Anderson Silva: Chael Sonnen is bad for the UFC
Posted on February 9, 2012, 10:30 AM by Joey SantosusReigning Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, who will face Chael Sonnen in June, discusses his opponent, as well as fighting in his home country of Brazil. Silva says that he was not impressed by Sonnen's recent victory over Michael Bisping, and insists that the Team Quest fighter is "bad for the UFC." Photo: Francis Specker
Anderson Silva
"A fight is a fight. Chael is good, Bisping is good, but a fight is a fight. I don't like this (Sonnen vs. Bisping) fight. Bisping did a good job, but Chael talks too much - no working. Michael Bisping is good, he did a good job. But, Chael? Chael needs to train. No more talk - just train. Go to Brazil? Big problem. I don't like to talk too much about Chael. He's no great athlete. This is bad for the UFC, this is not good for the UFC."
Further Reading: Anderson Silva wrestles with Indigenous Tribesmen

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Me kill Chael
Hahaha
Still taking an underdog bet on self proclaimed American hero.
Chael is great for the UFC he makes them lots of money, Now if he said Chael is bad for MMA thats another story, and depends on your opinion
Silva's voice is funny . I hope he will convince Machida to train wrestling with the indigenes in the Mud too . hahahahah It would be priceless to see the Dragon doing this shit.
Or maybe they should record a sequence ,with lyoto and anderson ,sparing in the Mud , with the indigenes making thei weird noises in the background and steven seagal as a referee/trainer
Sonnen is bad for the sport, he is sh*ting on legends that he will never become. Talking stupid stuff that makes no sense like he is a pro wrestler. If i would like to hear that sh*t i would be a prowrestling and not an mma fan. FIghting is real over here, so the talk should be too.
Drug free Chael looked very ordinary against Bisping to the point that this rematch lost a little luster, but seeing that loud mouth hype get what's coming to him should be entertaining.
Silva is a ****ing pussy , scare to fight a great wrestler with no stand up
if only he had the balls to fight guys his size ( Light Heavyweights).
if Sonnen does the same stupidity that he did with Bisping
Silva will finish him and will make him look bad really bad.
So get your shit together Mr Sonnen and get that belt or die trying.
maximuz your an idiot, you call somebody on the longest running streak in ufc against the top competition with highlight finishes a pussy? he beat chael once and hes set to fight him again he hasnt refused anything. but hey your just a hater who will call silva a pussy even after he beats sonnen twice for some crazy reason like not fighting overeem
@Maximuz, Chael fought at Light Heavyweight u retard, u obv have no clue what your sayin so keep it to yourself dumb ass
maximuz...he did fight forrest, right? yeah, he TOTALLY looked like he was scared when he ko'ed him with a short jab.
@Maximuz
tbh I just felt left out
he also looked pretty scared when he destroyed james irvin in the 1st round
He wasnt drug free when he fought Bisping
grappling w/ indigenous haha what an idiot...CHAEL is going to bury you w/ his wrestling. AS sucks
For some reason people think Sonnen is off TRT all of a sudden....these people are the ones who say Chael took steroids and cheated. Uneducated.
What they dont understand is his TRT is accepted and he will continue to be using it legally
Uneducated??? How about Undontgiveafuk? Explain to me again why he was suspended for the A.S. fight but not bisping's since you stay on his sack 24/7/365
HATEOCRACY is the WORST keyboard warrior ever.
Durrr. i'm pretty sure using TRT to obtain a NORMAL testosterone level isn't cheating genius.....
It's just embarrassing considering the fact that cheating is probably why he needs to do it.
wow Cheal BETTER start ROIDing up again for the FIGHT
Anderson has used his fame and popularity to get away with a lot "goofball" stunts IMO. Training with Steven Seagal then wrestling with natives etc etc. As long as he keeps winning he can pretty much doing anything and remain respected, but he's put himself in a position where he's just one loss away from being considered nothing more than a NUT JOB.
Don't be so bitter, Chael.
I'm pretty sure that A.S. will kick out that WWE Dumptruck's teeth.
