Why do idiots keep bringing this up in favor of Silva in a street fight? Silva fans get mad that the choke is ignored when discussing the fight, yet ignore the entire fight before the choke when discussing a street fight.

In a street fight Silvas head would be bouncing off concrete instead of a mat every time he was taken down and "pillow punched" for 23+ minutes. Unless Sonnens first name is Trayvon, Silva would be brain dead or in a coma after a few minutes.

Oh I see what you did there.

I used to like Chael, Thought he was pretty funny but now listening to him is just tedious. Constantly talking about how you were dominant in a fight that you lost, where you were shown to be on PED's after the fight is laughable. Like so what I was taking steroids i dominated the fight for 20 mins.

I hope the stories of Silva having a rid injury for that fight were true as i think it would make this fight better and more exciting. If the same chael shows up that fought bisping, I dont give him a chance vs silva.

round 5 dumbass

Silva -261
Sonnen +232

Silva has always impressed me with his octagon presence and skill set. The last Sonnen/Silva fight, Sonnen definitely lost in the waning seconds letting his guard down.

Disparaging Brazil, Brazilian fighters, and Silva's wife (medium-rare) certainly gives Anderson motivation. Still, I'd like to see Chael win via tapout. Anyone fortunate enough to be attending UFC 148?

Silva:
Sonnen:

I hope Silva KO's him in the 1st Rd. Used to find Sonnen pretty amusing but the way he calls himself the champion and talks about how he won the 1st fight even tho he tapped out got annoying.

Definately the most excited ive been about a UFC event in awhile. Looking forward to Griffin vs Ortiz fight too.

Goat

UFC 117 is on Netflix if I recall correctly.
Good for everyone to warm up before next fight.

Silva was looking for the submission in the first fight after all the smack talk Sonnen did about BJJ and the Gracies and the Nog bro's and all that.

I fully expect the GOAT Silva to shine this fight, and just embarrassing Sonnen

can someone confirm this? I didn't know they had any ufc fights on netflix

I think he means disc not watch instantly

Oh that makes sense. Forgot that possibility existed

The full first fight is free on Yahoo

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/mma#mma/29788179

In my anticipation for this fight ive watched a lot of Silva's fights and noticed the last few fights he has had he seems like hes stuck in 2nd gear or just un-interested and simply does only what he has to do to win.

I may be looking to much into it but its seems like Sonnens constant thrash talking and abuse has caused silva to snap out of going through the motions and awoke the beast. Really hope to see a GOAT Silva performance where he just picks Sonnen apart.

not sure how you can spin the beating silva got his first fight into a positive. silva was dominated with no answer for 4 rounds. Sonnen probably started doing less and less damage because he was fatigued from the torrid pace he set. I'd be curious to see if Sonnen is more apt to pace himself this time around.

Chael P. Sonnen!

yeah i think debo and betsports are downplaying how bad sonnen whooped him for 23 minutes last fight.

**** was almost depressing to watch. you knew he had one more chance at the start of the fifth and in 15 seconds he was back on his back, and basically anyone watching was like, 'wooow, this is really happening'.

the fact that he slapped a triangle on late doesn't change how bad he got beat up the first fight.

that said, **** sonnen. and i named my cat anderson a couple years ago, so i'm hoping for some 6th-level ninja **** saturday night. ha

full fight also free on UFC.com iirc

Here is Anderson's problem; he is never going to consistently stuff chaels take downs. For the elite fighter that he is, Chael will take him down whenever he wants if he is able to close the distance. I assume chael is just gonna bull rush him the very 1st second. I just don't get these betting lines @ all. You are basically saying that AS has higher expectation to win fighting the whole fight off his back. OR they think that in the few moments that the fighters are on their feet, AS is gonna land a knock out blow. A certainly think a KO is more realistic than a sub off the back. And AS is the most talented striker ever. He can do it. I just don't think he is a 2:1 fav.

If Anderson didn't get that flash sub last fight, chael would clearly be the betting fav.

he beat okami and belfort easy. there wasn't even a fight vs belfort, he KOd him after like 2 minutes. obv v. chael he got dominated, so I assume he was VERY durring that fight.

vs maia, he pretty much was more interested in making him look like a fool than winning. So I agree w/ you on that 1.

exactly.

and it wasn't even lay and pray, he was hammering silva. in every round.

thanks for this link. such a good fight, with a crazy finish.

not sure why it took 2 years for the rematch, tho?

this is probably too simple of an explanation, but it looked like chael got tired/lazy in the moments before silva slipped that triangle on him.

throughout the fight, he was always working and repositioning his hands, so he didn't get caught (even tho he came close a few times) and toward the end he was slow moving that left a couple times and just leaned on anderson with it, and his right was down. that's when silva held onto his left wrist and threw his leg over chael's right shoulder.

that was a dominating performance, though.

I would include

/comfortable in those slashes

A pussy named Anderson.

Silva kept ducking. Or as he called it a shoulder injury. Sonnen was ready to go after his suspension was up.




Chael 3:16 says I just whooped your ass!




I don't always hijack threads but when I do, it's about Chael Sonnen. Stay posting my friends.

#TeamSonnen

He's such a hero. Sure, Silva won the match in the their first meeting but he certainly lost the fight. Badly.

Anyone else think the 1st rd of their first fight was a 10-8 round?