Chael Sonnen Not Attending UFC 134, Lynch Mob Has to Wait
by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
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Yesterday I posted about a Facebook event calling for the "Lynching of Chael Sonnen" in Rio. While the event was made as a joke by the creators, it is very much possible that some of those "attending" were looking forward to causing bodily harm to the outspoken middleweight. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your point of view, they won't be getting the chance.
Yushin Okami's trainer's spoke with SPORTV and according to them, Chael Sonnen will NOT be in Okami's corner when he faces Anderson Silva for the middleweight belt. While there aren't any direct comments from trainers, the article states:
If the threat of lynching has changed the mind of Chael Sonnen, it is not known. The fact is that the American will no longer be coming to Rio according to the coaches of Japan's Yushin Okami, who arrived on Saturday. Sonnen will not be in the country for the event.
Disliked by most Brazilian fighters like Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Lyoto Machida and the Nogueira brothers, Sonnen said in several interviews that he would come to Brazil for UFC 134. Yushin Okami, his teammate, will face Anderson in the main event of the night and Sonnen was expected in his corner. The American even said during the week he would come to Rio on Friday.
However, the coaches of Team Quest denied that the Sonnen has or will come to Brazil. According to a post by the official UFC Brazil twitter, Sonnen was just "trolling" and will not be in Rio for the fight. Sonnen has a fight scheduled for Oct. 8 at UFC 136 against Brian Stann, and will be focused on training for the occasion.
Well that pretty much answers the $64,000 question. Looks like Chael Sonnen has trolled everyone into believing he was going to actually be crazy enough to show up in Brazil. While it is wrong to speculate on why, it is known that he is still on probation from his Federal money laundering case. Those on probation are unable to leave the country, though I doubt that Sonnen is a flight risk.
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Above is the tweet from the Official UFC Brazil (Brasil) account which states "Sonnen trolling everyone". And thus concludes one of the best troll jobs in the history of trolling. Sorry Brazil, Chael Sonnen made you look silly.
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Dearest Brazil,
Zing!
Sincerely,
Chael Sonnen (republican).
Ps- gotcha bitch!
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by poundnground on Aug 21, 2011 2:07 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Brazilmad
Successful troll job is successful
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lol
Sonnen Trollando should be his new name.
by av1o3 on Aug 21, 2011 2:12 PM EDT reply actions 19 recs
hey everyone!!!
rec. this. shit. now.
i tried to change my username to 'big country fit' but the system wouldnt let me.
by gspmademegay on Aug 21, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
FUCK!
IT IS OFFICIAL! OBVIOUS CHAEL IS OBVIOUS!!!
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by SentientAndroid on Aug 21, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
lol we all knew he was not going to come anyway
typical sonnen movements .
Anderson would KO Fedor That is all.
Didn’t Sonnen go to Brazil with Yushin recently anyway? Or was he trolling that too?
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I believe he did, for the first UFC Rio PC.
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 2:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Was it confirmed that he was actually there?
I may have missed it, but I know that there was alot of speculation of him really not being there. Just tweeting that he was to get some attention. But maybe he was there and I just missed that…
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you got me there, I’m only going from reports I’ve read at the time.
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 2:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I was going to comment that I read somewhere around this parts, the safetty issue article I think, about him being at the presser. But then I realized, I read it from you.
lol
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He should go
and once he’s down there, he should blatantly deny having ever said a bad word about Brazil or any Brazilians. Then he should continue trolling once back in the states. That shit would be tight.
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by mburtoni on Aug 21, 2011 2:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
er, since the FB page was created as a joke, Brazil ain’t looking silly at all. only people looking silly are the ones believing there was actually going to be a mob. brazilians only did what Sonnen does, they were trolling, and, if there was any chance at all that Sonnen was going to be attending but then changed his mind due to this, than we are muh better at trolling than your republican, theif, roided hero :p
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 2:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 19 recs
Couldn't have said it better myself
If there's one thing I know that will always be true it's Leonard Garcia via Split Decision
I'm not sure everyone got the joke though..
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
I think his joke was funnier
Got someone to make an FB page and write crazy things all over it. I bet their are a lot of angry Brazilian fans. I actually think people wanted to see Chael in Brazil more than they wanted to see Anderson. Chael got everyone hyped to see him. i have not hear anyone talking about Anderson. Chael is even selling this fight for Anderson too.