Steven Segal never was in the WWE.....
surprisingly
eh?
Glad someone important in the UFC finally said that
this is exactly why anderson didnt wanna fight chael again. he doesnt wanna help promote chaels career, but most of the media like arieal wont stop talking about him. fuk chael, he gets enough camera time on his own we dont need to hear about hiim from silva to.
Sonnen bad for Silva, not for UFC.
Silva stop talk, train fight, shine belt.
Sonnen has a huge fanbase here in europe where most of MMA fans hates A Silva after his stunt against Demian Maya.
But Sonnen jokes are just fakewrestiling smack. They getting old really quick. I think that A silva will win by sub again but I'll be cheering as long as G&P continues.
Well those fans arn't very smart then are they
I think Silva is bad for the Indigenous people.
AS might be a better fighter, but no doubt that Sonnen is much more entertaining in interviews, this was sooo boring
Cuz Silva's all fight n Sonnen's all talk.
I fully understand why Silva is upset, he wants his belt back from the peoples champion. The "real champ" already has two title defenses under his belt and now it's time for Silva to redeem himself. He must be a little nervous about the rematch. I think he still holds a little animosity towards Sonnen, after all, he brought light to the Nogeria brothers trying to feed a bus thinking it was a donkey. This was upsetting to the former champ.
Back to reality.
His performance against Bisbing wasn't stellar.... he didn't run through him. I can't see him getting past Silva this time around. He took it to him the 1st time they fought....was it the PED's? Was it the busted rib Anderson claims he had? I have a sneaky feeling Silva is going to try to make an example out of him in front of his fellow Brazilians. If by chance... as it's a fight and anything can happen... Sonnen wins the real belt.... the UFC better have one hell of a good escape route planned to get that crazy SOB out of the arena.
Hatch
"He's no great athlete ... except that time he dominated me for 4.5 rounds" - Anderson is only lying to himself if he thinks Chael can't fight. Now its HIS turn to shut up and train.
Even though Chael did win the majority of their last fight.........sure, no one is disputing that but the fact remains that he still lost, he got caught in a triangle. Whether you get caught in the 1st round or the 3rd or even 5th round, it makes no difference, you still lose. WHEN you get caught is of no relevance really, you've still been submitted.
I really do think that Chael just caught Silva on an off day, which all sportsmen and women have, not just fighters either, and Silva STILL won. Also, judging from Chaels last performance against Bisping i don't fancy his chances with Anderson this time around, i really think that second time around it will be a one sided beatdown. Even though Bisping lost i was pleased by his performance against Chael, he did better than most people expected, including me if i'm honest.
Anyway, i'm glad we know this fight is definately going to happen now, now we'll see if Chael is the better fighter or if he just caught Silva on an off day. If Silva beat him even on an off day i can't wait to see what he'll do to him on a good day!!......
load up your painkillers chael!!!
you gonna take a beating!!!
Anderson is nervous becose Sonnen will woope that ass again.Anderson did nothing exept tat submition i dont think he can KO Sonnen that wuy he is shiting him self
Whats odd Mokoko is even with your grammar atrocities its still amazingly easy to read.
OK, so I have no idea what the hell he said in that interview but if he really did say Chael was bad for MMA, I agree. At first he was funny but now you can't get a sincere word out of the guy edge-wise and he just looks like a silly dork. It makes the sport look WWEish and that is definitely NOT good.
I'm waiting for him to break character and explain that his "bud" CM Punk gave him really sh*tty advice and he's really, REALLY sorry. I won't hold my breath.
Sonnen said "When I want your advice I'll beat it out of you,Stupid.Now go back to singing to hamburgers and telling Segal he's legit."
come on silva we know u can speak better english! lol u speak like my thai dad
styles make fights!!!
mma math is dumb!
why do most you guys not realise AS greatest weakness is his TDD and CS greatest strength is his takedowns therefore CS does have a chance!
(well a small one)
Well The Rock rip off speech Sonnen gave at the end of a horrible performance was definitely bad for the ufc.