught because he underestimated Sonnen's standup. So what exactly is the issue?
Anderson Silva is not a fraud, he's just humble. And for those of you who didn't watch the fight all the way until the end when Joe spoke to the fighters, Silva pointed out that he had hurt his hip to the point where his doctor advised him to call the fight off but Silva didn't listen. He's a true champ. And hats off to Sonnen for putting up a damn good fight. Been saying from the start he had a legitimate chance against Silva and I received a lot of heat from people. But I was right!
Says he is in trouble if he has to stand up with Silva. Beats Silvas face off for 23 minutes 15 seconds. Says he must go to the ground with Silva. Gets submitted by upper body triangle. GODDAMN IT CHAEL, WHY DIDNT YOU JUST COAST TO THE BELL!?!?!?!
@subtraff You think he decided to stay on the ground? The man was getting pummelled down there. He isn't that stupid, he's a legendary striker. He just couldn't get up. Silva earned this smack talk, and Sonnen served it up brilliantly. And he fought brilliantly. Pity he got sloppy in the final 2 minutes, because i really would have enjoyed a break from Anderson Silva for a while.
At first I didn't like Chael, but after watching all his interviews and Q&A's he's the fucking man. Funny as hell and he says what he thinks, no beating around the bush with this guy.
@eltrorafael um. can you read? anderson silva won by submission, not lost. And he's not my hero he's just a person. wait what the hell are you talking about that comment makes no sense whatsoever
i understand why sonnen has some haters, but in a way he is my hero. look at everyone laughing at him when he says he going to beat silva. He was a huge underdog in that fight. yet he went out there and won 4 1/2 half rounds and landed more strikes on silva than silva's last 12 oppenents COMBINED. He showed me that you got to believe in yourself even when no one else does.
Sonnen knows that despite Silva’s lack of interaction with him, his psychological warfare could have a crucial influence during the fight. Maia said something completely normal for the fight build-up, and see what happened at UFC 112. Imagine what Chael Sonnen’s words will do to Anderson Silva, who is heavily pressured by Dana White to put up an impressive performance at UFC 117.
@cnainnis: Let us recall that a prime Hendo got tapped by a prime FRANK SHAMROCK in 56 seconds via heel hook.Hendo in his Pride days would've gotten thrashed by this UFC Anderson Silva too.Hendo's weakness on the ground is vs the rare potent striker-sub combo menace that Anderson is and FRANK used to be.
Say what you want (even though he lost) he talked shit and backed it up. He said he was gonna take Silva to the ground (he did) he said he was gonna pound his face in (he did). Like him or not he is a great fighter and an even better trash talker. He never did anything wrong and proved it.
Chael sonnen is the guy who made the whole fight interresting he is the guy that rocked anderson in the stand up and dominated him for nearlly the entire match .
@Bobo17ful Good point, however, if u look at his fight with silva, he was VERY close to escaping, he was doing everything perfect untill he got his arm trapped, had he just rotated it abot 90 degrees he would have been able to excape.
and to add to that, Forrest was a beaten man early on.. he got tagged quick and lost all of his confidence in dealing with Anderson. He also suffered that brutal jaw injury. Alot of this sport is self confidence and if you have none or lose yours during the fight, you're going to make a mistake and get put to sleep, your limb bent in an unpleasurable position or the lights upstairs are going out.
@XxERIKZILLAxX : Not only that,but we tend to forget that Thales Leites is a Mundials bjj champ and he had NOTHING for Anderson on the mat.Damian would not be able to snare Anderson down there either in a MMA match (a bjj match is a totally different story though,lol).
@doublebassaxisdrummr He told the commissioner that he might failed the drug test for PEDs, but he never stated a reason why. He had ample opportunity to state before the fight that he had taken certain medication that would register red on a drug test but he didn't. Regardless of his reasoning, Chael can only hope that his appeal be reduced. A fighter is ultimately responsible for knowing and reporting any substances they ingest.
@forbesfoofighters Hughes armbar in 07, Serra TKO in 08 and Penn TKO in 09, how long is your attention span? Hughes and Penn are definite shoe-ins at the Hall of Fame, if you think there's no one at that weight class, its because Rush makes it look that way. But I agree, even at 170 he's not the biggest guy around, and at 5'10", things wont get better, BUT, he does wrestler with 205ers since he's so strong.