You know what they say
by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Aug 21, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
“I bet there are a lot of angry Brazillian fans”
well ’betting’ain’t reality. and if your were watching the commercials here, it’s all about Anderson, don’t nobody knows who chael is unless you’re part of the community. chael selling ufc rio more than anderson? that’s crazy talk bro.
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 2:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure they at least have to know who he is.
I mean, they fought like a year ago.
You know what they say
by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Aug 21, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
again, you are mistaken, the only, and I mean ONLY reason Anderson Silva is known here, is because he beat Vitor,this is after the Sonnen fight. this is also the only reason MMA is on the rise here. the majority of the people starting to watch MMA right now don’t know nor do they care who Chael is. he’s making a bigger impact in the US mma community even though people seem to think otherwise.
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 3:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah..
I’d side with a Brazilian here.. So, if Brazilian masses don’t know Sonnen, does it follow that there are no security issues with Mr. Trollando going there?
the mma community here knows Sonnen, but the mma community is still relatively small overall. but on a serious note, Rio is really safe right now, the government kicked out most of the big drug dealers last year, there are cops everywhere you turn, I wouldn’t worry about safety issues. I didn’t like the FB page because even as a joke I find it disusting, so I was disapointed with it, wish most Americans would also be disapointed wih most of what Chael says too.
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Funny how that sounds..
that the arguable birth place of MMA has a relatively small community.. I feel for you though, with how that FB page may be counterproductive with the efforts of cleaning up Rio.. I’m just going by with the news about how your gov’t dealt with the needed changes to cater for the Olympics and how the people, especially from the displaced favelas reacted to it..
to be honest with you, they had been planning for that operation even before they got the olympics
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It got a lot of attention with Olympics though.. but I’m glad to see the changes they made with the favelas, condominium/apartment type buildings. Where else do they do that? I just wish we can do the same..
I just hope they keep reenforcing it, and do the same in other troubled cities.
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No way.
You must have no clue what you’re talking about. Chael Sonnen is the biggest star in MMA right now and he sells millions of PPVs of his own accord because everyone is so fascinated with him.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Aug 21, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Why did you say this, yesterday?
“To see Aldo maybe.
I doubt any MMA fan, casual or otherwise, tunes in specifically to see Sonnen.”
Am I missing sarcasm?
"Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller
pretty sure it’s sarcasm
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 7:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You missed A LOT of sarcasm
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"Sorry Brazil, Chael Sonnen made you look silly"
That’s pretty weak man, even for you. You don’t think maybe some Brazilians come to this site?
I would say “Sorry Chael, Brazil made you look like a Bitch.”
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by Shotokanman on Aug 21, 2011 2:22 PM EDT reply actions 11 recs
'The Sonnen' sounds like a superhero/super villain name
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
"Sorry Brazil, Chael Sonnen made you look silly. "
Brazil’s response:
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
by SSreporters on Aug 21, 2011 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 14 recs
Nobody talks about Brazil that way! His ass is grass!
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by spectaa on Aug 21, 2011 2:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The best part about the Babalu gif
Is that’s not the submission attempt that got him to tap.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Incomplete without
his primal shriek from Filho’s armbar
Paulo’s laid back grin makes the photo IMO
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by ElliotMatheny on Aug 22, 2011 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I swear Sonnen must have been an airplane in his afterlife...
cause he is sucked into a lot of triangles..
wow cant believe he pussied out like that
and as for the ‘probation’ stuff, didnt he fly previously to help okami train?
Why the f**k does anyone still gives this weak, pathetic excuse for a human any airtime?. I really hope he beats Stann so Andy can punch his face into a bloody pulp. He wasn’t trolling, he just lacks any sort of backbone or credibility/respect/honor/decency/morals/brains/heart.
by vicesquad26 on Aug 21, 2011 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
lol u just got trolled bro!!!11!!!1
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Aug 21, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Not impressed.
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by spectaa on Aug 21, 2011 2:44 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
You’ve never trolled before I can tell. Sometimes the best part of trolling is admitting to it and then trolling the outraged.
by Empty Thoughts on Aug 21, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Chael
Should spend less time trolling and more time learning how not to get submitted by Brazilians. Isn’t he like 1-4 against Brazilian fighters, his lone win being against Paulo Filho after he went off the deep end? Maybe this is his way of feeling like he can beat a Brazilian, by out trolling them.
