Quote of the Day: Chael Sonnen Says "Anderson Silva Doesn’t Get to Bring Anything to the Fight That I Don't"
by Nick Thomas on Feb 27, 2010 11:53 PM EST
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"Well [Anderon Silva] he's awesome you know. He deserves to be where he is, I'm not delusional to the fact that he has a lot of tools. He's awkward too, he's got a really awkward body. He's tall. There's not a lot of guys to train with, with his build. Everything he has is very sharp, his arms are so skinny that the bones are on his elbows. His legs are skinny, the bones of his knees and his shin. He can just hurt you a lot of different ways."-- Chael Sonnen talks Anderson Silva with purefight.org: (video after the jump)
"With that said, he's beatable and everybody that's a champion has to get through what I have to get through and that is to beat this guy on the pedestal. Anderson had to do it. When Anderson came in, Rich Franklin was the favorite. The odds makers had him, the fans had him and the promotion had him as the favorite and Anderson had to get over that hump and find a way to win."
"Take St-Pierre who's the best fighter in our sport right now. St-Pierre had to come in behind Matt Hughes who everybody said was unstoppable and he had to find a way to beat him. You know BJ Penn at the same time; all these guys have had to do that. So I'm in those shoes right now."
"Anderson is out there but in truth he's just a guy. You know he doesn’t' get to bring anything to the fight that I don't. He doesn't get to bring a friend with him; he doesn't get to bring a lead pipe with him. He's got a couple of hands and a couple of feet and a bunch of fingers and toes, I got the same thing."
"So when we get in there and we mix it up. I'll certainly have to be ready, but so will he. You know, he can beat me, but I can beat him too. I will not back down from Anderson Silva, I can assure you that much."
HT: purefight.org
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This is why you dont smoke weed children....
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
Maybe I misunderstand the comment, but I don’t think ‘this guys is on drugs’ when I watch this interview. He’s an intelligent guy who doesn’t say anything outlandish. He’s respectful too, and maybe I’m alone on this but I find him likable. He doesn’t talk smack, tells it like it is, and is sometimes a bit funny.
He does talk smack, that is why i dont like him.
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
he HAZ talked smack... BUT
i notice that in this interview, he haz taken it down a notch and this (i believe) iz the real Chael… he seemz smart, down to earth and haz a realistic view on strategiez on fighting Anderson.. I didn’t like him (sonnen)before.. AT ALL… but now i think " maybe he can" .. i mean somone HAZ to eventually….i thought it was gonna Marquardt… but Sonnen surprised the shit outta me…. and YOU. I believe, that with the right gameplan, any fighter can be dismantled….he seemz to be training w/ a pretty legit team… don’t count him out !! that’z all i’m sayin..
"If I told you I was good, you would think I am boasting. If I told you I was not good, you would know I am lying" Bruce Lee
OT, but
why do you choose to use a z instead of an s? I could understand if you were shortening a word like drive through to drivethru, but it’s one letter, and they’re right next to each other to boot… it’s not like you would be exerting that much more energy to hit the s button.
"It’s going to be like sex with a grizzly bear, you know, a lot of scratching and growling on both sides." - Don Frye
people that smoke weed would get run out of Chael's hood
"It’s going to be like sex with a grizzly bear, you know, a lot of scratching and growling on both sides." - Don Frye
by Excelsior! on Feb 27, 2010 11:59 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
hahaha, huff glue would’ve been more accurate but hilarious nonetheless…
by god-damn long hair on Feb 28, 2010 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
To be fair...
MMA is pretty volatile. One sweet shot and anyone can be done.
Not that I think Chael has a shot in hell, but I’m just sayin’…
BOOSH
will someone please sew this guys mouth shut
by god-damn long hair on Feb 27, 2010 10:55 PM EST reply actions
Why?
Someone’s gotta promote this fight and get people interested.
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
by Tonley on Feb 27, 2010 10:58 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
yep
anytime he fights (loses) to Silva
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 28, 2010 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
There’s really nothing here to disagree with, he’s just telling it like it is.
by Mocha Shaka Khan on Feb 27, 2010 11:10 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
“You know, he can beat me, but I can beat him too.”
