lol nice: d

i think i have miss this match, my habit of over viewing the sites have come across the photo and have seen the fight, ho god .. its wicked bloody shit.
medical assistant jobs

Ever had any? When I bruised mine it hurt to stand up, sit down, flex or extend my torso in any direction, and breathe.

Man, I’m sorry but it was pretty obvious something was wrong with Silva from round 1. Maybe a lot of people here don’t actually watch his fights but he hasn’t fought one fight like he fought on saturday, point blank it’s not his style. Watching the fight live I could immediately tell something was weird about it and now knowing about the rib injury and re-watching it makes perfect sense. He looked worried, stiff, apprehensive and hesitant with a lot of his movements and I guarantee you it had nothing to do with Chael’s quick, masterful takedowns or his months of trash talking. Seriously, are we to believe Chael Sonnen outstriked a healthy Anderson Silva?? Don’t get me wrong, I think Chael would have dominated the top position on the ground either way but I honestly don’t think a 100% Silva would have let it go to that point. You essentially watched the best Chael Sonnen could do against a wounded Silva for 23 minutes and this lucky accident worked for Dana White to make a classic, exciting fight. That being said. we also learned Chael Sonnen couldn’t ground and pound his way into a wet paper bag. His ground striking is ridiculously lousy from the top and people who say Silva got “beat up on” by Sonnen are completely out of their minds.

If I was a professional fighter, and was presented with the statistical information that I had punched my opponent 289 times over a 23 minute period without damaging him in any noticeable fashion, I would quit, on the spot, then walk away with my head hung in shame, thats approximately one punch every,…hmmm, thats a lot of punches

Yeah, FingersSSv, your a fucken idiot, Sonnen TAPPED, you stupid fuck, take your conspiracy theories back to your paralell universe where Chael Sonnen is the King, and stay over there and live happily ever after

I never thought this would happen to me, so I’m writing to tell you about this time i actually fucken agreed with Ed Soares, and its now, As Ed says
“You got submitted, man. You were on top of him for 23 minutes of the fight and you couldn’t finish him. Anderson got a few bumps and bruises, but let’s be realistic, you’re on a guy 23 minutes and you couldn’t finish him? Why should he get a rematch?”
exactly, 289 punches and you can’t knock a guy out? your in the wrong sport Chael, Greco Roman’s probably more your forte, where your ridiculous lack of punching power wont be exposed.
Incidentally Ed Soares is still a slimy bucket of shit, It’s just that I agree with him on this one

1) I’d love to see a rematch, but further down the road. The fight I wanna see really, is Belfort/Silva, and then lets see if Sonnen’s still in the picture later on.
2) I, imo, think Silva wasn’t anywhere near 100%. Whatever the reason, he didn’t move like he usually does, old age, family distraction, ribs, whatever, he definitely was not the same. I gotta say a tip-top Silva don’t let it get nearly this close again.

Fingersssv is a retard. I’d also like to point that out. Thanks.

Bruised ribs fucking hurt you keyboard warriors! I’ve bruised my ribs twice and both times it took me around a month to start any type of contact sports. Sure they aren’t broken, but I honestly thought they were. Granted I’ve never broken any ribs and can’t compare the pain. All I know is, pulling any submissions or defending any takedowns would be tough. Tougher than Chael’s cock in some of your mouths. But I digress.

I’d be happy with an immediate rematch, but like someone above me also stated Vitor isn’t getting much older and I think he could pose some problems for Silva. Also, as someone else pointed out as well, it looks a lot better for Chael if he gets another fight, say against Okami, and then fights the champ. Because if he happens to get his asskicked by Silva the second time around, then people will instantly forget about him. He would be much more profitable with a couple more fights before the super hyped rematch.

WOW EVERYONE IS SOOO DUMB FIXXED SIVLA NEVER FIGHTS LIKE THAT EVER

and if you were blind you’d see random time silva would turn up the heat on the ground, camora (cant spell) let go and then had his ass for leg lock didnt even go for it, cheal sonnen has more damage on him and again silva is never that sloppy 1000000% forrest griffin would beat cheal sonnen and look what happened there

anderson prob betrayed the Fertitta brothers and dana in that 5 th round at the end they prob lost sooooooooooo much money not even funny so dont be surprised that AS is dead in the future

I hate saying it but Silva got his ass handed to him saturday night and yes Sonnen’s performance does warrant a rematch further down the line, bruised ribs come on!!! just an excuse for his lackluster performance

@fingerssfv
You’re a dumbass. Shogun and Penn lost by controversial decisions. That’s why they got the instant rematch.