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"I was just trolling"
Really? really? What happened to he American Gangster? I thought he could take out all of Brazil by himself?? You can’t NO-SHOW the event after talking that much crap, and retain any credibility. He picked a fight and the NO-SHOWED
I'M MADDER N HALE!!
See, right there,
your sig just flowed in with your comments…
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by The American Ronin on Aug 22, 2011 3:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Now that he has a job that allows him to compete in the US...
There’s really no reason to allow him to leave the country. It’d be different if training was his only option like it has been for the last year, but it’s not.
by IRH on Aug 21, 2011 3:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Silly it's the need to offend someone just to get some attention to yourself
or to your post.
by edtSD on Aug 21, 2011 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Sonnen Trollando. Does this mean what I think it means?
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If you think it means
That Chael Sonnen killed 5 hookers in the mid 90’s, then please, speak to your local authorities
Goldie: Michael Jordanesque in his grappling skills is Travis Lutter
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Goldie: He is not that good?
by HeadKickOfDoom on Aug 21, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
The story comes up and suddenly he can’t leave the country anymore…. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
"Don't worry about a thang...I got this"
oh shit you're right.
If the authorities had a lead on information about the time when Chael Sonnen killed 5 hookers in the mid 90’s, they would try and stop him from leaving the country.
It's true
You can’t leave the country if you are a suspect in an investigation where allegedly Chael Sonnen killed 5 hookers in the mid 90’s
Goldie: Michael Jordanesque in his grappling skills is Travis Lutter
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Goldie: He is not that good?
by HeadKickOfDoom on Aug 22, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I know you probably want this to spread like wildfire, but i think it’s too comical to.
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by Hendo_One-Shot on Aug 21, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I know you probably want this to spread like wildfire, but i think it’s too comical to.
What, the rumor that Chael Sonnen killed 5 hookers in the mid-90s? That could just be an urban legend of sorts…
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by The American Ronin on Aug 22, 2011 3:16 AM EDT up reply actions
"Matthew Roth, I challenge you to a booze binging standoff!!!"
… still waiting for the first BE user to drop the challenge on Matt. But I guess he brought the line “Sorry Brazil, Chael Sonnen made you look silly.” exactly for that reason. Harr harr.
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Challenge accepted.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
hehe, I expected nothing less...
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You just haven't been paying attention.
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by pdl on Jun 21, 2011
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Okay...
I nominate pdl as the people’s representative in the booze binging standoff with Roth…
Seconded?
Also, pdl, your kind of an inside guy, have you heard anything about the story that supposedly Chael Sonnen killed 5 hookers in the mid-90’s?
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by The American Ronin on Aug 22, 2011 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one who doesn't understand the concept of trolling?
If I say something offensive that I know will garner a reaction and it gets a reaction, how is that trolling?
That’s just being a dick and it’s been going on since the beginning of time.
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trolling is saying something stupid/contraversial just get get people riled up
If people respond in anger, they just got trolled.
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by Discman2 on Aug 21, 2011 3:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Some men just want to see the internet burn.
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by spectaa on Aug 21, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I really dislike Roth articles. You really didn’t have to put the line at the end. simply untrue.
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by Hendo_One-Shot on Aug 21, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
As far as I’m concerned, Cheal made Chael look silly. You would really need to be a mark to give him any kind of credit for what he did. “You wanna kill me? Then I’m not coming :p” Woah, genius _…
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There was a page about lynching the guy. 4000+ people joined it
You don’t think that some of those people look silly for being so angry about this?
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Not really.
If somebody talked a ton of shit about you, calling me stupid, ugly, poor, unevolved, etc. would you be silly to get pissed off at them for it?
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Aug 21, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"calling you"
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Aug 21, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
To get to the point about wanting to murder them?
No…I’d never get that mad.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think anybody wanted to murder him, more like beat him up.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Aug 21, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay...I've never gotten that mad at a athlete
That I want to assault them.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Has any athlete made it his life's purpose
to insult you and call you any number of names and imply that you’re something less than human? Cause that might have something to do with it.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Aug 21, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Devil's advocate?