@thugnificentg What fight were you watching?? Obviously not the one where Sonnen walked away bloodied and exhausted and Silva looked unaffected and without any sign of bruises. Well, maybe from a rib injury that occurred PRIOR to the fight.
Chael Sonnen has put on a MASTER CLASS of hyping a fight. Reading comments here and on other websites, there are loads of people who are saying "I can't wait to see Silva smash his face in" etc. Given Silva's last two utterly disappointing fights, if this match had not received the amount of exposure it has because of Sonnen's trash talking no one would watch it. The co main event has Jon 'Grind out a Decision Win' Fitch. Sonnen has made UFC 117 watchable.
No one is a better shit talker than Sonnen. He's intelligent and funny about his insults. I don't always like him but no one beats him when it comes to things like this.
@GackSlayer with all dure respect,Chael dominated THE SPIDER when Silva's ribs were injured.This is more of an amazing display for THE SPIDER than it is for CHAEL,because Chael got tapped by Anderson when Anderson was 4/5ths DEPLETED.Zero footwork,head movement,combos thrown,almost zero kicks,he threw sloppy strikes...AND ANDERSON STILL WON.With Anderson at 100%? Chael isn't even a snack.And Chael is ONE TOUGH DUDE.A true GRINDER who is HILARIOUSLY quick-witted
I think it was a good fight and people should give Sonnen the respect he just earned from that fight and Anderson Silva the respect he should have. I didn't see any fixed fight or playing around or anything of the sort. But with any big fight with one of the top fighters in the world versus a trash-talking challenger and the fight goes like it did, there is always gonna be these excuses which I don't think there is any need because they both should get their props for a great fight.
The steroid charges were PROVEN wrong. He had leagle testosterone therapy, but the athletic commission said that he should have given them all the paperwork about it before the fight. In the end, his suspension was for not handling the paperwork properly, not for using steroids.
@dc013 in the end of the night who took the belt home? im pretty sure it wasn't sonnen. what matters is the result, because silva is now 27 - 4 and sonnen just got another lost in his cartel.
Anderson just laid there and took the beating of his life, but seeing them after the rounds you would think Sonnen was the one receiving that beating. Elbows are vicious.
Most people hate Chael Sonnen because he talks trash but, it's called building up hype and looks like it worked on some of you people with your "I want to fight him" comments. Some of you people who say that probly wouldn't even last a second with this guy. I'm not saying Chael will win but, we will see soon enough
This whole middleweight debacle is driving me CRAZY! The fight was disappionting on both sides. First, that Silva came into the fight with an injured rib and second Chael didn't fight Silva with his own physcial ability. Although I think the punishment Chael is getting is more than enough, I wish his suspension was shorter so Chael and Silva could fight with no PED's or injured body parts and we would finally put this to rest.
@rayochapin "even though Silva's face is not even scratched" So your saying that Sonnen took more of a beating then As? Some fighters have a tendency to bleed and some fighters almost never marks. Chael got cut from an elbow and he cut much easier then As. A blind man could see that As got hit more... As didnt an awsome job pulling off that sub but up until that it was Sonnens fight.
People are funny as soon as Anderson Silva gets beat-up for about 22 minutes he was "not fighting to his full potential" or this one is funny that I read "Anderson was playing around with Sonnen". Anyone who was watching the fight saw Sonnen out-strike Anderson and knock him down twice and pretty much take Anderson down at will. Granted to Anderson he showed the heart of a champion overcoming adversity to win in the last 2 and a half minutes. He is the champ and should have people's respect.
Chael really did see through Anderson's flashy antics and was able to best him in striking and obviously wrestling.
Then lost by submission, then got beat again in the 2nd fight.
Brooks Wimberly I hate you
@@ReggieBowe to be fair in the first fight Chael didn't know that if you tapped you would lose the fight he thought that he would have lost just the round
rikidoni24 😭😭
....... He tapped bro.
This is stand up comedy
*Take down comedy
This where Trump got his style from 😂
@@o1h823 that's colby.