If you have had any bruised rib, and if you have ever trained and fought in your life, you´d understand how painfull it really is, and its imposible to fight like that, I had it myself…

to me….an ass kicking constitutes blood, cuts, swollen eyes, etc. In retrospect….

Silva’s face was cleaner than when he STARTED the fight. It’s like Sonnen’s powderpuff punches rejuvenated him with their magical healing powers.

Sonnen, on the other hand, after only taking 50(?) of silva’s shots…was busted up, even though he won every round.

So um…. who got their ass kicked?

If i sat and poked you on the cheek for 23 minutes while laying on top of you, would you think i kicked your ass? Beat you up?

Imagine if Silva had landed…oh i dont know…even 150 strikes? Sonnen would be having his obituary read by some Log Cabin Republicans. Lance Armstrong would one testicle tea bag his tombstone.

@fingerssfv

Where did it say Silva’s ribs were broken? I beleive it said he had bruised ribs, and why does he need to show proof he won dumb shit. You sound like a fucking idiot. There’s no where in the rules that you have to tap 12 and half times before it counts. If you were watching the fight either way sonnen was done he wasn’t getting out of the triangle or the armbar and he knew it which is why his hand hovered over the thigh before he TAPPED. You can make all kinds of speculations about the the damage Silva took but there is no speculation about Sonnen being in a triangle with his arm on the verge of snapping. Also Silva did tell his corner after either the 2nd or 3rd round that his ribs were bothering him. How about next time you talk shit you have a slight idea about what the fuch you’re talking about.

@Get Off Me

You’re right. Sonnen whom I can’t stand did an OUTstanding job in the ring, but his fatal flaw was not being a finisher. If you can’t hurt your opponent and the majority of your strikes are little ineffective shots you will always run the risk of getting tapped by sitting in a bjj blackbelts guard for 5 rounds. Simple as that. If Sonnen could have done some damage he probably would have the belt on right now.

@Barc
Well played, I like creativity.
Truth is, with all the money he has helped me make with the bookies, I should give him a BJ to completion.
It’s not so much repping Silva here, it’s more about drawing a line in the sand with this whole lay and pray shit really. I think fight metric is useful only when looked at subjectively i.e. Sonnen’s striking clinic on Silva. Take a look at Nick Diaz v. Scott Smith, the striking numbers will be very close(to scale i.e rd1 and rd2) to that of Sonnen v. Silva. Diaz won his fight and fucked Smith up “kicked his ass” and Smith’s face agreed. Sonnen had nothing on his shots outside of the 3rd round, 85%(roughly) of his shots were while he was in the guard, Silva looked like he did before he got in the Octagon at the end of the fight, this will tell you how much actual abuse he took during the “ass kicking” he received. Maybe it should be Silva looked like he was getting his ass kicked to UFC fans, I think the one kick Chael threw almost ended with the James Irvin special.

But I suppose it’s alright for Shogun to get one. Also Penn, huh? Just not Sonnen.
I already knew White would not allow a rematch any time soon. They want Silva to be the champ. He didn’t lose, either. He was screwed out of his win. One tap after waving his hand around to find some place to grab, to keep his balance is not tapping. Sonnen was not shown tapping out. Every time Sonnen has lost by tapping out, he was tapping out. Not one tap, but tapping out. No one can convince me otherwise, either.

That’s a crock! Just like when Mir beat Nog, ol Nog had been ill. I did not see any bruising on Silva’s side. His waist wasn’t wrapped up. Anyone with broken ribs, cannot move. SIlva needs to show proof positive the exact date and the X-Rays of his alleged broken ribs. I do not believe that bologna. Those broken ribs didn’t cause him to go down when Sonnen cracked him, either. Most of what happened, broken ribs would have had absolutely nothing to do with it. No man with broken ribs would have been able to fight.

Besides, his excuse was he was thinking of his family, of his mom and his step dad. Nothing about oh sh*t, my broken ribs are hurting me. He was given the fight, thanks to Josh Rosenthal. Sonnen was not tapping out. He hit him once only. In a triangle choke and Sonnen has never tapped out by tapping one time. Each time he ever tapped, Sonnen repeatedly tapped over and over until the ref stopped the fight. These two were still fighting when Rosenthal jumped in. What a crock of sh*t.