His comments have brought much more media attention in both Brazil and the US to the Brazilian fighters who respond to him which in turn has opened up doors for better sponsorship opportunities.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
wow, far far from the truth, there’s a reason AS has been getting big sponsors in Brazil, and it has nohing to do with Chael
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So Demian Maia appearing on TV has nothing to do with it?
Tom, while the Brazilian fighters weren’t in on the gag, there is no doubt that Dana White was. Now any time Chael fights a Brazilian it will do big money because they want to see Chael destroyed. If this wasn’t the case he’d have been reeled in and have his microphone shut off. Fact is, Chael has helped Brazilian fighter marketability. And I’m not saying that as a Chael fan because I’m not. I’m saying that because it’s true.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Demian only appears on MMA programs, the only time he appeared on a non-mma program was after the fight with Andy. maia isn’t well known outside the mma community. chael is only making an impact on the us, and he’s not really helping the ppl he’s dissing, he only helps himself, ppl in the us either hate or love him, both will watch him fight, but this doesn’t really help the ppl he disses
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 5:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There’s greater media attention when Jose Aldo or Machida fire back with a retort. He’s being ridiculous in what he says (nogs feeding a carrot to a bus) but the benefit for those he’s talking about is that whenever they respond, they’re automatically the good guys. And whoever he fights will automatically be a draw because you want to see him (Chael) lose.
I’m just saying that if he went too off base on what he said, the UFC would reel him in. I think they see a benefit in it.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
but see, you made the claim fighters like demian, anderson, etc, are being benefited by chael’s antics via sponsorship money, again, this is far from the truth and takes away from anderson’s acomplishments. one could say that, if, in fact, mma grows big here as it did in the us, that we could probably thank anderson and vitor as we do bonnar and griffin in the usa.
second, when demian and aldo respond to chael, it goes through mma media channels, such as pvt, tatame, etc, the community that reads these outlets are the same that read them pre andrson/vitor fight.
third, I’d argue that demian’s and aldo’s number of paid viewers stays the same regardless if they respond to chael or not, meanwhile chael’s increase significantly, as fans and haters alike will tune in to watch him fight
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 6:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think he means American sponsors, i don’t have a clue about what happens in Brazil, but i can wager dollars to dough nuts that there are a few American companies looking at them now they Chael has shined a light on them.
I’d rather just climb this fridge
Anderson didn’t have big name sponsors until he beat Vitor and signed up with 9nine, since then he has had big sponsors from Brazil, including Nike and Budweiser. and again, it has nothing to do with Chael, to say otherwise would be to take his merits away from him, because he really earned these sponsors by his own actions and no one elses.
not always will those who dumps on you be your enemies
and not always will those who take you out of shit be your friends
I wasn't speaking of any specific fighter.
Anderson’s stock took quite a leap after that Sonnen fight, but with that said he would have got what he got anyhow. Anderson is a champion and one of the very best fighters in the world, people would be silly to not want to sponsor him. The Sonnen fight made his stock jump not because it was Chael Sonnen with his shit talk, but because of how the fight played out. Anderson gets shit kicked for 4 and a half rounds then pulls off the crazy sub to pull the W out of the fire.
Now guys like Maia on the other hand, Chael’s shit talk has brought a whole new set of eyes to them in America. Maia, if anything, had a very damaged view in the casuals eyes after that fight with Anderson. Now he has one of the biggest heels in MMA lipping off about him.
I’d rather just climb this fridge
yes
but I don’t think Maia is getting any new sponsors by having Chael mouth off on him. Let’s put this into practice, which sponsors have Maia, Aldo, Machida, Nogueira, or any other fighter Sonnen has criticized, gotten sponsors due to that? I can’t think of any, and that’s the basis of this argument.
not always will those who dumps on you be your enemies
and not always will those who take you out of shit be your friends
I said they have been looked at by sponsors, a fighter needs to preform before any new sponsor jumps on board. Chael has pointed the finger at them so its fair to say they have gained a few more eye balls because of this. I also believe champions like Nog and Machida were already popular enough. I wouldn’t include champions in my argument.
I’m not silly enough to think that Chael alone will get these guys sponsors, but him lipping off may help some keep an eye on the fighter.
