Anderson Silva: Chael Sonnen is "a loser in every sense" and "wasn't a tough opponent"
Posted on June 1, 2011, 04:47 PM by Joey Santosus“You have to find the best people to train with, and I think [Okami] chose wrong. I’d never align myself with a loser, a loser in every sense. He didn’t win the fight [between us] and got caught doping. You want to be a champion? Get with good people, with winners. Moreover, Sonnen wasn’t a tough opponent for me. I was injured with cracked ribs and fought five rounds. If I hadn’t been injured, the fight would have been different. - For more, visit Sherdog.com
While many consider Chael Sonnen to be the toughest opponent that "The Spider" has faced in his UFC career, it appears that the champ would disagree. The two met last August in the main event at UFC 117, a bout in which Silva was controlled and pounded on for nearly 25 mins. Though Sonnen was clearly on course to a unanimous decision victory, he found himself caught in a triangle-armbar and was forced to tap out with less than two-minutes remaining on the clock. In the time since, the consensus number two Middleweight in the world has found himself in hot water for a positive drug test and federal money laundering charges, all of which have and will continue to keep him sidelined.
Up next for Silva will be perennial contender Yushin Okami, who currently trains alongside Sonnen and is the last fighter to claim a victory over the Brazilian. After nearly being skipped over in favor of a Silva vs. St. Pierre superfight, it was announced that Okami would, indeed, get his long awaited crack at the title at UFC 134, set for August 27th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
As is to be expected, Sonnen has since taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on the remarks:
"Its hard to respond to Anderson. He's so effeminate, that nothing you can say to/about him could be worse than what God already dished out."
"He hasn't put up a fight since Forrest Griffin, which is about as notable as getting your hand held by a stripper. NEXT.
Photo: Anderson Silva before his fight with Forrest Griffin during UFC 101 at the Wachovia Center on August 8, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Francis Specker
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4 realz chael look where he is and look where u are... and ffs chael actually respond to some1's comments instead of just coming up with clever insults
I can see y Silva said he wasn't a tough opponent.....Sonnen beat Silva and controlled him for 4 n a half round yet he never did any damage or even came close to finishing the fight while Silva finished him in like 30 secs or w.e it was.....if we ever see part II I see Silva finishing him earlier
Only reason why Silva is speaking out now is because he feels he will be retired before Sonnen could get another crack at him. =]
Well its a far fetched conspiracy theory but if it happens..... @_@
Wheres Lowkick's conspiracy nut, T666, to confirm/Deny this conspiracy?
@Daddylongstrokes
I am actually glad Silva had said something now....the only one seems to be talking on their is Soares.....or Seagal.
Keep in mind that Chael still tweets and calls out other fighters and is bitter about Bisping and Miller being the coaches of TUF. So a little strike back from the champ isn't that bad.
conspiracy fail
It seems that when Anderson silva hits, he hits to end the fight, debate or the discussion, I mean he is saying nothing but the truth, Silva was hurt, Sonnen was juiced, they were on the ground for 4 and half rounds which was Chael´s way and it only took seconds for the fight to be finished once Silva had his way. Loser is the exact definition of Chael, he has get far (probably cheating) but everytime he gets a real opportunity he blows it...
Sorry Chael lovers and don´t get offended because it was about time for Chael to be in the other end of all this trash talk, the only thing is that Silva is using the truth to his advantange...
hey just remember SILVA has been bragged up a lot ! yes he is 1 of the best pound 4 pound middle weights ! but lets not forget ! silva was not meant too all most lose and get the crap kick out if him ! sonnen was responsible for all of that ! all so silva was embarrassed about how that fight went down ! and i hope when sonnen comes silva will take a rematch with him ! well if sonnen gets a title shot and which he will ! silva will have too fight him ! really i dont think silva wants any thing too do with sonnen !
Seriously? Not a tough opponent? Chael made Anderson his wife for 4 and a half rounds. Something no one else has come even close to.
Broken rib be damned. Whenever these Brazilians fight they have some half-assed excuse. Either don't fight, or don't bitch later because you had a broken rib, or a cold, or whatever.
