UFC Champ Anderson Silva Says He Is Still Injured
by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 13, 2012 11:00 AM EST
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Anderson Silva has been out of action since last August when he dominated Yushin Okami at UFC 134. The UFC middleweight champ has been dealing with a shoulder injury that has kept him on the sidelines and out of the Octagon. Earlier this month we heard from his physiotherapist who said that Silva was doing well, was 100% and would be returning to fight very soon.
Now, via SporTV, comes word from Anderson himself that he isn't quite healthy yet (translation by Tom Mendes):
I'm not sure when I'll be back, I got an injury in my shoulder and another injury that just happened in my lumbar, so I'm treating myself.
This is very Silva-like behavior. He likes to talk and it always seems like his status is fluctuating one direction or the other due to injury, management issues or whatever.
It is very difficult as an MMA fan to see Silva and Georges St. Pierre out for extended amounts of time as both men are likely at the end years of their peak as athletes.
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How is GSP at the end of his peak performance years?
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ACL tears will do that to ya.
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by Bruz on Jan 13, 2012 11:06 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
totoally agree
GSP is not at the end of his peak. Silva is like 6 years older than him and is still kicking ass and GSP is a much better pure athlete than silva. I see GSP bouncing back strong from the injury and being the same as he was before.
by benten20 on Jan 13, 2012 11:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Plus in my opinion Silvas style is one that age hits harder. Where GSP uses a ton of strategy and technique in his fights Anderson is all about speed and reaction time. It seems like reaction time is one of the first things to go with age and that typically doesn’t work out well for athletes of his style. Its kind of like how Liddell went from counterfighting and KOing everybody to getting KOd all the time.
I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!
It’s not anything like what happened to Liddell (he didn’t really become any slower as he was never that fast to begin with, just more vulnerable), but otherwise I agree.
There are many athletes who have had ACL tears at a younger age.
Just because he suffered an injury doesn’t mean he is on the decline. What in Octagon evidence is there that proves GSP is on the decline?
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Slowing improvement. And who has had an ACL tear at a younger age that isn’t affected by it in a negative way? Shogun is either inconsistent as hell, or he is a human being who is affected by terrible injuries
Don't do this to me Anderson
I need you to KO Sonnen and Bisping for me. It is very important
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by Stiff Jab on Jan 13, 2012 11:12 AM EST reply actions 11 recs
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by wyldeman99 on Jan 13, 2012 11:20 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
But first he needs to clown Sonnen for a few rounds
to make it very, very clear that Sonnen never has and never will pose a threat to a healthy Silva.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Jan 13, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Don't think there is any danger of that happening, unless he just runs from him, which he wouldn't
Anderson certainly could (and probably would) wreck Sonnen, maybe even in R1, but he no longer has the TDD to stay on his feet for extended periods against someone like Sonnen, and he hasn’t for a few years.
Unfortunately, and for whatever reasons, Anderson’s idea of humiliating someone he thinks unworthy of being in the cage with him (like Maia or Leites) looks to everyone watching like he is simply scared to engage with them.
Maybe just this once he could do it like everyone else who does that – through sheer domination and destruction…
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by The American Ronin on Jan 13, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Nobody watching
thought Anderson was “scared to engage” with Maia or Leites.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
Maia and Leites were the ones scared to engage for the majority of those fights (Maia brought it to him a little towards the end, Leites was just terrified to stand with him). Silva CHOSE not to engage, but that certainly doesn’t mean he was scared. Cote wasn’t to eager to engage with Anderson either.
If you read the translation out of context it sounds a lot worse than it comes off in the video. He’s really just responding to the question of when he’ll be back and that obviously does depend on his health. I know we all adore the canned response: “I am finally healthy after my surgery and this is the best training camp of my life with the best sparring partners on the planet,” but occasionally a guy is honest about how he’s doing and it’s somewhat refreshing.
Getting bent out of shape over a fight promoter lying is like getting upset that a hooker won't kiss you. It betrays a deep lack of understanding of the nature of the profession.
Toss Hendo in their somewhere and then he should retire.
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 13, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
If he wasn't giving mixed signals
I’d think something was wrong.
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by Sonnenmeister on Jan 13, 2012 11:20 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
Very appropriate
for a guy named Sonnenmeister :/
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jan 13, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
All I hear is the sound of steroid needles hitting the floor.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 13, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
He needs to do more than just KO Sonnen for me. Knock that muthf**ka out than wake him up and knock his ass out again. And maybe even submit him again.