Nice Viva.

As entertained as I was by this fight. No immediate rematch for Chael. Even though he and Vitor are the only 2 fighters who won’t get slaughtered at 185, its not fair for every other fighter out there. If you get subbed by your opponent, and your name isn’t Matt Wiman or Mac Danzig, time to get back in line. But the fact that Mr. Soares dosen’t want an immediate rematch does really wanna make me see them fight again. Soon hopefully.

Silva recently received his degree from the University of Tito, he majored in Excuses with a minor in Bitching Out.

The University of Tito is an online school, like the University of Phoenix only it is run off a Commodore 64

For the sake of this fight I think from now on I will separate the terms “Ass kicked” and “beat up” when it comes to an MMA fight.

On Saturday Night, Anderson Silva got his ass kicked, but he wasn’t beat up.

@Barc

So landing 1000 meaningless punches constitutes an ass kicking? You’re saying that a punch doesn’t have to have anything behind it in order to kick someones ass?

Getoffsilvasnuts-
I’d say that landing an average of one punch every 6 seconds on a dudes face counts as an as kicking. Silva took over 250 punches to his dome on saturday night… He landed just north of 50 total strikes. I’d say, the difference between “winning” a fight and kicking an ass is the difference between Jon Fitch and Chael Sonnen. But even Fitch’s lead blanket style landed more shots, in less time, than Mr. Silva. Sorry to interrupt, I’m sure he was about to spurt… you can put it back in your mouth now.

@hetzyboy

I think that’s kind of tough considering Silva has not lost in the octogon and GSP has twice. Yes he avenged those losses quite convincing but one loss was to Serra. Not to mention Silva has gone up a weight class to look for more competition.

If Anderson really was hurt (and he did look very out of sorts), then I would think an immediate rematch would be exactly what he would want. Chael not only showed Silva’s apparent weaknesses, but he dominated him for most of the fight. If Anderson wants to keep his mystique, and put most of the blame on an injury, then when he gets back to full health he should fight Chael again and do to him what he did to Forrest Griffin. Then when he claims his wrestling isn’t a weakness, and that his poor performance was due to injury, we will all believe him. And his submission victory from this past Saturday will look all the more impressive, because we will know what he had to fight through to still earn the W.

@Nealio

Actually Irvin’s face was split wide the fuck open. Talking shit when you don’t know your facts makes you a fuckin retard. Plus you’re comparing two people who clearly got knocked the fuck out with someone who took a bunch of weak shots that wouldn’t have knocked out Chuck Liddell. C’mon son, get the fuck outta here with that shit.

So is it safe to say now that Anderson has been exposed a bit that GSP is now the #1 P4P fighter in the world or what?

All those of you who argued for an immediate rematch are idiots. The only situation in which in immediate rematch would be justified is if the way the fight was won was controversial which it wasn’t. Chael got submitted fair and square. Sure he beat up Silva pretty bad but that is no reason for him to have to fight him again. If that were the logic then Shane Carwin should get an instant rematch against Brock Lesnar.

That being said, a rematch in general would be interesting to see but any grounds for an immediate one are just ridiculous. Chael lost and has to beat somebody else up again before getting another shot. Simple.

Whether he deserves it or not, here’s why I would rather see a Sonnen rematch rather than a Silva/Belfort fight:

a) Belfort is going to stand with Anderson, which means Anderson is going to do his best imitation of dance dance revolution the whole fight.

b) I’m curious to see how Sonnen would fair against a “healthy” Silva

c) Belfort is Brazilian, and as evidenced during his fights with Leites and Maia…Silva doesn’t fight Brazilians.

I fractured my fucking pelvis a week ago but you don’t hear me using it as an excuse when I post shitty comments do you? SUCK IT THE FUCK UP SILVA! making an excuse after winning is worse than making an excuse after losing.

BTW, i don’t know if you guys know this but if i’ve been off my game lately it’s cause i fractured my pelvis last week. so go easy on me

@ReX13

Screw you land lubber! Death to all humans!

@Nealio
It’s so true, I am such a retard after not realizing how Silva got out of that armbar that Sonnen had on him at the end of the 3rd round or that pretty nasty looking kimura Chael put on Silva while in the 4th round. The comparison you make is weak, is Hardy the WW champ in your world, or did GSP dominate Hardy and not lose via triangle choke at the end of the fight?
MMA is not a new sport to many people here, the comments are informed, keep watching the fights and learning.