Anderson, Aldo (vs Hominick), Nogueira, etc. The list goes on.
Anderson's a punk, and now that Chael is on his ass Anderson feels a need to get tough with him.
I doubt it'll happen, but I hope Okami mercs Anderson. I'd rather have Okami (who is a bit boring, at times) than Anderson as champion.
Plus, Anderson's got no room to talk about "trash talking" or "disrespect" after the Demian Maia fight.
F*u*c*k Anderson Silva.
somebody rush chael to the burn unit
YOU MOTHER****ER.
@ FILM. I love it when you talk dirty, girl. ;)
come on take ur mouth off his nutz
LOL u mad???
@Kendell.
Am I mad?. . .lol. Of course not. FILM's scathing verbal beatdown from above really didn't crush my feelings. . . surprisingly.
I have been told "**** you" before, and I'm sure it will happen again, and it doesn't mean anything except that FILM lacks the skills necessary to tell me off intelligently. Instead, he'll say "**** you" and run away, and I'm fine with that because I probably won't come back to this thread to debate him. No sense in it.
Now, "mad" as in "insane" that's a definite possibility, I hear. :)
Besides, me so hornay when he talk dirtay.
Me rove him rong time.
u mad??? (>")> Kirby can give u a hug
I think AS is angry at the man Sonnen is and so he wants to make Chael angry. I think chael did well against AS but in a rematch Chael would be finished much sooner.
He explained what he meant. He mentioned that Chael was doping. That stuff improves your game *substantially* compared to the real, natural person. Add the fact that he (Anderson) had a broken rib, and Chael (without being doped up) is not tough. He is a fake. A fraud.
And many fighters mention they were inured all the time, if they in fact were injured, not just Brazilians. For instance after his last fight against Hamil, Rampage Jackson mentioned that his hand was fractured. So don't be a racist just because your hero Chael is.
I feel like I must be the only person that watched the Athletic Commission Hearing with the commission and Chael Sonnen. When they laid all the evidence out about the Testosterone case. It was never true that he tested positive for elevated levels. It was only shown that he had synthetic testosterone in his system. Right before the Commission voted on sentencing Chael, the one member that had the medical knowledge stated "I just want everyone to note, that we will never know the levels of testosterone in Mr. Sonnens system on the night of the Anderson Silva fight." then they cut his sentence in half, and he only had 3 more months to serve. His only charge was failing to properly document what he was taking. Because he had gone directly to one of the top guys of the Commission, at least a day before the fight, and told that guy what he took.
The point of my post is not that Chael definitely had legal levels of testosterone. Only that we don't know, and those first articles that came out were not correct with their facts. His wrestling and explosiveness has been amazing for a long time. So I would definitely attribute much of his skills to his years of training. Anderson got lucky. Yes Anderson is an amazing fighter. But we all know he got lucky. If he wasn't given an opportunity through the whole fight to get even close to that position, then obviously Chael slipped up and made a mistake when he knew better and just screwed up. No I don't think Chael is perfect. He entertains me like the rest of the guys. But better than most, and better than any other wrestler in MMA. So it just gets old and childish when people on the internet act like he's the son of satan. give him a break
Lets review that fight. Chael Sonnen did everything humanly possible and still couldn't finish that fight. Free toy with ur happy meal biatch what he said bout AS's (
Im sure every fighter goes into a fight injured. Wether minor or major the injury is varying still. I dont use A.S. ribs as a reason he was controlled for 4 1/2 rounds, just tel it like it is. Chael doped to help beat A.S. cause who really wants to be another notch on his belt right........A.S. gets tired of being beaten up so like a true fighter is a able to do what he wants when the opportunity presents itself to finish the damn thing, something chael couldnt do.
Lee M urray went 5 rounds with A.S.......It was a good fight. Just sayin, Chael still cant get over gettin caught a couple seconds away from backing up all the talk he dishes out.
I agree he is an azzhole doucebag and like Bisping acts like everything
he does is just and its just disrespectful
Yeah, "damn those Brazilians with their excuses".
Because Americans dont have excuses...
