Breaking News: Dana White Signs Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Ochocinco to Fight Anderson Silva at UFC 108
(Conspicuously absent from this boxing training montage? Anyone seriously trying to hit him back.)
Big news, Potato Nation. I was just clicking around Twitter, you know, waiting for my Hot Pocket to cook and reading every inane thought that pops into War Machine's head, when I saw that Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco has formally challenged Anderson Silva to a fight in the UFC and Dana White, presumably after doing a thorough check with Silva's management, accepted the offer. Boom! January 2nd, UFC 108 in Las Vegas, Chad Ochocinco vs. Anderson Silva for the middleweight strap. Done deal.
Now, I know what you're thinking. This seems just a little far-fetched. I mean, isn't Silva too hurt to fight in January? And not only does Ochocinco not have any professional MMA fights, much less a contract with the UFC, but the Bengals actually have their last game of the season the very next day at the New York Jets. How's he going to swing that? The answer is, I don't know and I don't care. It must be true because it was on freaking Twitter, the most trusted source of information/self-absorbed sentence fragments of our time.
According to Ochocinco, he's "dead serious" and has "a good chance at winning against Silva." And why not? One of the world's best pound-for-pound fighters, if not the best, facing an NFL wide receiver who's never fought professionally, sounds like a totally serious, not at all absurd, fight of the year candidate to me. I just wonder how current UFC 108 headliners Cain Velasquez, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Rashad Evans, and Thiago Silva are going to feel when they see this:
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NateGetsIrate Says:
I don't get it. Is it April Fool's Day again?
fightfan Says:
Yeah...cant even believe you wasted the time to post this.....
There is more of a chance of ME taking Chad's place and playing wide out for Cin Bengals play off run.
Sad.
SF RULEZ Says:
He's just trying to cling to Strikeforce's accomplishment of signing Herschel Walker. Dana white is no Scott Coker though.
Fedors last 5 fights:
1. Rogers
2. Arlovski
3. Silvia
4. Choi
5. Lindland
All top 5 or 10 in the world at the time and all first round stoppages for fedor. Who in the UFC's heavyweight division can boast a record like that? None! FUCK YOU UFC! Fecor is the best and is here to stay.
SF RULEZ Says:
My name is xxxSTRIKEFORCERULESxxx by the way. Get used to it.
Smackdaddiest1 Says:
@fightfan
Playoffs?! Talking about Playoffs?! Playoffs?!
@xxxStrikeforcerulesxxx
Great, there are only about 300 of you douches floating around already, what's one more to add to the pile?
fightfan Says:
CAP LOCKS must of changed his name. CP, look into the IP address
ABQBILL Says:
@STIKEFORCER...UMMMMMM OK. DORK
Clyde Says:
Choi? Top 10? Top 10 of what exactly?
I hope this is bullshit. Maybe Silva thinking that's he's too hurt to fight someone like dan Henderson or Nate Marquadt, but he could use a laugh and just beat up some nobody for a round or so.
knee_strike Says:
Er, this is a joke, right? No, seriously. Is this some sort of gag?
Assuming it is real, this joker is going to get annihilated by Silva.
SF RULEZ Says:
I'm just saying Strikeforce has 4 reputable champs (Fedor, Mousasi, Shields, Santos) Compared to the UFC's one in Lesnar. A.Silva's OK but who has he beat of note lately? No one special.
vengful1 Says:
Rogers wasn't a first round stoppage.
fightfan Says:
They have 3 CHAMPS because they HAVE to HAVE have 3 belt holders ane someone's name out there.
NONE of the ABOVE would fare weel in their weight division in the UFC, PERIOD. Maybe Fedor and Mousesauce go 2-2 or .500.....Other wise UFC has 90% of all TOP fighters...
AND, if the UFC wanted to maek 12 other title holders....ALL be be better than Shields and mousesauce
dleacock Says:
I don't follow football, so I don't know who this guys is but can someone explain to me whats going on?