Sonnen deserves a rematch, just not now. I’ve read most of the comments and it seems alot of folks want an immediate rematch but I agree with the following points:

1.Could ruin Sonnen’s career if Silva returns to amazing form and destroy’s him, Sonnen acquires more limelight if he works his way back even if he has a loss.

2.Would really like to see Belfort vs. Silva. Vitor’s not getting any younger either, and has proven himself as a more dynamic, finishing fighter than Okami. Plus Okami already had a shot, say what you will about the outcome. Also, if Silva has an off night against Belfort right now; lights out fo sho. Very facsinating.

3.I think immediate, immediate I say, rematches should be saved for close decisions. Otherwise they lose their luster and attraction. I thought Penn/Rua deserved it.

Silva got rocked and almost lost that fight.

BUT, he won because he fought smart and figured out Sonnens timing. All fight Sonnen 123 punch and 4th punch Silva counters but then he countered with BJJ.

I guess he had sore ribs but whatever, I thought he might not have trained.

I think Ed Soares doesn’t want Sonnen to show Silva’s holes. Had the fight gone the other way you know Silva/Soares would want the rematch.

Jake Shields is so boring, Anderson Silva’s ribs bruise up at the thought of having to fight him.

Anyone who watched that fight and seriously thinks Anderson Silva wasn’t getting his ass kicked is a total retard.
This “hey didn’t get cut” shit is a joke. Look at Chris Leben and James Irvin; they didn’t get cut either.
How about GSP laying on Hardy for 25 minutes? Seems like the same people that thought Anderson fought a good fight also thought that was a ‘dominant’ performance by GSP.

Seems like we got some guys here who drop to their knees with mouths open to anyone who has a belt on. You guys need to realize its hard to make observations with someone’s balls in your mouth.

@knucklesamitch

It sounds like you are giving Silva tons of respect, cause if it were anyone other than him would you still say Sonnen deserves an immediate rematch? Just because Sonnen did more than anyone else doesn’t warrant an immediate rematch, unless there was a contraversy or very close decision. Not sure Belfort deserves the next shot either. If Sonnen and Marquardt have both fought more recently than Vitor then they should work out who is getting the next shot.

Rewatching the fight I realized that Chael Sonnen doesn’t actually exist. It’s just Clay Guida in a muscle suit testing out his WWE persona.

Wrestlers with majority wins by UD or a Choke submission. 24-11 & 27-11 records. Both have only 1 or 2 TKOs. Known for dominate top position & lack of a finish. They both have a little ‘crazy’ in them… Think about it.

Anybody who didn’t notice that something was clearly “off” with Silva is either blind or just hating for the sake of hating.

So, Griffin, Marquardt, Cote, Franklin (x2), Hendo, and Leben couldn’t land a punch to save their lives in the stand-up…but Chael Sonnen with all his world renowned striking comes in and connects on multiple occasions?
That’s not kind of…odd?

No, no, Silva just sucks and has been lucky for the last TWELVE fights…

In the post fight press conference even Chael himself said, without a hint of sarcasm or contempt, “I expected more resistance, Anderson says he wasn’t feeling well and I believe him.”

bruised ribs hurt just as much as broken ones, they just heal in 4 weeks instead of 8. It hurts to move with bruised ribs.

@knucklesamitch
There is a big difference between “kicking someone’s ass” and “winning a fight” especially with grappling.

“Kicking someone’s ass”
Morecraft was kicking Struve’s ass in the first round of their fight, the take down was followed with some heavy shots from several different positions leaving the 2nd round in question as the doctors were looking at Struve’s lip.

“winning a fight”
Sonnen was able to CONTROL(octagon control) Silva for 4 rounds thus putting him ahead on the cards. A fundamental flaw with MMA judging in my books is when a wrestler is on top of a BJJ guy, who’s winning? can an attempted kimura be worth anything if it takes 2 mins to set up? does a wrestler gain points for rabbit shots while in the guard of his oppenent who may be timing one shot to attempt a triangle?

If you had turned on the fight as they were announcing the winner, who would you have thought got their ass kicked?
Chael was winning that fight on the cards, not kicking Silva’s ass…..