Why arent you trashing Rampage for "having an excuse"?
Or I guess you would rather them be like Chael and swear that they never lost a fight, with 33% of their fights losses.
Have to agree, Rusted. Anderson's just feeding his ego, now that he knows in all likelihood he won't have to fight Chael again. Sad but true. I don't give Okami much of a shot against him, though.
The fight will go one of three ways: Early finish from Andy, a 5 round clowning to ''put on a show'' in Brazil, or Okami will get a hold of him and wrestle him to a dec. Although, the last is the least unlikely.
You know what? I DO trash Americans that do that with their fights.
The problem is that the Brazilians do it all the goddamn time. Every fight they have if they don't go out and finish the guy right away, they've got an excuse for it.
Simple observation.
"Oh, I don't want to give an excuse, but my rib was ****ed all to hell."
So in other words the prick "didn't want to give an excuse" but felt compelled to do it anyway? What the **** is that?
For the record, I will happily shit on Shane Carwin (whom I love and appreciate as much as every other heavyweight than Mir) because he came out after the Lesnar fight and said he had a bad cut or some shit like that.
**** that.
Either don't fight or keep your trap shut. Even if you weren't whole, tell that shit to Dana, so he understands, but don't tell the public because you're just stealing some of the other guys' credit.
Credit to Lesnar for beating Shane. I wish Shane had kept his trap shut about the bad cut. . . or had decided not to fight.
Same for Leben (don't care so much about him) for coming out after the Stann fight and saying he was on the john with the flu up until the fight.
May be true. I don't care. Don't steal the other guy's night by bringing it up in public.
You don't steal it from the guy after the fact, and that's all I ever see Brazilians do when they have a shitty performance.
*Eww my rib hurts. Ooh, I've got the flu."
F*uck that, and f*uck their goddamn excuses and bullshit.
*Asterisk to my Above Statement:
"Except Wanderlei."
I haven't seen most of his post-fight pressers, but I've never heard of Wandy doing it. Maybe he has, maybe he hasn't, but I can't lump him in with those other ass-clowns when he seems like a classy guy.
Screw all the other Brazilians that DO do it.
Yeah, and f*uck those Americans that lose a fight and say "Ooh, I got hypogonadism" when they get caught cheating... =p
Your anger maybe due to a lack of fiber & sex, try tuggiing on yourself to your favorite picture of Chael while sipping on a chilled glass of prune juice
Wait didn´t Chael claimed before the fight that he was sick? and then he blame his small testicles too, and then he got caught cheating, and then commiting fraud and money laundering, and also he lied about some statements he made about Lance Armstrong juicing, (he knew that because he has the same supplier). He says he did not tapped in the Paulo Filho fight, he is saying that Forrest Griffing is not a worthy opponent but yet he gout caught on a triangle when they fought...
yeah I guess all this is less seriousthan someone saying hey, I tried to put on a show but I was hurt and still fought...
@Rusted stop jobbing Chael's knob for once in ur life
@ Kendell. Only when you stop letting Anderson's inch-and-a-half of Brazilian Justice swirl around your tongue, Sweetheart. ;)
hateocracy, its lucky u have that blow up doll
My lil blow doll, while you have your babysister 2 climb on & off@ will
I'd like to see Silva demonstrate what would have happened without the bad rib. Hopefully we get to see part II. Also (In the St. Pierre voice): I am not impressed with Chael's response. Chael lost the fight. Regardless of what happened throughout, he lost fairly..not by judges bad decision..but in a submission hold that could have knocked him unconscious.
"He hasn't put up a fight since Forrest Griffin, which is about as notable as getting your hand held by a stripper. NEXT."
Then he got choked out with the same hand.
Exactly UG. Man I can't stand Chael.
i hate chael but i love his roid raged rants.
Finally some straight talking from Silva bout damn time. Sonnen's response was surprisingly weak though.
What can he say? He lost!
anderson silva shit talking..... Okay.
The funny thing is after that fight happened everyone wanted a immediate rematch for Sonnen. But anyway forget Sonnen he got finished fair and square, he couldnt finish a hurt champion, and he was roided up and still lost, i will be glad when he comes back just cuz theyll stop talking about him and hopefully he'll lose right before he gets another title shot!!
