***** OFFICIAL UFC 117 thread ~ Silva/Sonnen ~ Sat. August 7th, 2010 - Oakland

I 'bout shat my pants when Silva nearly got dropped in the first round...It appeared that Anderson didn't respect Sonnen's hands at all b/c after he got dropped, he kept his hands down and Chael hit him twice and Anderson looked at him like :hmm::

I was amazed at how Silva could hardly control Sonnen while using his guard...when he figure-foured his body...Chael just said "fuck it" and started working his body and broke that shit. Maybe the ribs are why Silva only tried the figure four once.

Silva's movement tonight looked awful....the rib injury has to be legit b/c Anderson was looking like his boy, Munoz, tonight on the feet. He still dropped Chael with a nasty overhand elbow:eek: and later on went for the Tony Fryklund(you know the elbow ;) ) but missed.

Silva basically Big Nogged Chael tonight...CLASSIC fight. Silva better get all the way healthy b/f he fights Vitor b/c Anderson's stand up looking that ass against Belfort will get him smoked.

I don't think they will give an immediate rematch to Sonnen because Vitor Belfort has been waiting. Plus Sonnen know's if he gets a rematch with Silva he will get knocked out
 
Man I thought Silva was done, I'm so happy right now

Rickson about to suit up and put Hughes in an armbar :lol:
 
Silva needs to work on his wrestling with Rashad Evans instead of Mark Munoz.

Mark Munoz is a better wrestler than Rashad (college champ) ..... plus he coached wrestling ....... Sliva wrestling will never match Sonnen ..... seemed like his stratergy was look for submissions off his back ..and it worked
 
I think the steriod police have lightened up and Hughes is back on the juice. I will wait til his next fight to make a final judgement
 
Trust me
this fight is going to make Anderson a better figher in the long run.

he will train harder than ever know
he's been coasting his last 4-5 fights
now he knows he's not invincible so he will work harder than ever.

I believe Anderson when he said is ribs were hurt.
that would explain why Sonnen was able to take him down so quick.
and lack of explosiveness on Anderson's part

white people are screaming for a rematch
thinking the next fight is going to be like this one.

I don't believe that for one second
when they fight again

Anderson is going to be 100% healthy
avoid the takedowns
and knock Sonnen out.


ANDERSON GOT THE HEART OF A CHAMPION.:yes::yes:


I agree, he may not avoid takedowns the entire time, cuz that's always been his weakness, but Sonnen stood long enough to get knocked out under normal circumstances. You can tell Anderson knew not to play with this dude, cause he came out more agressive than normal in round one.
 
Sorry but I gotta say this;
1. If you talk all that shit, beat a person all them rounds and then get caught in a choke...you are a freaking loser.....He lost, Anderson kicked his ass. It makes Sonnen look worse to me for not being able to back that shid up...he freaking lost. You can't talk all that shit and lose no matter what. Anything he says about this fight after it is whinng.
2. Anderson displayed greatness by getting his azz whooped and exploiting big mouth's mistake. That is what champions do. Anderson was not talking all that shit, he did what champions do win.
3. Sonnen is no champion and has no class. Talked all that shit, got into a world of hurt tapped and then tried to fake the funk. Screw this guy. Anderson fought him with an injury and did not complain, assCAC tapped and went bitch. Some of yall need to get some perspective.:smh:
 
Listening to Dana at the press confrence, he is right, Alves is too brolic to be at 170 dude needs to go up
 
That was the best comeback i ever seen. Silva was getting his ass kicked but you can never count out a BJJ blackbelt.

Sonnen has been submitted a few times with triangles while in someone's guard.
 
Man Sonnen at the Press conference looking fucked up. Silva looking like he just got through with a hard sparring session
 
Listening to Dana at the press confrence, he is right, Alves is too brolic to be at 170 dude needs to go up

Bingo, he talented, but draining himself and trying to slim up too much doesn't work for him, he needs to go up and be his natural weight. He's way too drained and loses explosiveness.
 
:lol::lol: Sonnon said he's calling out the champ regardless if he goes to 205 or if he loses weight and fights Jose Aldo...:lol::lol:
 
Damn ur right too. He's just a bad size then in general. He doesn't truly fit a weight class.

I think he just needs to stay in better shape between fights, get on some Jerry Rice shit. He just doesn't have the luxury to go up and down on his weight like other fighters.
 
:lol::lol: Sonnon said he's calling out the champ regardless if he goes to 205 or if he loses weight and fights Jose Aldo...:lol::lol:
Yeah, he is just as on with his talk as he was before this loss. Dana must love this dude, he is gonna make some more good money off of this muthafucka
 
I suspect that if you go back and look at it slow mo, you will see that much like Mayweather, Silva was moving his head at the last split second and Sonnen was getting credit for a lot of shit that missed. That's why Silva was not looking like the elephant man as he should have. Sherdog is gonna go nuts :lol::lol:

Nah, Sonnen was hitting him with shots. Some were missing, but he got hit.

man i was saying the same thing to my friends when matt hughes defeated another Gracie jiu-jitsu fighter :lol::lol::lol:

I could be wrong but i think H-FUNK posted some of the Saku fights sometime ago, Saku not just defeated Gracies but broke and dislocated Gracie arms:smh:

Yeah, those Gracies wouldn't fucking tap.

did he post the 90 minute fight?

that's the only 1 i haven't seen. i would love to see that one.

I got that fight, I'll post it tomorrow.
 
Nah, Sonnen was hitting him with shots. Some were missing, but he got hit.



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I know he tagged, him, but I know for sure Joe and Goldy were yelling at some big shots that missed or Silva rolled with the elbow or punch...on another note, Sonnen is cutting up at the presser.:lol:
 
Yeah, he is just as on with his talk as he was before this loss. Dana must love this dude, he is gonna make some more good money off of this muthafucka

Yeah he def has another Star on his hands. Dana might wait a little before giving Sonnen his rematch. If he gets demolished by Anderson in a rematch tonight wil seem like a fluke.
 
Mark Munoz is a better wrestler than Rashad (college champ) ..... plus he coached wrestling ....... Sliva wrestling will never match Sonnen ..... seemed like his stratergy was look for submissions off his back ..and it worked

Rashad is more explosive than Munoz. Yeah Silva was looking for the submission most of the fight and finally got it.
 
Silva vs Bones doesn't seem so crazy now. Silva got muscled around way too easy.

I don't think that fight will ever happen. Bones next opponent might be Forrest Griffin. Silva's ribs were hurt that's why got muscled around that way. If your ribs are hurt you're not gonna move around and fight at a 100%.
 
The guys at Sherdog are fast.

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I thought they were going to be talking shit about Silva's wine, but they are clowning the hell out of one guy over there saying Sonnen didn't tap.

Cats have me dying in this thread.

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f2/yo...nderson-throw-up-triangle-1305151/index2.html
 
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Chael was still talking some of that good shit at the press conference, but he was very classy.

They gotta rematch Chael and Silva IMMEDIATELY...I just think putting Silva against the one guy that has pushed him like this in the UFC on the Super Bowl weekend ppv would be HUGE. I know Chael lost by stoppage and I know that Vitor is a credible, intriguing opponent but the re-match could be on some epic sh!#...and yeah, if he's healthy, I think Anderson would nuke him but nobody has done Anderson like that since like 2004-2005...

I'm sure there's alot of ppl that think Chael is still the no.2 contender anyway b/c of how great he looked.

The UFC has booked weirder title fights...either way, Belfort or Sonnen, I'm happy.
 
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