Since I take any opportunity I can to bash the guy, I think what we can all take away from this whole Anderson Silva mess is what a huge pussy BJ Penn is. Anderson has hurt ribs and he guts it out, keeping a dominant wrestler largely in his guard where the only damage he absorbs are pitter patter punches until he eventually submits his opponent. BJ Penn claims to have a hurt rib after a fight, where he gets his guard destroyed, he gets put in a crucifix, and he gets his head pounded until he can’t stand upright and he walks away the loser that he is. For all the vaunted jiu-jitsu skill Penn is supposed to possess, it seems a black belt from the Nogueira brothers means more than a lazy ass Hawaiian who gives up the first chance he gets.

Sorry guys, for some reason I just can’t stand that asshole.

If Sonnen shouldnt get a rematch then I dont understand why Frankie Edgar isnt fighting Gray Maynard

Silva vs belfort…someone said silva pwns in the striking department?

This person obviously has not seen the phenom do his work. Silva may be the more versatile striker, mixing up kicks, knees, punches, elbows, etc., but Vitor is the more ferocious and dangerous striker, not to mention faster.

Silva 100% got his ass handled in the fight, no doubt about it.

Kicktothegroin>>

Look, G Funk is trying. He’s working hard to put food on his family. Rarely is the question asked: “Is our posters learning?”

I just hope that humans and fish can learn to coexist peacefully.

Sonnen shouldn’t get the rematch for almost smothering out a victory. The UFC should be really be trying to keep their fighters from going to the scorecards, as we know how often the Judges are huffing glue in the parking lot before the fights, or might as well be. As for the rid injury, I think it made the rid issue even with Sonnen’s freaky protrubing ribcage, does anyone know where he got that anyway?

Immediate rematches are for controversial stoppages and razor thin decisions. Let Belfort fight for the title, hell even let Marquardt fight for the title and then let Sonnen back once he beats a couple of “up and comers”. If Sonnen gets another immediate rematch and losses…his career is over.

@BossNasty,

The only reason Silva looked better than Sonnen is because Silva landed one elbow and Sonnen didn’t throw any…If Sonnen had used elbows, I’m not sure the fight would’ve made it to the 5th round.

@G Funk

Nice job screwing up the Assholes and Elbows simile, did George W help you with that?

Revised:

Sore-ass cited sore ribs
sore ribs parried, hail mary-ed
Leg humper tapped once

steampunk22
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my pornstar name, too

I think Belfort deserves his shot, but I wouldn’t mind an immediate rematch either. I am not a fan of immediate rematches, but it was the most exciting Silva fight in a while and the most exciting I could imagine in the near future, so why the f*ck not? Other than Belfort, there’s no one else that is deserving of a shot right now.

@knucklesamitch

I have to agree and disagree with you. Yes just because you are a bjj blackbelt doesn’t mean that because you’re on the ground and get a sub that you didn’t get your ass kicked. But with the same logic just because you’re a ground and pounder and you’re on top of someone for 23 minutes doesn’t mean you kicked someone’s ass especially when it’s all said and done the guy you were on top of doesn’t even look like he’s been in a fight.

7-6-5! Haiku’s are supposed to be 5-7-5!

Goddammit, this place is just falling apart!

CZ +1

And also, I concur with GUI-uh-TEEN. If I wanted to watch someone punch like a little baby girl and not finish I’d just [something] [something] Jake Shields…

I think Sonnen should get a rematch but an immediate rematch? theres been too many of those lately. Belfort deserves his shot just as Sonnen deserved his, just because he came close doesn’t mean he should get another one immediately. Or make Sonnen Fight Belfort but I think Vitor has earned his shot do not deny the man his chance at the champ because Sonnen couldnt close the deal.

@Get Off Me,

I’m pretty sure getting taken down repeatedly, getting beat about the face and body and decisively losing 4 rounds is the definition of getting your ass kicked. Just because you’re a black belt in BJJ and your not a “fish out of water” should you find yourself on your back doesn’t mean that as long as you are on your back and win doesn’t mean you didn’t get your ass kicked.

Silva absolutely got his ass kicked, he just also happened to pull off a career defining victory in the same fight.

Sore-ass blames it on sore ribs.
Sore ribs parries and hail Marys
Chael has a sore heart.

- UFC 117 main event, in a haiku limerick

Bring Hendo back what a joke he hasn’t even won in strikeforce yet.lol

Sonnen definitely deserves a rematch but he should not get an immediate rematch. . A decision that could have easily gone the other way is the only reason for an immediate rematch as is the case the BJ and Frankie or the Shogun vs Machida fight. If you get finished then you should drop down the ladder and work your way back up. As far as being hurt how is it an excuse? Why do you need to make an excuse when you won and are still the champ?