@@DJS12345678 who's colby? Lol jk forgot about that clown
"This guy's a fraud, so he comes out he bows, he wants to be everybody's good buddy and as soon as the cage door shuts he's a killer, and that's just fine, i'm the same way i'll smile in his face and if he turns his back to me i'll stick a knife in it and walk away without even cleaning up the mess." One of the coldest quotes ever.
Cheal actually is good on his feet he rocked Anderson like 3 times!!!
Fucking gangster.
The man with the biggest arms and the greatest charm. Undefeated and undisputed.
Anyone notice when he said "..I don't have illusions of going and competing in professional boxing..."
That was the most subtle jab at Anderson
Haha this is a great comment to come back to 10 years later
He said that before Anderson was cut from the UFC.
"this is anderson silva's fan" ROFL
mad props to chael in this fight. he dominated, he just needed to finish it.
"GSP: Grease St Pierre" 😂😂😂😂😂
what this guy did to Anderson Silva made my jaw drop
Chael Sonnen is a legend in the highest possible definition of that word
"If you bow in Brazil they'll hit you over your head and take your wallet and walk off laughing!" XD XD XD!!!
Best of all time, and before time was even created!!!! Enjoy retirement Chael p sonnen
you know, for four and a half rounds, he did back up all that he said. good job chael. hope to see you fight him again!
LMFAO!!! "If you bow in Brasil they'll hit you over the head and take your wallet"
Chael, you are the man!
haha i love hearing from this guy. It's amusing all the anderson fans getting really offended and seem unable to see it's mostly an act. He is extremely funny and always amusing to watch in interviews and Q+A's
Chael Sonnen is undoubtedly the funniest guy in the weightclass. They should give him a belt for that.
i ain't some math teacher from ohio, im a gangsta from oregon. - chael sonnen (R)
Chael Sonnen, the most eloquent fighter in all of MMA....
Best trash talk i've ever seen Hahaha :D
You know in retrospect, this actually isn’t as bad as some of the stuff that has been said in the past few years
I don't care how good I thought I was or how good I am, this is one sport I would never trash talk in.
silva has been entertaining us for the past 7 years. (ufc fans) and this is the respect we give him? some guy with an 11 -28 record trash talking like hes done something for the sport!
''I've felt him, he's fantastic'' uh oh..
@Amazingred1990: Fair response.My comment was more directed toward Nate's letting Chael's wrestling dictate their match.Chael is a huge strong LHW or decent sized HW fighting a MW dude,and he's a potent wrestler,but he's distinctly vulnerable to mobile strikers and subs.Nate has decent footwork,a solid subgame and pretty sharp strikes.Silva has the best movement in MMA history,ridiculous accuracy,formidable takedown D,+ cold subgame.Nate should have done better.Silva still thrashes em both.
2:01 one of them is a punching bag LMAO haha
i hope he becomes a champion his personality alone makes ufc more entertaining and grow a bigger fan base.
Anderson Silva is not that good. He used to get beat by little Japanese guys all the time in Pride FC.
When this special come out on Netflix?
Chael Sonnen is hilarious! Id love to see him beat Anderson 'the clown' Silva!
To me Chael Sonnen is not talking trash he never said silva is a horrible fighter, he is building up the fight which i cant wait for.
Parallels with McGregor?
Totally different styles of trash talk
Chael is fucking hilarious because he's always sarcastic but is still saying truth. Conor acts like a little kid usually 😂
McGregor is a white belt in trash talk compared to Chael
Look at the ppv numbers.
@@vitor3000 Chael always got owned when he is not ready. He needs his wwe scripted lines ready at home to learn and then use it.
Conor is natural at it.
He destroyed RDA,Cowboy,Poirier,Mendes and Aldo in one press conference. And then on 205 he made himself known to the world.
Conor is natural that's why his line against Jeremy didn't need any preperation but when Chael gets confronted by somebody he doesn't know what to say. That happened with Michael Bisping and Jon Jones.
Yeah, pretty much. I met a guy at my gym who worked at a MMA Store in Huntington Beach. He's met many of these fighters. He had the hardest time telling which MMA fighters don't take them. But hey, you need them to be competitive.