Bitch talk by Silva now that Sonnen will be out for a while!
weak me all you want Silva fans but Sonnen made Silva fight back!
Sonnen show the heart of a Champion taking Silvas kicks and punches and never stop the action and for that i admire Chael Sonnen the Warrior!
More than the Champion the spider.
Gotta disagree with u Rigo....If anyone showed a heart of a champion it was Anderson....being able to sub Sonnen in the last round, never giving up or losing hope n Sonnen hasn't ever been a champion in a major organization always comes second while Silva has the longest streak in UFC history Anderson is way better than Sonnen
Yea... I'm sure that wasn't the PEDs kicking in.
yes yes yes and YES!! this is how a MMA Demi-God is supposed to speak.. Kiss the rings B*tches!!
There you go A.S. !! SAY IT WITCHO CHEST!!
There you go A.S. !! SAY IT WITCHO CHEST!!
Silva feels like it's safe to smack talk with Chael now cause he's sure they won't meet any time soon. Go champion!
Starts talkin shit when he knows hes most likely not gonna have to fight him again....
shit jsut realised what the guy above me wrote lol
You fans can insult Silva all you want but tell me what Ando is saying isn't true?
Sonnen is a dirtbag, a lier, a cheater, etc. While you may not like Silva, the man hasn't been caught for steroids or lying to investigators or stealing money from innocent people. Silva's been winning fights left and right.
Don't know if you fans are just trying to ride the Sonnen bandwagon for the great hope of Chael being Silva's downfall but don't bulls*** and insult Silva for speaking the truth. I know you guys would defend him even if he were to commit murder and call anyone seeking justice a 'hater' but be men and not children, if you can.
Who were the innocent people Chael stole money from?
A mortgage company was fooled into lending money to a home owner for renovations for a house, and the money was used as incentive for a buyer of the house. Sonnen was helping someone desperate to sell their house when the real estate market was toast. This is the first time I have heard anyone characterize a mortgage company as innocent.
I don't particularly like Sonnen, though I find his patter amusing, but painting him as someone who robs little old ladies is inaccurate and unfair--even if he has a big mouth.
Silva is spewing bullshit to say that a fighter who had him on his back for most of a fight, and knocked him down--is not a tough opponent.
Why does Silva choose now to speak, after so long in silence?
BTW: I do not condone what Sonnen did, however, I believe there are shades of wrong between the crime of jaywalking and child molestor/serial killer.
The federal government's prosecutor's office came down hard on Sonnen in order to very publicly send a message to the fast and loose deal making that had been going on in real estate for the previous 10 years.
If you want to point the finger of blame, then look to the Federal Reserve making money so cheap that mortgage companies were awash in capital and needed to move the money out, which led to lower standards on loan applications, which led to many houses being purchased by poor credit risks. Now mortgage companies are forclosing on hundreds of thousands of little old ladies and familes with children because they did not do their jobs properly and lend only to those who were reasonable credit risks. The reason the mortgage companies and banks loaned all this easy money was greed.
At the end of the day, all these big corporations got bailed out by taxpayers and profited from their greed and incompetence, while mom, pop, and the kids are now on the streets and no one is bailing them out.
So Sonnen's crimes are insignificant compared to those of banks, finanical institutions and mortage companies.
THAT is the problem.
What Sonnen did was wrong. Although he is not a rapist, he has committed crimes that are above the norm. Just because the Federal Government has committed higher crimes does not mean Chael Sonnen deserves any sympathy.
Like I told several people in this forum, Sonnen might have not screwed anyone over, in particular, but his actions still provided someone to suffer down the line. I should have perhaps worded my statement a bit differently but, nevertheless, Sonnen still is scum and a cheat.
Chael might be a minor player, but accept this -- He did play. He then proceeded to lie. Therefore, if it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, then it is a duck. No excuses.
I agree, what Sonnen did was wrong, and he has been caught lying a number of times--all of which denotes a bad character.