Ibuprofen, you say? Well you could’ve saved some precious time by just going to your friendly neighborhood bodega and get some Advil.

That being said, the Spider is still the man @ 185 but I wouldn’t mind an immediate rematch. Vitor and Silva would just stand & bang…advantage Silva. Maia could do something with his BJJ if he’s not as passive & somewhat timid as he was last time. Chael should still be #2 at 185 but I don’t know if he’s gonna be #1 contender next MW title defense.

Chris Tucker would’nt make excuses, shame on you Anderson for not making that facial hair proud.

He DID pretend he didn’t tap, but quickly gained some sense and realised there are a dozen cameras, hundreds would have seen inside the arena and many thousands more on TV.

Unless Anderson’s ribs are in his chin, I’m pretty sure Sonnen took control of the fight in the opening seconds without taking advantage of Silva’s injury.

I absolutely see the point in a rematch, sure Sonnen lost decisively, but he did for 23.5 minutes what no one has been able to do EVER, and as stated previously, he landed more strikes than Silva’s previous 11 opponents combined.

Nothing against Belfort, but he either needs to wait until after a Silva/Sonnen rematch, or as Slummy said, Belfort should fight Sonnen for #1 contendership.

I’m kinda flustered reading over and over again how Anderson got “beat up” and got his “ass kicked” by Chael Sonnen….How many stitches do you figure either fighter needed after the fight? How close did Anderson come to tapping? In BJJ when a fighter is on his back, is he getting his ass kicked?
I think Chael did a great job and forced the fight, extra props for not pretending like he did not tap, but he was far from kicking Silva’s ass.
Silva showed his versatility and that he has the ability to handle adversity in a fight(unlike B.J. Penn) and still defend his belt…still undefeated and sadly still with Ed Soares.

CZ obviously holds an MD from Ortiz University, which is much more prestigious than Mean University.

In other news, i don’t understand what Silva’s complaining about. Braised ribs? With some risotto and grilled harvest veggies, and a nice red wine demi glace? Delicious, i tell you.

Its relatively understandable the Spider doesn’t want an immediate rematch after having Chael go all Orkin Man on him. That being said, grappling Sonnen with bruised ribs would friggin’ suck and Silva’s a stud.

Excuses are for Assholes and Elbows, everybody’s got ‘em.

I wanna see a rematch. I understand the whol ribs things and believe it could definately hamper someones ability to fight. Really I just want to see if it would play out any differently. At the end of the fight I still think Siva wins.

Bruised ribs? I read somewhere that it was a fractured skull. He fractured his skull because he has an extremely soft head because he’s brazilian. You guys probably dont know that, but its true. Also he only fell down a couple of times because he dont have no equilibrium. Brazilians have soft skulls and no equilibrium.

I wouldn’t mind seeing a rematch in the future, but I agree with Soares, not an immediate rematch.

The only immediate rematch that has made sense to me was Shogun v. Machida. The judging sucked by anyone’s standards. I don’t even think BJ deserves an immediate rematch with Edgar.

Any rib injury can devastate a fighters ability to defend a takedown properly as well as effect a strikers power and quickness. Anderson let alot of the takedowns happen, it wasnt so mush the persistence of Chael as it was the sloppy defense by Anderson. Not including the fact that if he called the fight off Chaels head would’ve exploded and we would never have gotten to seen our middleweight champ have an amazing comeback over the #1 wrestling contender, now lets see the #1 striking contender take on Anderson. Anderson vs Vitor lets flip a coin on that one. P.S. I think we would all rather have Hendo comeback and take the belt but Stikeforce is gonna milk him till hes dry.

Okay, Silva was hurt. Ribs bruised that badly would be a bitch to spar with, let alone fight. Come on now, Ed, let’s see what your boy can do to sonnen when he’s fully healthy. Why not do that and end the conversation with an exclamation mark. I see the point.

Vitor in no way deserves a shot at Anderson withouth fighting Chael. Chael is the only deserving one at this point. Who else managed to do what he did in the last 5 years?

If I was Soares I definitely would not want Silva to rematch Sonnen either. It’s a total cop out to say that Chael doesn’t deserve a rematch because he didn’t finish the fight. Apparently Soares isn’t familiar with that nutty thing called a decision win. Ridiculous/convenient reasoning on his part.

Bruised ribs? What fighter goes into a fight 100% uninjured?

I don’t think bruised ribs are much of an excuse.