All that aside, like Chael or not, he's an entertaining individual and he will put asses in seats because of the way he promotes the fights, like it or not. He's a comedic genius. Having said that, I'm an Anderson Silva fan since 06 when he lit Chris Leben up when everyone thought Leben couldn't be rocked. However, all the respect in the world for how Chael performed that night. I fear for Anderson if there's a rematch.
I dont give a shit that he got beat, just watching him talk shit is priceless, I wish he fought at every UFC just so we can have more pure comedic moments like this.
such an amazing fella!
Aside whether this guy dies of octagon related injuries, you've got to admit that Chael's rhetoric is great for the sport of MMA. Its nice to see a fighter that uses this comedic "campaigning" style to hype a fight instead of the traditional "name calling." So many people will tune it to watch this guy eat his words or pull off a huge upset.
Chael's really a sweetheart and an awesome guy out of the ring. If you don't know him personally don't attack him!
@HaggenPagan26 It's hard to just "train to watch submissions" when you're dealing with very legitimate BJJ black belts like Anderson Silva, (let alone being a multi time world champion like Demian Maia). Everyone has certain holes in their game, for some people those holes just can't be sealed. For Anderson it's his wrestling and takedown defense, for Chael it's his submission defense, which is why I say Anderson wins the rematch.
The Next M-W Champion of the world.......... i like this kid he has the will to make fights into his strengths... It is just time to see the spider squashed and he is the guy for it as many are already over looking Sonnen... going to be a good fight I HOPE...
i can listen to chael all day
This guy is literally the best talker in mma. Dont necessarily like him that much, but I respect his skills on the mike. perfect fighter would have his mike skills combined with Anderson striking.
The best thing this guy can do until the fight is what this guy is doing until the fight.
I will, I will, I will...... You got your ass beat country boy.
I have much respect for these Brazilian MMA fighters cause they're so humble and peaceful out of the octagon and ferocious lions inside it.
@HaggenPagan26 Shields isn't fighting the same division as Silva... Silva's middleweight and Shields is going to be fighting at Welter, his first fight is going to be against Martin Kampmann at 121 I believe.
I really like Chael Sonnen , he is very entertainment , he makes mma popular, respect!!!!!
@cceu79 last i checked Demian Maia wasn't a college Division-1 Wrestler Champion and World champion Wrestler. He was a World class BJJ grappler. Which is why he tapped Sonnen way faster than Anderson did off his back. Sonnen hangs his arms out there constantly in the guard and non stop punches and looks to improve position. Which is why, again, he got tapped. Sonnen is much faster than Forrest and Anderson got caught because he underestimated Sonnen's standup. So what exactly is the issue?
Anderson Silva is not a fraud, he's just humble.
And for those of you who didn't watch the fight all the way until the end when Joe spoke to the fighters, Silva pointed out that he had hurt his hip to the point where his doctor advised him to call the fight off but Silva didn't listen. He's a true champ.
And hats off to Sonnen for putting up a damn good fight. Been saying from the start he had a legitimate chance against Silva and I received a lot of heat from people. But I was right!
Says he is in trouble if he has to stand up with Silva.
Beats Silvas face off for 23 minutes 15 seconds.
Says he must go to the ground with Silva.
Gets submitted by upper body triangle.
GODDAMN IT CHAEL, WHY DIDNT YOU JUST COAST TO THE BELL!?!?!?!
anyone forget that your watching a q/a and think your watching a stand up comedy? lol
@subtraff You think he decided to stay on the ground? The man was getting pummelled down there. He isn't that stupid, he's a legendary striker. He just couldn't get up.
Silva earned this smack talk, and Sonnen served it up brilliantly. And he fought brilliantly. Pity he got sloppy in the final 2 minutes, because i really would have enjoyed a break from Anderson Silva for a while.
At first I didn't like Chael, but after watching all his interviews and Q&A's he's the fucking man. Funny as hell and he says what he thinks, no beating around the bush with this guy.