My point was that the punishment should fit the crime. He should not be banned for life for PED use nor should be be banned for life for one relatively minor criminal offense unrelated to his MMA career.
I think he should be punished appropriately, then reinstated, provided no other issues come up.
I just want to see him fight again--hopefully a rematch with Silva.
If anyone deserves to be insulted/scolded/cursed/jeered/mocked/ridiculed, it's Chael Sonnen.
wast Silva's corner said to KO sonnen and Silva said no he wanted a submission?......hows that for a happy meal submission lol sonnen lost, he probably cant sleep at night lol
silvas rite, chael sonnens a loser
Sonnen keeps indirectly talking shit about Griffin - he earlier talked about Silva beating an slow, clumsy light heavyweight...
Griffin tapped Sonnen out last time they fought. Maybe he should STFU about him.
I'm also confused as why Anderson would say Chael wasn't a tough opponent. Who else went 5 rounds and won 4 of them on all score cards?
Cracked ribs or not, lots of fighters don't come in 100%, and a good portion of them never come out and say, "yah I was fighting injured," because its expected.
If there was a rematch I can see Silva taking it to Chael; although granted, I would love to see Silva put on his ass for another 5 rounds. The guy is just starting to become humble now and its only after constant criticism from the fans.
Can you imagine GSP having the same mentality? He would have been booted from the UFC by now for being a boring fighter and un-sportsman like.
Okami will be a joke of a fight. The guy got KO'd from an illegal upkick which as far as most people are concerned should be fair game, along with knees to the head when a guy has a hand on the ground. Middleweight is a depleted weight class, with one or two talented fighters, granted AS is leap years ahead of everyone else in that category.
Move up to LHW, and solidify yourself as a true legend in the sport.
Solidify? Are you really saying he's not a legend in the sport? He's the reason no one wants to fight at 185.
The guy above you is just a little confused that's all.
lol @ Chaels response.
He said nothing he could say could be worse than what God dished Anderson.... Seems to me like he's talking to himself.
Bring on the Chael backlash haha
I don't think god is very happy with you right now buddy
Goddamnnit I ****ing hate Anderson Silva so much, never in the history of the sport in any organisation has there been such a classless, trash champion, so blatently blaming his injury as the only reason he lost the majority of that fight (ribs were cracked now, not bruised anymore, uhhhhhh) Are the bruised ribs the reason Chael tagged him less than a minute into the fight? **** this man cannot end his career undefeated, I pray SOOO hard that someone comes along and gives him what he deserves.
**** you Anderson Silva
lol u mad?
Anderson is a tool ... He avoided Chael until he had no choice but to fight him.
He is trying to use revisionist history .. Like the whole world didnt see him get his ass kicked every round. Got out-punched and out grappled.
IMO he got lucky and i will dance in the streets the day this idiot retires.
LOL u mad????
@SIX LOL lucky he was trying for a triangle choke and got it hows that luck? all that matters in any sport is whos winning at the end and silva won get over it! how bout that free toy LOL!!
Keep telling yourself that, Anderson.
I love how Silva fans want to say "Well is Anderson wrong?! Chael is a liar, cheater, dirtbag, etc!" That shit is outside of the Octagon. And yet here are all of Anderson's fanboys acting like Sonnen pissed on him inside the ring.
What goes on outside of the UFC is Sonnen's business and his business alone. Yeah he made some foul-ups and done wrong, but has he ever danced around an opponent for five rounds? Has he ever put up a boring fight? Has he ever disappointed anyone INSIDE the octagon?
The point is, Sonnen backs up every ounce of trash talk he makes. Whereas everyone seems to forget the four and a half round decimation Anderson was facing in that fight. And he wants to say "Oh well Sonnen wasn't much of a test" He's lying through his teeth and he knows it. Sonnen gave him the beating of his life, and he's making excuses. Sonnen isn't sitting there saying "I hurt my ribs and that fight would have gone different and blah blah blah"
Look at the tape, you'll see Sonnen flatly states "I came in second. I lost". Sonnen lost, Anderson won, Sonnen had antics outside the octagon, Anderson had antics inside the octagon. End of discussion.