I strongly disagree with the last part of that sentence.
by ufc4 on Feb 28, 2010 12:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Agreed
I agree with his logic regarding Silva being beatable. I don’t agree with him achieving that goal. There is truth that Silva hasn’t fought “anyone” except for maybe Hendo. However, that truth won’t be changed by his destroying Chael. Hendo was a MUCH better wrestler than Chael will ever hope to be and has a way more destructive right hand.
I also think Chael is funny when he says “he’s never fought a wrestler like me …” Yes he has. He has fought a better wrestler. Dan Henderson. Remember him from the Olympics and such beatdowns as Michael Bisping, Wanderlei Silva, and Vitor Belfort. Ok, Chael, who have you beat?
but everything else he’s said has been so outlandish/ dumb and because of this he gets superstar treatment. As in everything he says gets published. GSP isn’t on this site as much as chael.
by god-damn long hair on Feb 28, 2010 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
GSP doesn't talk as much
therefore there are fewer quotes to print. Can’t print something a guy doesn’t say.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
What has there been to write about? what have we not covered with GSP?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 28, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
I’m not criticizing you guys for not covering GSP, at the same time I do think the Sonnen coverage is getting to be a bit much. If he were actually fighting Silva next I’d be all for it, but he isn’t, and probably won’t be any time soon. If every fighter did this you guys would probably get 10x the amount of traffic, but you’d also get overrun with trolls just coming here to talk shit on those fighters.
by ufc4 on Feb 28, 2010 11:27 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The real issue is that we like to have a constant stream of content to keep things moving. Sonnen just provides a lot to talk about…
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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 28, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
i said gsp in the context of any superstar fighter (BJ, Brock, Anderson, Mir, Rampage, Rashad, Bones Jones, etc..)
by god-damn long hair on Feb 28, 2010 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
I honestly see see nothing dumb or outlandish about anything in the quote.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:12 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
see see
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
ok, but we are talking about this now.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
so we’ve all just forget about what he said before. A fighter in line for a shot at a belt makes some common sense comments about the champ whose in a league of his own and theres usually 44 comments a half hour after its posted. Everyone is talking about this b/c of what he said before. Don’t get it twisted.
by god-damn long hair on Feb 28, 2010 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
I dont know about using the amount of comments on an article as a way to validate your point but I’m sure you can back that up. Especially being a member for all of three weeks.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:36 AM EST up reply actions
Ya I’m a celtics fan. So when my comment gets dragged threw the mud, I’d rather stand up and talk some shit rather than just wear it. And oh yeah the celtics lost to the worst team in the league today by 8 points.
by god-damn long hair on Feb 28, 2010 1:21 AM EST up reply actions
Massive Reply Fail.
by the way, it’s “through the mud”.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
OH COME ON, DAMNET!!!
haha, oh well. Don’t say i didn’t try to make it light. Thanks for the grammar correction, I just finished my novel so i better go back and check that shit. And before you say it I’m sorry i didn’t correct the lower case in haha to begin a sentence but I’ll just leave it as is to give you something to reply with. And good job of living up to your screen name. I just ignored the part where they asked for our user name to represent ourselves as bloggers as closely as possible.
by god-damn long hair on Feb 28, 2010 2:34 AM EST up reply actions
You're a Celtics fan?
You really shouldn’t be wasting your time posting on this website, you should be out grieving with the rest of Boston.
"That's right I'm into hardcore crack, that's why my teeth are so bad"
Wow
Watch out for the grammar police! They’ll get ya’! And I do agree with ‘Fake Emcee’ you should be out grieving with the rest of Boston. Hahaha.
And I agree with you on the topic. When people say that Chael is “not talking smack” and is speaking out of respect, they are clearly responding with tongue in cheek. There is no way this dude (Chael S.) should be getting the praises he is getting, but he is because he is controversial and brash/arrogant enough to actually believe his own shit that he is spewing. I can’t wait to see Anderson beat down the “flash in pan” Chael Sonnen and see who is the next overnight celebrity to become BE’s newest “crush”
by Glamdring the foe hammer on Mar 3, 2010 3:55 AM EST up reply actions
Or sew his fingers together into skin-mittens so we don’t have to read his posts again.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 27, 2010 11:14 PM EST up reply actions 11 recs
No, long hair is completely right dude!