@eltrorafael um. can you read? anderson silva won by submission, not lost. And he's not my hero he's just a person. wait what the hell are you talking about that comment makes no sense whatsoever
i understand why sonnen has some haters, but in a way he is my hero. look at everyone laughing at him when he says he going to beat silva. He was a huge underdog in that fight. yet he went out there and won 4 1/2 half rounds and landed more strikes on silva than silva's last 12 oppenents COMBINED. He showed me that you got to believe in yourself even when no one else does.
Sonnen knows that despite Silva’s lack of interaction with him, his psychological warfare could have a crucial influence during the fight. Maia said something completely normal for the fight build-up, and see what happened at UFC 112. Imagine what Chael Sonnen’s words will do to Anderson Silva, who is heavily pressured by Dana White to put up an impressive performance at UFC 117.
@cnainnis: Let us recall that a prime Hendo got tapped by a prime FRANK SHAMROCK in 56 seconds via heel hook.Hendo in his Pride days would've gotten thrashed by this UFC Anderson Silva too.Hendo's weakness on the ground is vs the rare potent striker-sub combo menace that Anderson is and FRANK used to be.
Say what you want (even though he lost) he talked shit and backed it up. He said he was gonna take Silva to the ground (he did) he said he was gonna pound his face in (he did). Like him or not he is a great fighter and an even better trash talker. He never did anything wrong and proved it.
Someone needs to let Chael Sonnen know that this isn't the WWE.
Chael sonnen is the guy who made the whole fight interresting he is the guy that rocked anderson in the stand up and dominated him for nearlly the entire match .
YO!! Where can I find the full video of this funny talk?? Is it a Q&A??
there 1 hr full video on thing called RUclips.
im totally suprised that all these people at this q&a are supporting him.
@Bobo17ful Good point, however, if u look at his fight with silva, he was VERY close to escaping, he was doing everything perfect untill he got his arm trapped, had he just rotated it abot 90 degrees he would have been able to excape.
chael is the real real, Dominated the fight completely, Even the finish was somewhat dodgy. Plus He's the most interesting man in the world.
plaese DANA bring SONNEN back just to LISTEN TO ANOTHER TRASH TALK CLINIC ! I FUCKING LOVE IT :)
i just love sonnen's trash talk... it's so funny...
That "happy meal" was enough to make Chael Sonnen tap!
and to add to that, Forrest was a beaten man early on.. he got tagged quick and lost all of his confidence in dealing with Anderson. He also suffered that brutal jaw injury. Alot of this sport is self confidence and if you have none or lose yours during the fight, you're going to make a mistake and get put to sleep, your limb bent in an unpleasurable position or the lights upstairs are going out.
@bader90 i agree. but, i don't think chael dominated 4 straight rounds; in fact, silva lost 4 straight rounds.
@XxERIKZILLAxX : Not only that,but we tend to forget that Thales Leites is a Mundials bjj champ and he had NOTHING for Anderson on the mat.Damian would not be able to snare Anderson down there either in a MMA match (a bjj match is a totally different story though,lol).
@doublebassaxisdrummr He told the commissioner that he might failed the drug test for PEDs, but he never stated a reason why. He had ample opportunity to state before the fight that he had taken certain medication that would register red on a drug test but he didn't. Regardless of his reasoning, Chael can only hope that his appeal be reduced. A fighter is ultimately responsible for knowing and reporting any substances they ingest.
@forbesfoofighters Hughes armbar in 07, Serra TKO in 08 and Penn TKO in 09, how long is your attention span? Hughes and Penn are definite shoe-ins at the Hall of Fame, if you think there's no one at that weight class, its because Rush makes it look that way. But I agree, even at 170 he's not the biggest guy around, and at 5'10", things wont get better, BUT, he does wrestler with 205ers since he's so strong.
Chael Sonnen vs Silva 2 would be a big money maker, since Sonnen is the only one we've seen dominate Silva, quite amazing.
@Marko4ever12 thats a real original comeback, did you come up with that by yourself ? I can see that your a clever one.
haha the more i listen to this guy the more i like him as a fighter he is a pretty funny guy
@thugnificentg What fight were you watching?? Obviously not the one where Sonnen walked away bloodied and exhausted and Silva looked unaffected and without any sign of bruises. Well, maybe from a rib injury that occurred PRIOR to the fight.