This guy is a nfl player who boxes as well and is going to fight silva in a non-title (im assuming) fight at a ufc event?
fightfan Says:
I'll explain it........
JOKE. No chance of happening
SF RULEZ Says:
@dleacock
I'm assuming it would be a non title match, not even DW is dumb enough to let Silva fight for his title against a real athlete. HA Ha Ha!
SF RULEZ Says:
Strikeforce rules!
Downrite Says:
@xxxSTRIKEFORCER...
Uh...Penn, GSP, Machida...these are not names of "reputable" champs in your book? Seriously flawed, guy. Seriously.
LastEmperor Says:
Didn't Dana White say something about freak matches being an insult to the sport ala herschel walker?
Oh yeah.. Dana White is a two faced scum bag...
Tai-Pan Says:
Haha, ya ochocinco would give up millions to catch footballs to spend 1-2 mins in the cage with silva, good joke haha.
@xxxStrikeforcexxx
Overeem is the heavyweight champ, try again dumbass.
SF RULEZ Says:
Fedor is the WAMMA champ moron! The the official MMA governing body not just some bullshit regional show like the UFC.
Komodo Says:
Settle down Beavis.
SF RULEZ Says:
Sorry, it just amazes me at the stupidity of some of these mma noobs. I've been watching since UFC 52! Before that I only watched Japanese mma because there fans no what's up.
mthomas Says:
Umm..it's OBVIOUSLY Dana White's little dig @ Strikeforce for signing Herschell Walker. I was waiting for his response would be when it turned out his attempt at counterprogramming Strikeforce got its ass kicked on Saturday as posted earlier today. Little Dana's just sore...
GetUpAndKill Says:
Yikes...who the fuck is this douchbag?...he xxxstikefagger not Ochocinco.
BTW, you need a licence to fight folks...what commission is gonna give him a licence?
This is kind of a BS story though CP...truly there must be more going on in MMA. Maybe you should report on how fat Partick Cote has become since his injury.
Goog Says:
Sean Penn picked a fight with Robin Wright Penn which ended in separation. Maybe Silva and OchoCinco could just separate for a while instead of fighting. I think everyone has been hurt enough already.
SF RULEZ Says:
ha ha strikefagger! that's really clever. If they give that old mother fucker couture a license then anyone can get one.
Viper29 Says:
Dear Strikeforce.... ,
Hop off Fedor's nuts. If the UFC champs fought your "reputable" Strikeforce champs it would be an absolute massacre. Hell I'd go as far to say that A. Silva and BJ penn could clean out the entirety of SF's champs. I'm not saying the UFC has a perfect promotion but Strikeforce is living off the UFC's scraps, people who think they are too good for the UFC (mousasi) and Fedor.
Love,
Mom
Deadpanda Says:
I was going to rip apart xxxSTRIKEFORCER's arguments & self esteem, but then I realized that he couldn't even fit a name in the box and that he's just not worth it.
SF RULEZ Says:
Yeah that's why there on network tv and not some cut rate cable station. dumbass
Viper29 Says:
hahaha EliteXC was on network tv too...
SF RULEZ Says:
yeah and now the ufc is living off there scraps! you guys will never beat me.
MoshuDragon Says:
HMC is one of the top ten 7"+ korean kickboxers with the name Hong Man Choi in the world!
StYoung Says:
Jesus Hershel Christ... If you ignore it, people, it will go away, or at least have to work its night-shift at Pizza Hut, eventually.
Anyway, the tweet (that's what they're calling it these days, right?) from DW says, "If you are really serious @OGOchoCinco, contact me. We'll put a fight together for charity." That doesn't sound like a title defense to me.
Deadpanda Says:
xxxSTRIKEFORCER... Says:
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 17:27
"Yeah that's why there on network tv and not some cut rate cable station. dumbass"
-----------------
ROFL... you think something is legit because it's on.... (get this) NETWORK TV?!
Are you 6?
