Anderson Silva responds to Chael Sonnen's "Anti-Brazil Campaign"
Posted on July 11, 2011, 06:36 PM by Joey Santosus
"Man, what can I say about him? All of us, as Brazilians, get upset by his attitudes. We respect Americans, Japanese; we respect everybody. We have a tradition in this sport dating back many years and it’s sad to see people not respecting that. But if they don’t respect you in one way, they will in another. We’ll show our hegemony, our strength and heart in another way. Unfortunately, there are people living in the first world who aren't all that evolved. We have to show our intelligence, take in the good and filter out the bad." - For complete interview, visit GracieMag.com
Chael Sonnen appears to have launched a full scale verbal assault on anything that is Brazilian over the past year, taking shots at everything from the country's fighters to its general culture. And while native competitors such as Wanderlei Silva have warned Sonnen about the pitfalls of taking such a stance against the birth place of mixed martial arts, it seems fellow countryman Anderson Silva prefers to let actions speak for themselves.
Of course, he could be referring to his last minute submission win over the Team Quest fighter back at UFC 117. Sonnen used his customary wrestling-heavy style to smother "The Spider" for much of their five-round affair - key word being "much." But, with just 110 seconds remaining on the clock, Silva latched on a fight-ending triangle-armbar combination to steal the victory and retain the Middleweight strap.
Though Sonnen's career has been anything but smooth-sailing in the time since, he was recently cleared to return to action and is now scheduled to square off with rapidly-rising contender Brian Stann in October. If victorious, Sonnen will likely find himself in line for another crack at UFC gold. Whether or not he'll be staring across the cage at Silva again, however, will depend entirely on the outcome of the champ's UFC 134 title defense against Yushin Okami.
Photo: UFC fighter Anderson Silva during a portrait session before UFC 114 on May 27, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Francis Specker
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Silva and Sonnen 2 needs to happen if Chael beats Stann. He deserves a rematch the most, he dominated Silva for 4 and a half rounds. Theyd be great TUF coaches too!
Chael and Anderson would be nice coaches for TUF if Anderson speaks for his own. I DO NOT want to see Ed Soures for a whole damn season.
Deserves a rematch??? Hahaha "dominated"? Hahaha more like smothered. I'm gonna assume your a brock lesnar fan too.. he was on PEDs.and he still LOST. Simple as that there's no argument there. Wasn't a bad stoppage..anything. sonnens a chump. He said lance armstrong was a loser for taking peds...then he goes around and does the same shit..hahahaha. and he still lost. Then scams some real estate bs or something and all he does is talk shit. He's a chump. You've seen the video of wanddy telling him to his face don't disrespect and what does he say " yeah...ok" like a bitch. Then when he's safe at home on twitter he talks shit lol he calls himself a ganster but he's actually a joke to the sport .if I was dana id cut him like marquart at least nate was honest and said he ****ed up where sonnen just runs his mouth
it should have been Stann vs Munoz for #1 contender spot. Sonnen should have been made to rematch Mia and prove he fixed his sub defence. and it would have given a Brazilian a chance to f^ck him up!
Well said....
Anderson Silva is the greatest UFC champ ever while Chael on the other hand is nothing but a scam artist / loser.
chael and anderson 2 would be a totally different fight in my opinion. think about it, chael has one option against silva, a virtually identical gameplan as the first fight. he cant stand and tradie with silva and the whole, clinch against the coach, dirty boxing wouldnt work either. silva fought with broken ribs and even then sonnen was too feable to finish silva. i think silva would ko sonnen in spectacular fashion.
What do you mean he cant stand and trade with Silva? ..
Did you watch the 1st fight?
He beat Silvas ass in the standup and knocked him to the canvas at least 2 times.
Silva had no interest in beating Sonnen in the stand-up because he wanted to prove a point by submitting him because of Sonnen mocking his friends, the Nogeiras, BJJ credentials
Even with busted ribs going into the fight did beat that juiced SOBs ass using a triangle choke. Now Silva made that point he'll happily KO him with his stand-up.
yeah of course i watched the fight. its one of my favourites. often in UFC fights we're forced into thinking the fighters more hurt than he actually is becoz of joe rogans exaggerations and goldies little outbursts. silva got rocked with sonnens first punch whilst moving backwards and fell, the second time he slipped. u hear rogan confirming it after seeing the replay. sonnen would be an absolute idiot to stand on front of silva. he throw combinations to set up the takedown and it worked for him. but silva would be 100% fit and fully prepared for that in the next fight.
and it should happen in brazil "TUF Brazil" we might see sonnen in the street get stabbed while going to the gym.
listen up Dana. the only way to make TUF interesting again is to make an all female TUF .
