Will Anderson actually fight Sonnen again?

Easy. He will heal up and get 100% for Sonnen. He will wait whilst Sonnen beats no-one, gets subbed again, done for peds and arrested for money laundering.

When that's all done Silva beats him again!

 

Is there any area that Will Munny does not consider himself genetically superior?

This bloke knows Anderson better than he knows himself.

 

I don't know that they'll ever fight again, though I hope they do. I won't pretend to know what goes through Silva's mind when he thinks about Sonnen. Does Silva just want to avoid the chances of going through another fight like he had with Sonnen? Maybe. That is plausible.

I also noticed how the only thing that was really bothering Sonnen, before his bout with Silva, was Silva's refusal to respond to any of Sonnen's **** talking. It made me wonder if Silva figured that treating Sonnen as if he were nothing was better than acknowledging his presence. Silva could be doing that now? I have know idea.

There is something that I do know. Silva won when they fought each other. Not only did he win, he won inside the distance. That is a big deal for me. Winning inside the distance is far greater than winning a decision. Winning inside the distance is far more decisive than looking more effective over a given period of time. Sonnen didn't look as though he was on his way to finishing Silva. Sonnen got caught in a choke while he was riding Anderson on the way to a decision victory. Sonnen was finished inside the distance.

This was not a close decision.

This was not a fluke stoppage.

Sonnen appeared to be winning a decision until he was being choked by a guy that was breaking his arm at the same time.

This is not one of those fights that you have to wonder who would win if it were to continue indefinitely. This fight had a definitive ending.

 

You had to have a second bite?

Keyboard warrior? Been in the ring a **** of a lot more times than you I will wager and still going strong with our fight team. Your accomplishments dip****?

 

correction to some. sonned did't test above the levels his only fault was he did'nt disclose that he was on it.

 

I agree that it wasn't a fluke stoppage in the sense that Anderson saw his opportunity and took it. He made a deliberate move to get exactly that submission and he got it - therefore no fluke. He didn't land a punch with his eyes closed or open a massive cut or something like that.

But I don't consider it a decisive victory at all. Not at ALL.

Reason being - Anderson spent maybe 10 seconds where he was getting the better of Chael, and he spent 23 minutes getting absolutely dominated. Aside from that last 10 seconds, Silva wasn't even in the fight - he didn't show ANYTHING to take Chael out of his gameplan. Chael repeatedly took him down with ease, didn't let him get up, and just imposed his will. He even got the better of what little standup time he allowed Anderson to have - he knocked Silva down with his fists.

In fact, if Chael had been less ballsy, less of a warrior, he would have won the fight by way of DOMINATING shutout. If he had just played safe for the last half of the last round, he would have won by 50-44 or 50-43 on all cards. But he didn't play safe, he was tired, got a bit sloppy and handed Anderson the opportunity to sub him out of nowhere (the first time in the fight that Anderson got ANYTHING going AT ALL). Silva being the great champion that he is, he took his one chance.

But the way the fight played out, Silva didn't prove himself the better man. He proved that he could find a miracle submission in a fight where he was getting his **** pushed in every minute of every round for 4 1/2 rounds. If Chael had coasted to the decision, he would have won by shutout. But Sonnen lost that fight more than Anderson won it. That fight was his to win by way of utter domination, but he ****ed it up and Anderson managed to capitalize. Credit to Anderson, but it was not at all convincing and if ANY fight requires a rematch, that fight does.

:hat

 

Silva will never rematch Chonnan cause he is afraid of him !:good

He is ducking Chonnan big time.

If Anderson think about Chonnan, he will pee in his own butt !

 

Overall picture is this , once Sonnen does as he pleases with Bisping and batters him for 3 or 5 rounds which ever it is , the question every fan will ask / demand is make Silva Sonnen 2 , unless Silva wants to move organisations or make an un expected switch to 205 he'll be told the time and the place :deal

A couple of side notes , i imagine its very rare that the UFC ask a fighters opinion on who he'd like to fight and actually give him the option to refuse a potential opponent , therefore Silva for my worth has never refused a fight with Sonnen , that said there has been rumblings and statements from Ed Soares and Silva that Sonnen is non deserving of a shot , which isnt really true now is it :hey

 

I have to say i agree with the tone of your post , but ultimatley disagree with some of the wording

Sonnen was submitted , in an MMA bout , that is decisive in MMA terms , its the same as a KO or a TKO in boxing , but in the context of Silva vs Sonnen its not the same as a dominant display followed by a stoppage , never the less its decisive , with the way the fight went i have to agree with ou the case is certainly not closed , but the bottom line is this Anderson Silva finished Chael Sonnen

Sonnen did not get tired and hand Silva his victory , Silva took it with superior skill and tecnique

Sonnen never had the " play it safe " option in round 5 , he had to put Silva on his back to implement his style and impose his will , if he stood with Silva cautiosly and looked to close out a decision , he would of been knocked out :deal , therefore the only real way Silva could of won this fight (the way it was shaping up on the night) is from his back , and guess what happened

 

This whole issue make me think about the Bas Rutten career. He felt so confident in some fight that he said he was waiting for the 15 minute mark to end to the fight for A) train a little B) give a show.

I'm not saying it's the same case for Silva/Sonnen, but not consider that possibility would be as stupid as thinking the last minute sub was a haill mary finish !

 

I've always suspected that Silva was fixated with getting the submission victory on Sonnen as revenge for what he said about the Nogueiras. There's apparently video-tape of him predicting the submission victory on the film that was done about him.