You know what, I’m really getting sick of this SHIT. Who the fuck does Chael Sonnen think he is that he gets to make a comment about Anderson Silva. Anderson Silva is a saint! The guys classy, sassy, and oh so talented. Mr. Sonnen has a long way to go before he can fill the enormous, and I do mean enormous ladies, shoes of Mr. Silva. What has Chael even done in this business to even warrent holding Anderson’s glorious jockstrap, besides getting a crack at Silva’s sloppy seconds.
Come fight night after Silva gets done rapexecuting Maia, which is a totally GAY name btw, he’s gonna shine up his beautiful bald head and proceed to drive it straight through Sonnen’s Sternum. It’s gonna be the first octagon related death due to Brazilian Badassment. This fucking guy, now I’m going to have to watch Chuck Liddel’s ass naked workout to try and calm myself down again.
"That's right I'm into hardcore crack, that's why my teeth are so bad"
by Fake Emcee on Feb 28, 2010 12:06 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
So......
Anderson Silva wears enormous ladies shoes?
I smell a nickname change from “The Spider” to “The Cross-Dressing Clown”.
P.S.
A rec for your fantastic rant.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry
I had a Snickers bar after my bedtime so it’s got me feeling a little amped up, that and probably the crack brownies.
"That's right I'm into hardcore crack, that's why my teeth are so bad"
No apologies necessary
I thought it was brilliant.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
I don't need you to tell me if apologies are necessary Fucker!
Sorry, sorry it’s the snickers and crack again.
"That's right I'm into hardcore crack, that's why my teeth are so bad"
by Fake Emcee on Feb 28, 2010 12:44 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Now I’m sorry.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2010 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Wooow, and Ed Soars thought CHAEL had a crush on Annderson
by dreamers_12345 on Feb 28, 2010 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
"Take St-Pierre who's the best fighter in our sport right now."
Hmm… GSP vs Sonnen. That’s a fight I could get into. If GSP moves up to middleweight (and Sonnen loses to Silva), that might be a good tryout for him. Sonnen looks like a pretty big dude, though.
by Ephemeral Artery on Feb 27, 2010 11:00 PM EST reply actions
I’d like to see that as well. If Georges goes to middleweight, it sounds like he expects to continue to add some muscle, so he wouldn’t be too much smaller than Chael. I think he’d eat Chael’s lunch, but it’d be a great test.
by Kwisatz Haderach on Feb 27, 2010 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not like he is saying anything controversial.
“He’s got a couple of hands and a couple of feet and a bunch of fingers and toes, I got the same thing.”
oooooooh anatomical flamebait
by IRodC on Feb 27, 2010 11:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
ummmm
He gets to bring a bjj black belt , sick mauy thai ,another 3 inches of height and a mw championship belt. and a sinister hat he will be wearing sideways :-) am i forgeting anything???
It does take a lot of intelligence to feign not knowing English.
New Orleans Saints - 2010 Super Bowl Champions. Unbelievable. Who Dat.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 27, 2010 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
"GIMMIE SOME TIIITS!"
Adebisi was awesome.
I specializes in grammar fail.
by a tommy point on Feb 28, 2010 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
haha
I haven’t seen the show since it ended, so I’d forgotten a lot of what happened on it… then I read this wiki-bio of Adebisi and holy crap, that was one bad mammajamma. The gravity-defying hat just puts him over the top.
Chael:
This kind of very practical, honest and reasonable talk is not going to get any attention. Either wish death on Anderson Silva or threaten to dismember him with piano wire or something!
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 27, 2010 11:07 PM EST reply actions
I find it funny
All you guys who don’t like Chael and get up in arms about his comments which have been quite frequent lately, you guys are the biggest suckers. Chael has completely pulled one over on you and it’s really really funny to watch.
Chael is making ME a believer, so you know he has to believe in himself.
We’ve seen from Thales Leites how someone who thinks they have ZERO chance at beating Anderson comes in and fights. With Chael we’ll see how someone who believes they can win fight Anderson.
I gave Chael ZERO chance of beating Marquardt. I’m not counting him out vs Anderson. In reality I think Chael will get blasted on the feet as he’s trying to shoot in, but if Anderson doesn’t land that punch he could very well spend the better part of 5 rounds on his back and lose a decision.