Anderson once again shows his humility and class. The greatest/best MMA fighter ever. Who else could stay so cool amidst such madness and hypocrisy? Not Chael. Anderson will dispatch Okami and if Stann doesn't KO Chael The Spider will OWN HIM in a rematch.
With the wrestling conducted in an octogon shower room.
Dana should take a chance on womens MMA, Zuffa has the money they could afford to risk it, and now that they own strike force they got the perfect opertunity !
BRING BACK CYBORG SANTOS!!!!!!
Anderson Silva has spoken English for years. You can go back to Pride interviews where he held full conversations without Ed (Don King) Soures. Soon as Ed started muscling in Brazilian fighters he made himself the spokesman so he could control what was being put out to reporters to boost his own club.
Sorry but I know Ed and he is a piece of sh**
I know Ed really gets on my nerves...
anderson is jus a chicken, he ****un scared, when he though cheal was never gonna fight he had the balls to say chael is a looser. now chael is cleared and suddenly he cant shit talk??? grow a pair silva u wimp
He finished sonnen with a submission just like he said he would and messed up his face while being on bottom so I don't think he has anything to prove against sonnen
wimp who got choked out witha triangle/armbar choke a blue belt hold?? sonnen all the time griffen,horn,demen m,silva lol silva has said before he fight who ever dana and joe silva say to fight!! u guys act like the fights book the fights!!!!
lol he certainly looked 'scared' against. hendo, forrest, leben, cote, maia, leites, franklin (twice), marquardt, irvin (cant think off the top of my head anyone else)...and by the looks of things hes ****ing terrified of okami. :)
Yeah the best ever is a wimp. You rediculous retard!
If Sonnnen goes to Brazil & leave out of there with all his teeth & no broken bones, then he should continue to talk smack about Brazilians, hell I would start believeing then.
he beat Dan Henderson with a choke is he a wimp? Get your facts rite before you speak.
Brazil is the "birth place of mixed martial arts" = bullshit.
BJJ yes, MMA no.
And Brazil just added the B to BJJ, so don't give them too much credit for that either.
What about valetudo wasn´t that from Brazil? and MMA in it´s more pure form?
Your right. In my understanding Vale Tudo was actually no rules, where as in Japan they did have rules. I could be wrong tho.
Talk shit about dos Santos...get f*ucked up
Or Shogun. I would love for Sonnen to say something about Mauricio...
"We have to show our intelligence, take in the good and filter out the bad."
I just gained alot more respect for Anderson.
Chaels good for a laugh but you cant take anything he says seriously. Hes a bag of wind. The people I know like that in real life usually talk so much outta insecurity. At least chaels kinda making a living outta it.
As much as i crack up at sonnens remarks and love the hype, he is really crossing the line with this one.. Man don't around disrespecting peoples nations. Its one thing to have complete confidence in your abilities over your opponents, but to border line become a racist?? thats not cool man.. hope stan shows chael what being a all american and having true integrity is all about..
"grow a pair silva you wimp".
Buragash you must be something stupid to say this. Of all the people silva fought why would he be scared of sonnen
Because he hurt silva the most out of anyone , no one else did mmuch dmg to silva at all , sonnen did more dmg inthat one fight then everyone else did in silvas whole ufc career.
Correction Silva was the most massaged by him. Sonnen has an obviously terrible finishing ability. He was definetly more hurt by As in their fight even though he landed so many bunny punches.
ANDERSON THE GREAT
anderson silva, please let it go dude, can't you see the guy likes the sound of his voice talking, he says things that may seem racist, half the things that he said about brazil, he doesn't even mean.
chael a joke if a guy says the things i said to him u fight those are fighting words no matter how old u are lol! come on! and what kind of parroal univears chael and rigo live in but when you tapout thats a loss!!! i think he thinks the only way to win is by decsion!! thats all he does
to mereDictium and mousasi... go f*** your selfs .. we invented mma since 1970, we beeing developing this sport since them , and now a piece s*** like u after Lorenzo and Frank poid for a brazilan brand .. saying that u guys did.. come on son... Grow the F**** up
I think you are trying to say that the Fertita brothers bought a Brazilian product. You are wrong. The UFC has always been an American company.
Didnt the Gracies come up with the idea of the UFC to test BJJ against the other disciplines involved? Then after the UFC changed the rules out of necessity, the Gracies got all mad because it wasn't truly NHB? Im pretty sure thats how it went down. Atleast, thats how one of the Gracies told it in one of the interviews of seen. And Gracies are Brazilian so if that is true, then the UFC would actually have been built by the Brazilians
well youre partially right the early ufc was half owned by the gracie family if you go back and watch it you can tell by the commentary and the 25 minute homage to grandpa gracie just how biased it was towards the gracie clan. the truth is the first couple ufc's were just marketing ploys for gracie ju-jitsu. with hand picked opponents that were way overhyped with falsified records to make them appear to be legitimate competition. then the gracies jumped ship as soon as the competition stepped up and went to pride where they promptly got their asses handed to them by sakuraba.