I’d rather just climb this fridge
I’m fine with speculations, I just don’t agree in affirming Chael brings sponsorship money to these guys by trolling, that’s not what you’ve done, but again, that’s what I was debating. it takes away from their accomplishments by stating such a thing.
not always will those who dumps on you be your enemies
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I may just be talking to the wrong people, but
the way I understand it, Vitor was a far larger, more popular MMA figure than Anderson (or anyone else) in Brazil, have I been misinformed? Even among casuals he had some significant name value did he not?
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by The American Ronin on Aug 22, 2011 3:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.. you are right..
That was what Tom has been saying. Vitor is the more popular guy in Brazil and it rubbed off to Andy when he foot stomped him.
Okay…I’ve never gotten that mad at a athlete
That I want to assault them.
Really? Not a Houston professional sports fan (post-Olajuwon) I take it…
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by The American Ronin on Aug 22, 2011 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions
So if I was an obscure public figure that kept calling black people monkies and other crap in interviews
to the point where they wanted to assault me, they’d be the silly ones for being angry? And I’d be the genius trolling mastermind?
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by sun yue on Aug 21, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd say you're silly for letting an obscure public figure dictate the way you live your life
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
How does this dictate the way you live your life?
It just illicits an emotional response.
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by Neil Manich on Aug 21, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would join the group just for laughs if I was brazillian. I reckon 99.9% of the people joined for the same reason
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by Hendo_One-Shot on Aug 21, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
That still means theres 47 Brazilians who want to assault or murder the guy.
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by Matthew Roth on Aug 21, 2011 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
so .01% represents Brazil being silly? intresting…
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by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
To be honest that line kind of makes you silly, people aren’t taking it seriously, most media ppl are criticizing it, meanwhile Chael gets praises in the US media and fans for quotes such as the following:
“I want you guys destroyed, turn to pieces, laid on an alter in front of me wih golden fangs, and set on fire”
not always will those who dumps on you be your enemies
and not always will those who take you out of shit be your friends
by Orcus on Aug 21, 2011 4:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sonnen was trolling?
I tend to believe that the reason for his absence is more likely the time he’ll need to spend preparing his legal defense, given that his murder of 5 hookers in the mid-90s has come to light, allegedly.
by gzl5000 on Aug 21, 2011 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
well DUH
can someone explain to me what the purpose is of having someone in your corner who only (well my Spanish lol) speaks English and would not be able to convey anything of merit in the 1minute a fighter has between rounds…seems pretty stupid for Sonnen to even consider being in Okami’s corner
Chael tweeted a few days ago that he wasn’t going to Brazil. Before the FB lynch page was made
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by Jumbo Slice on Aug 21, 2011 4:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Now he's turn
"You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, Designed and directed by his red right hand"
by brad23 on Aug 21, 2011 5:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Dammit hit send
Now he’s turned into Kaiser Soze, from his twitter
Am I going to Rio……. “The greatest trick the Devil ever did, was getting the world to believe he didn’t exist.”
"You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, Designed and directed by his red right hand"
by brad23 on Aug 21, 2011 5:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I’ll just say that I agree with those pointing out that the last words in the article were pretty strange and unnecessary. I don’t think it’s fair to call the entire nation of Brazil “silly” just because someone created a FB group in jest. And to call it the “most successful trolling job in history” is.. well, it’s an opinion, but I don’t anyone else than you shares it Roth. Don’t see how you’re coming to these conclusions.
It’s a shame you’re continuing this trend of putting your own troll attempts at the end of otherwise decent articles, because it just lacks taste and lowers the whole thing.
by Horselover Fat on Aug 21, 2011 5:14 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
This is excellent for Chael
If (when) he gets by Stann he will have Anderson angrier than before and in theory very aggressive and more likely to make a mistake. Anderson is best when he is countering.
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i want to know more about Sonnen killing 5 hookers in the mid 90's...
That s too big of a story to let this go away…
how can a good man with good education and high values could have gone that far and killed 5 hookers in the mid 90’s? We need answer! when do we want them? now!
by alibabarouge on Aug 22, 2011 7:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
So...
Saying things that offend other people is grounds for physical harm. Keep that ruler handy, you’ll be measured by it next.
We All Knew He Wouldn't!!!
Chael is all talk everything he says is BS why would we expect anything different he’s a loser who will never wear a championship title
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by Vaughn MrVon Maurice on Aug 23, 2011 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
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