Then bring in an alter
And use Sonnen as a human sacrifice, cut out his heart and eat it while dancing in a pool of Sonnens blood mwuahhahahah!
by benten20 on Jan 13, 2012 11:24 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Then
he should ejaculate into the pool of blood, drink up a bit of the semen/blood concoction, digest it, shit it out and throw the digested semen/blood/poop mixture onto Sonnen’s grave.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jan 13, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
By destroying Andy
along with his entire family along with the entirety of the Brazillian culture?
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jan 13, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Correction
We GET to hear from Sonnen again.
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by LenBarson on Jan 13, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I’m not going to lie but you’d have to be crazy to think that he isn’t using this as a “just in case” he needs to duck somebody. Maybe this guy that out wrestled him.
I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!
maybe he should just juice up like sonnen
Then he would get over his injuries quickly and all you sonnen lovers can STFU! Let the GOAT heal up. Sonnen is gonna get his ass whooping. Don’t worry.
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You’re a lock to win your sig bet though…
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by The American Ronin on Jan 13, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
..
Gangsters from Oregon don’t get “hurt” Andy. I bet that Karate guy can muster up some Mr.Miyagi juice if Bisping’s your next opponent. It’s okay because the true Champ is still defending his title. 
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
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by Sexytime on Jan 13, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
He looks like he’s just grossed out by Chael’s bacne lol
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by Hendar on Jan 13, 2012 12:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yep
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by JonBon Joey on Jan 13, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Gangsters from Oregon don’t get "hurt" Andy.
Funny. They’re familiar with tapping.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 13, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
That’s why they don’t get hurt…duh
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by DayGeaux on Jan 13, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
*eh
makes sense, tap before you snap and you don’t get hurt.
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 13, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Uh huh
As sool as Sonnen has another fight scheduled, the mysterious injury will go away.
Silva is just ducking him.
ya ducking right
Cuz its completely unnatural for a 37 year old man with over 30 fights to have injuries right?
by benten20 on Jan 13, 2012 12:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No, I’m sure he’ll have another injury in reserve, so his fans can say he won despite (undisclosed broken rib, severely stubbed toe, restless leg syndrome, allergy to cats, whatever) keeping him from performing at 100%.
by ( . Y . ) on Jan 13, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
silva won correct? ok ya champion is silva
Idc what anyone says about all the injuries he’s not ducking its bs all of it he’s a pro fighter who’s the GOAT. If he ducks fighters then the sport won’t survive if your most dominant champ ever won’t fight someone cuz he’s “scared”.
by benten20 on Jan 13, 2012 12:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Every single time he has fought with an injury
it’s come out that it was a legit thing. Get off it.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2012 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
Legit? Who determines that? His doctor, who said he’s 100%? AS, who says he has a “lumbar” injury? You can pick and choose whatever diagnosis supports your view when it comes to AS.
Doctors have legit backed every injury
Do you have ANY sense of reading comprehension? He had a shoulder injury that the Doc said is good. This lumbar thing JUST happened since he’s been back to training. Why would anyone have heard anything else about it yet?
Better yet, what part of ANY of this has to do with him having “fought with an injury”? Seriously, it’s like talking to a 10 year old.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Sonnen DOES have a fight lined up
and Silva is still hurt and not taking fights…. you people.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Silva seems completely unclear when he'll return
Dana should just make the Sonnen/Munoz fight for the interim belt.
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Yup, complete agreement with you. We all saw the pictures of GSP rehabbing in a bed with some horrific looking contraption hooked up to his leg. All we have is Silva’s word that he is hurt. He is afraid of Soennen, just look at at his face when dopey Chael fell into that submission. Odds are, if Soennen wins, he will stay hurt. But he best not sleep on Munoz, for dang sure. This fight should be for an interim belt. I don’t like the whole concept of these, but if its being done at WW, then it should be done at MW. QUACK-QUACK Silva!
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by Mr. Socko on Jan 13, 2012 12:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
dude wth!
why is everyone just saying he is ducking??? its so pathetic how you eat up sonnen’s words! do you also think jones was ducking rashad with the hand injury? these are the best fighters in the world and if you think for one second that dana would tolerate any of his champions ducking a fight than you’re completely insane!
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GSP at the end of his peak?
I’d have to disagree with that. Given he’ll have ring rust, and he’s having acl surgery. He still has a chance at 100% recovery plenty of athletes recover some don’t. But GSP is such a physical speciment I def see him recovering he’s not at the end of his peak imo.