Ken Sha-ME-rock is that you? You sound like a big time Gracie hater
i am not a gracie hater but they are often accredited for doing a lot more than they really did mainly because they are excellent marketers
Why isn't Chael calling out JDS?
I admit Chael sometimes crosses the line, but you have to take some things not as serious as most people do. Chael loves to talk crap, we all know that. But 90% is just crap for fun, and I admit: I'd love the way he talks. He should do standup comedy.
Chael Sonnen is making this sport look so unprofessional. This type of thing is exactly the reason why people in the real world look at the fighters like they are chumps.
I feel what ur point is, but there are many examples of fighters who have chump image in MMA. You can say a lot of Chael but he is very articulate, he talks like a politician.
Now let me say this before I offend someone, I love this sport. But the ones who make this sport look unprofessional are the real "fighters". The real fighters like chuck lidell, rampage or the axe murderer are the ones who give MMA an frightening image. Their highlight reel KO's are, for people who don't know the sport, fairly shocking. And Based on solely the appearance of them, they look like beasts who just want to break ur skull.
MMA just needs more time for people to get familiar with it.
Since the beginning of the fighting game, trash talking is part of it. It was in boxing and it is in MMA. So chaels trash talking is not really making this sport unprofessional. It is just the frightening look of the sport. For uneducated fans, it may look like a average brawl, which occurs every Friday evening at ur local bar, and not like a real sport.
Dont get me wrong, I love this sport, and I don't think it's some kind of human **** fighting. But the reason why the real world look at MMA fighters like chumps, is not because Chael Sonnen. I guess 90% of those people don't even know Sonnen.
I somewhat agree with that but at the same time don't. Ive had more than one person tell me they think fighters are d-bags, because of guys like Sonnen and Koscheck. Perfect example was on TUF with Kos. For pple watching it and seeing Koscheck do what he does best, pple start thinking fighters are d-bags. Sorry but Chael is one of those D-Bags who doesnt know when to shut up. For example, more than just the MMA world heard his remarks about Lance Armstrong. Unfortunately, its the a-holes that get the majority of the attention
Ok I agree with that 100%. Chael crossed the line there, but as far as trash talking in general about other fighters, it's part if the game and Chael happens to feel comfortable in that aspect. The moment he started to make remarks about Armstron he definitely crossed the line.
As far as you mentioned TUF, I guess it's for the sports believability a blessing Chael will not coach TUF. And I hope Bisping and Mayhem keep it discrete this season. Zuffa should be careful with TUF, cause it is one of the few possibilities for MMA on cable television. That's where the new fans could be found. With that said, editing the show should be more focused on the professional athletes in the house and not the "clowns". I know, it's not good for viewers ratings, but you have to think about how to show yourself, as the sport MMA, to the world.
Many times when I was watching TUF, I had the feeling I was watching Jersey Shore.
They should make Chael fight on the rio card just for a laugh ^^
We all know Sonnen can talk sh*t forever but it's only to get attention, good or bad, at least people are saying his name and that's what he wants. The guy is a di*k, i have to say sometimes his rantings really make me laugh, i find it entertaining usually but racism is where you draw the line, it shouldn't be tolerated in any way, shape or form. Talking like that he will lose what fans he has, if any at all that is. It's the only way he can get himself noticed and he would rather that than not be in any discussions at all, the man is just a joke and for being openly racist should be given his walking papers......
Silva has every right to be pissed personally i think making fun of someones heritage is crossing the line( unless of course they're are English in which case you limey bastards had it coming). However brazil is not the birthplace of mma mixed martial arts has existed long before brazil was even a country its not something that has been discovered only re-discovered.
and i am sure anderson is intelligent enough to know chael is just blowing smoke out of his ass and will not waste to much of his time and energy getting upset about it
Why he would take him down and beat his ass. I watched the Sonnen Silva fight and Sonnen was beating him in the stand up as well as on the ground. Silva really doesnt want to fight Sonnen because Sonnen is not afraid of him and that is where most fighters mess up. They are scared before they ever enter the cage.
Does Cheat being juiced off his head on steroids have any effect on punching power, ability to move forward etc?? What would you say to someone who said that fighting with a shit load of horse steroids in your system is like wearing two lead knuckle dusters and head gear?
If an athlete cheats and wins in a 100,m race by starting on the 15m line, does that mean they are a great sprinter?
- 11.5 seconds in 100m is an amatuer time, 10.2 and under is a pro time.