Chael Sonnen has put on a MASTER CLASS of hyping a fight. Reading comments here and on other websites, there are loads of people who are saying "I can't wait to see Silva smash his face in" etc.
Given Silva's last two utterly disappointing fights, if this match had not received the amount of exposure it has because of Sonnen's trash talking no one would watch it. The co main event has Jon 'Grind out a Decision Win' Fitch.
Sonnen has made UFC 117 watchable.
Where does Chael come up with this shit!?! Some of his responses makes me literally LOL! This guy could easily have a career in stand up comedy!
i bust out laughing some good 3 times, gosh, chael is gotta be a comedian
Gotta love Sonnen.
Best talker I have ever heard this guy is cool
No one is a better shit talker than Sonnen. He's intelligent and funny about his insults. I don't always like him but no one beats him when it comes to things like this.
@905Justin so, why sonnen's face was so ruined in the end of the fight????
@GackSlayer with all dure respect,Chael dominated THE SPIDER when Silva's ribs were injured.This is more of an amazing display for THE SPIDER than it is for CHAEL,because Chael got tapped by Anderson when Anderson was 4/5ths DEPLETED.Zero footwork,head movement,combos thrown,almost zero kicks,he threw sloppy strikes...AND ANDERSON STILL WON.With Anderson at 100%? Chael isn't even a snack.And Chael is ONE TOUGH DUDE.A true GRINDER who is HILARIOUSLY quick-witted
You got to give it to him, he is a real HYPE man and Chael needs any press he can get.
I think it was a good fight and people should give Sonnen the respect he just earned from that fight and Anderson Silva the respect he should have. I didn't see any fixed fight or playing around or anything of the sort. But with any big fight with one of the top fighters in the world versus a trash-talking challenger and the fight goes like it did, there is always gonna be these excuses which I don't think there is any need because they both should get their props for a great fight.
The steroid charges were PROVEN wrong. He had leagle testosterone therapy, but the athletic commission said that he should have given them all the paperwork about it before the fight. In the end, his suspension was for not handling the paperwork properly, not for using steroids.
THIS GUY SPEAKS THE TRUTH
This guy is great.
@dc013 in the end of the night who took the belt home? im pretty sure it wasn't sonnen.
what matters is the result, because silva is now 27 - 4 and sonnen just got another lost in his cartel.
Love him or hate him he is entertaining haha I hope he can pull it out ad shock the world
HAHAHAH the start of this video is epic. sonnen is really a funny guy HAHAHA.
Anderson just laid there and took the beating of his life, but seeing them after the rounds you would think Sonnen was the one receiving that beating. Elbows are vicious.
Best trash talker in MMA. Absolutely hilarious.
Say anything about him, but it's UNDENIABLE that he's funny as hell!
Most people hate Chael Sonnen because he talks trash but, it's called building up hype and looks like it worked on some of you people with your "I want to fight him" comments. Some of you people who say that probly wouldn't even last a second with this guy. I'm not saying Chael will win but, we will see soon enough
sonnen has mad personality, I'm a fan
man i like this guy
@Billy7ue32
What did he back up? That he can fight well then lose?
This whole middleweight debacle is driving me CRAZY! The fight was disappionting on both sides. First, that Silva came into the fight with an injured rib and second Chael didn't fight Silva with his own physcial ability. Although I think the punishment Chael is getting is more than enough, I wish his suspension was shorter so Chael and Silva could fight with no PED's or injured body parts and we would finally put this to rest.
@rayochapin "even though Silva's face is not even scratched"
So your saying that Sonnen took more of a beating then As?
Some fighters have a tendency to bleed and some fighters almost never marks.
Chael got cut from an elbow and he cut much easier then As.
A blind man could see that As got hit more...
As didnt an awsome job pulling off that sub but up until that it was Sonnens fight.
People are funny as soon as Anderson Silva gets beat-up for about 22 minutes he was "not fighting to his full potential" or this one is funny that I read "Anderson was playing around with Sonnen". Anyone who was watching the fight saw Sonnen out-strike Anderson and knock him down twice and pretty much take Anderson down at will. Granted to Anderson he showed the heart of a champion overcoming adversity to win in the last 2 and a half minutes. He is the champ and should have people's respect.