Viper29 Says:
Kimbo choose to compete to get to the UFC, a choice where he wasn't even promised anything, then go and sign a nice little contract fighting nobody's in SF because he knew that no matter how many fights he lost SF would still sign him and give him way more money than he's worth. I actually respect him for it.
It says alot about SF when they sign anything with a name behind it.
Dmonicideals Says:
Yay! More ignorant trolls with no concept of actually skill or talent and nothing relevant to say, welcome Stokeforcer!
Professor Choas Says:
somebody get strikefocexxx a fuckin medal for watchin since ufc 52
Jarekov The Great Says:
@strikeforcerules
Strike force has had one successful showing and wamma is a fucking joke, get the fuck over it and accept the fact that strikeforce didnt do anything impressive, if the UFC showed a card with 3 title fights for free on network tv the ratings would blow up any old mma records. The fact is strikeforce is a one trick pony and thats fedor, who has no competition at the top and i guess moussasi who has even less competition.
Theyre next card will tank and the one after that, and then it will be over. Strikeforce is a joke the sooner fedor gets to fighting some top guys in his prime the sooner i can start calling him the best heavyweight in the world.
Strike force and all these other small shitty shows are going to turn MMA into boxing, do you really want to see that, i fucking dont fuck that shit. they need to fall off the face of the planet now.
SF RULEZ Says:
what the fuck is a choas any way? fag! Now Kimbo vs Fedor on CBS that would be the fight of the century
SF RULEZ Says:
oh yeah a ufc hw champ with 5 fights is real reputable. you guys make no fucking sense
Viper29 Says:
If you get your rocks off watching someone actually murder another person on national television thats fine with me, but it couldn't hold a candle to the fight of the century.
Viper29 Says:
My Lord, look how much damage Rogers did to Fedor. Now substitute someone who hits just as hard, is faster than a five year old girl, has the the ability to take Fedor down and keep him there. Doesn't look to good for Fedor, in my opinion at least. You may have take your head out of Scott Coker's ass first though.
Your Dumb Says:
Apparently Strikeforce isn't only anti-UFC, but anti-spell check as well.
KrmtDfrog Says:
4. Choi
5. Lindland
All top 5 or 10 in the world at the time
I rofl'd
Viper29 Says:
Well, lets not be harsh, he did get something right. Lindland was a top 5 or 10 MIDDLEWEIGHT at the time.
Tai-Pan Says:
Epic, the more experienced SIR HAL vs the "talented "newcomer xxxSTRIKEFORCER, get me some mother fucking popcorn.
831 Son Says:
Nice, I get a new little bitch to fucking berate for being a complete retard when it comes to MMA.
Strikeforcerules, it is clear everyone knows you dont have a clue what you are talking about. Just your name says it all!! Wow, just wow. UFC 52 !!!?? How cute pussy, you have been following MMA for four years, which is probably half your age actually. First of all, everyone you named are all overrated and not champs. Fedor is good, everyone knows that. Every single champ in the UFC can beat every challenger in Strikeforce. Brock would have the toughest fight with Fedor, but would probably win. Anderson Silva has fought very tough opponents, it just looks like they arent tough or challenging because Anderson is far superior to all of them. You are a worthless, incompetent scumbag and you deserve to get banned from this site immediately seeing how YOU DONT KNOW SHIT! Pussy ass bitch, come back when you know what the fuck you're talking about or face the wrath of people that actually know what is going on. Kill yourself fag, your points arent relevant or valid whatsoever you douche. If you acted like that outside of your parents basement, you would get fucking smashed.
Viper29 Says:
@ exes.for.iballs ... Jake Shields' "single-leg takedown to a decision" method was is sooo much more exciting...
Koeikan Says:
LOL...
Dana is obviously joking and just responding to Johnson's ludicous request.
(for the people here questioning if this is for real...Seriously, what athletic commision would clear this fight, even if Dana wasn't joking.)
Viper29 Says:
The Great and Glorious State of Alabama!!!
Not even joking, they don't regulate MMA there, haha.