I really don't think Chael has much of a chance of finishing Anderson
and since we’re talking about five rounds here I don’t think it’s going to be sufficient enough to just try to take him down and hope that Anderson can’t get any effective offense going. Whether Chael pulls it off or not, he will get caught with something eventually, most likely during the later rounds after Chael has tired himself out. People are always bringing up Sonnen’s sub par sub defense, but Silva doesn’t usually try to work anything off his back, he just locks in the body triangle and waits for a stand up.
Chael’s gonna need to get this fight to the ground alot and as fast as possible before ANY type of engagement between the two can happen. I honestly don’t think this fight will go well for him at all, if anything Maia serves as a bigger risk for Anderson than any other challengers at the moment with Belfor currently M.I.A at least.
"That's right I'm into hardcore crack, that's why my teeth are so bad"
Forrest went in believing he could win
So did Franklin, Henderson and Marquardt.
Cote really thought he would shock the world.
Shit, even Leben said he would KO Anderson.
Alot of us are going to be able to look back at all this Sonnen talk and get a good laugh, after Anderson is pulled off of Chael by Herb Dean in the first round when they fight.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 28, 2010 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
Pay Day?
Did he score a cut of the PPV? He is doing his best to gather interest in this match up. God bless him. I hope he does do well out of this fight. I cant see him getting KO of the night or Sub of the night. He sure as hell wont be getting Fight of the night. A cut of the PPV is his only chance of cashing in before he is crippled for life.
Holy snapping duck shit...
by ABS363 on Feb 27, 2010 11:48 PM EST via mobile reply actions
He doesn’t get any PPV cut, he’s just gotta keep his name out there because he will get a big bonus with a title shot and now there are 2 guys ahead of him on that list (Maia, Belfort). He’s hoping Vitor is a slow healer.
by ufc4 on Feb 28, 2010 12:10 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
WHAT!!! Silva is fighting Maia next? Has anybody told Chael yet?
Holy snapping duck shit...
by ABS363 on Feb 28, 2010 12:32 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
The sad thing
Even if Vitor heals within the next 5-6 months(which he probably will) Sonnen is according to Sonnen next in line after the Maia fight:( imo Vitor has the best shot( a very good one) at beating Silva and its a shame that he seems to be getting bumped back just b/c he hasn’t said anything inflammatory.
Google Ron Paul!
I don’t really believe in Chael Sonnen, but after the recent upset over Nate the Great he’s got me taking a wait and see approach to this fight.
Problem Is...
Anderson Silva gets to bring Anderson Silva you the cage… and that’s way more than Sonnen is packing.
by Paradoxx on Feb 28, 2010 1:52 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
You are very
petty is you base all your personal decisions on someone political views. There are good Dem and Rep just like there are bad Dems/Rep. If you are soooo blind you can’t see the difference, I don’t know what to tell you but you are going to have a long disappointing life.
Am I the only
one that thinks Anderson doesn’t need to bring a lead pipe in to the cage? Seriously, he has steel in his legs and cement in his hands, what does he need lead for? :)
no
you,re not the only one
anyone with a brain can see the outcome of this
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 28, 2010 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
You could bring adamantium claws sonnen you would still be in the same deep shit.
"You hit too hard, too hard, too hard..."
by spectaa on Feb 28, 2010 9:59 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Hulk vs Weapon X
Doesn’t that fight often go to decision with the weaker more persistent opponent wearing out the otherwise superior foe?
by asa on Feb 28, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I really hope you went into your backyard and took this picture yourself....it would just be more brilliant is all
"Ehh I don't think it's just me; I think nobody likes him"
- Wanderlei Silva on Micheal Bisping
When Anderson came in, Rich Franklin was the favorite. The odds makers had him, the fans had him and the promotion had him as the favorite and Anderson had to get over that hump and find a way to win."
“Take St-Pierre who’s the best fighter in our sport right now. St-Pierre had to come in behind Matt Hughes who everybody said was unstoppable and he had to find a way to beat him. You know BJ Penn at the same time; all these guys have had to do that. So I’m in those shoes right now.”
Not sure when BJ Penn was ever an underdog in the weight class he’s champ at. First title shot against Pulver included. But not a huge oversight in the face of “Oh he already fought Marquardt?” or “Anderson hasn’t fought a wrestler”
Nate Marquardt
Btw Chael, your sudden rise to stardom for your defeat of Nate Marquardt happened in three rounds. When did Silva’s? Oh yah, 4 minutes into round 1 knock out. Yep, you sure got one up on him.
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