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by Bloodsport on Jan 13, 2012 12:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Translation: I’m still injured and I’ll wait to see if Sonnen wins or not. If he does, I’m still very injured. If he loses, I’ll be making a quick recovery to fight Munoz or Bis.
by evenflow10 on Jan 13, 2012 12:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions
im just saying..
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/7/2689339/ufc-champ-anderson-silva-returns-to-training
when the doctor says hes doing really well, and then he comes out wtih this statement..
Looks like bustapalooza to me! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! WAAAAR SOENNEN!
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by Mr. Socko on Jan 13, 2012 12:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Can you read?
another injury that just happened in my lumbar
WTF is wrong with you people?
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Come on, you know
Anderson is ducking Overeem, just admit it…sheesh…the shit some people take away when they read…you know WTF is wrong with them…
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by The American Ronin on Jan 13, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh
And then people wonder why Silva rarely talked before. He says one sentence and hyperbole all over the place. Old man can do whatever he wants. Gave us some of the greatest knockouts and finishes in MMA history and has the longest streak in UFC history.
Also he fought 4 months ago, if he isn’t ready by june or july, THEN let’s talks of an interim belt happening.
Silva isn’t ducking Sonnen. Bones isn’t ducking Rashad. But keep stirring away anway…
Same for GSP…he fought Shields back on August, late August. So hey, all I’m saying is what’s good for the Canadian Goose is good for the Brazillian Duck…er…Gander. QUACKITY QUACK!
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by Mr. Socko on Jan 13, 2012 12:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
GSP fought Shields in late April… It’ll be something like 20 months before GSP fights. I hate interim titles, but it makes sense in GSP’s case.
Well there ya go
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by Mr. Socko on Jan 13, 2012 1:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yep math fail
I also don’t believe GSP to duck anyone either. Still think he loses in his next fight though.
er
My math was wrong, 5 months ago.
They should have rules set in place:
If champ is newly crown or 1 defence must defend within 4 months
If champ has 2-3 defences then 7 months to defend
If champ has 4 or more then they take up to 10 to defend before interim belt.
…. what.
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by Horselover Fat on Jan 13, 2012 5:50 PM EST up reply actions
. . . well it is Silva-like behavior
He’s talking about injuries.
A reporter puts a microphone to his physiotherapist face. The therapist made a statement that contradicts something Silva recently said. Some people get upset and questions his behavior. I guess it would help appease everybody if one reporter interviewed Silva, his two managers and his therapist for one definitive answer every week or something.
Yeah, I agree with you.
Silva is obviously ducking Jones and Henderson. ;-)
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by VeeisAnimated on Jan 13, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Jones maybe
Henderson at middleweight? No way. Henderson at lightheavy? Un peu.
I’m just joking. All the talk about Silva ducking two guys he defeated (Henderson, Sonnen) is ridiculous.
Henderson at 205? We never know.
Jones? Well I guess Silva is also ducking Frank Mir.
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by VeeisAnimated on Jan 13, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
So Disrespectful!!!! - Stephen A. Smith
Please people the G.O.A.T is not ducking anybody that’s just ridiculous. He put on some of the best and most memorable performances in the octagon the Spider does not fear anybody he will destroy Sonnen with his hands at his waist with a backwards jab a la Forest Griffin .
by Mega_214 on Jan 13, 2012 12:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Its like people just don't read, or understand words anymore
Sonnen is not the no. 1 contender. He has to beat Munoz in order to be the no. 1 contender. Who exactly is Anderson ducking?
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by rockied on Jan 13, 2012 2:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I find it odd
that you can be considered ducking an opponent that you definitively stopped when you fought said opponent, the same goes for Hendo. Andy made both men tap out before they went to sleep and both men are now claiming that the man who became their personal Sandman is now ducking them, tha’ fuck?
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 13, 2012 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Anderson Silva is 35, 36 years old.
But in the fight game, that is old as fuck. A lifetime of punching and kicking takes its toll. People will only whine b/c he happens to be the champ—and quite dominant, dare I say—but if he were anyone else, people would be calling for him to retire.
Now, add to all that that the UFC has people check in with their own doctors.
If Anderson can’t fight, Anderson can’t fight.
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If Silva is out until late in the year.
They might as well have the winners of Sonnen/Munoz and Maia/Bisping fight for an interim title. Interesting dynamic there. Sonnen and Munoz would beat Bisping but I would still Maia over Sonnen again. That poor triangle awareness will get him again.
I’d predict Sonnen vs Bisping though, in England. They could probably fill Wembly stadium for that one, which is a decent substitute for a Brazilian soccer stadium.
by Steve W on Jan 13, 2012 4:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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