You cannot offer a reasonable argument based on what you saw, because it is impossible to measure the effect which the steroids had on his ability to fight so impressively.
In order for Cheat to prove he was unlucky against Andersson, he will have to go through Brian Stann. Cheat Sonnen is coward, (evidence - see his fear based humility in the car with Wanderlei), He is a verbal bully and an arrogant cheat - which has nothing to do with him being a Republican:) , but he is a Gangster (in his own bedroom with his blow up versions of Andersson Silva and the Nogueira brothers) and doesn't seem to respect the people from Brazil who have done so much for this sport.
If Chael beat Brian Stann without injecting horse steroids into his neck before fighting, then I will accept he is the man ready to meet Andersson. Until then, like Bas Rutten, I don't have respect for anyone who cheats fellow fighters out of earning an honest living by taking illicit performance enhancing drugs.
People do not inject horse steroids into their necks. I wouldn't be surprised if Silva or any fighter is on hormone replacement.
Thanks for the feedback, I am aware of that, the statement about Chael injecting horse steroids into his neck was purely for dramatic purposes:)
Does Cheat being juiced off his head on steroids have any effect on punching power, ability to move forward etc?? What would you say to someone who said that fighting with a shit load of horse steroids in your system is like wearing two lead knuckle dusters and head gear?
If an athlete cheats and wins in a 100,m race by starting on the 15m line, does that mean they are a great sprinter?
- 11.5 seconds in 100m is an amatuer time, 10.2 and under is a pro time.
You cannot offer a reasonable argument based on what you saw, because it is impossible to measure the effect which the steroids had on his ability to fight so impressively.
In order for Cheat to prove he was unlucky against Andersson, he will have to go through Brian Stann. Cheat Sonnen is coward, (evidence - see his fear based humility in the car with Wanderlei), He is a verbal bully and an arrogant cheat - which has nothing to do with him being a Republican:) , but he is a Gangster (in his own bedroom with his blow up versions of Andersson Silva and the Nogueira brothers) and doesn't seem to respect the people from Brazil who have done so much for this sport.
If Chael beat Brian Stann without injecting horse steroids into his neck before fighting, then I will accept he is the man ready to meet Andersson. Until then, like Bas Rutten, I don't have respect for anyone who cheats fellow fighters out of earning an honest living by taking illicit performance enhancing drugs.
chael sonnen is hilarious you guys all get mad at him and for those who think anderson will demolish him look at the first fight even on the feet chael rocked him twice ... not saing anderson isnt a legend but i think a rematch would see him lose his belt
Chael is pretty much a joke, most everyone knows this. His biggest claim to fame is that he ALMOST beat the best fighter in the world. How many pro atheletes brag about almost winning a fight or championship?..They don't, I mean you'd have to be really lame to do that right?
He was caught for PED'S and fraud, the only thing missing is finding illegal porn on his cpu, then he can complete the trifecta of shame.
I don't know...I find it very hard to respect a guy who is disrespecting wanderlei, anderson, the nogueira brothers etc...not to mention brazil as a culture.
Well all i saw was the p4p king getting man handeld for 4,5 round, that's a lot of techniek instead of roids imo.
Sonnen's mouth is way to big, then again imo he's at his peak !!! and i want to see him fight.
Love him or hate him, he's a fighter that few can handle !
Oh yeah, you guy's realy think a pro fighter is scared of wandy, imo he didn't shut up because he was scared, he just thought, i don't give a f... what you say, whatever !!!
If they would have fought it could cost him his job. and we all know wandy would have lost !!!!!
Go ahead and say it ain't so, i'll just lol.
Let us begin by looking at the premise of your argument.
1. It is impossible for a pro-fighter to be scared of Wandy.
Q. How do you know?
2. You then use opinion to describe the way you GUESS he was acting and the way he was thinking, "whatever" etc... (lay off the Ricky Lake)
Q. What specifically makes your opinion credible?
3. You then state, "if they would have fought he could have lost his job"
- So you presuppose that the only way they could have fought would be in front of a camera. Not in a dark basement or an industrial skip.
Q. Can you see the fantasy thinking pattern you are using? This is called delusion.
4. "We all know Wandy would have lost", who specifically is we?
Q. Are you speaking about each personality you have? Surely you are not talking for everyone, if you claim you are speaking for others, which others.
To call the basis of your argument weak would be unfair on people who have their comments marked weak.
Q. What has to be true for a person to use pure fantasy to create an argument and then state it to be the truth, "say it aint so".
You won't be able to answer the questions posed without thinking in specifics and your thinking has no specifics (in this instance) - if you can use reasonable argument, I will be happy to consider your opinion seriously.
Well.... some people will take Sonnen seriously, but i hope people with an IQ over 70 will not. It is hard for me to see anybody taking this guy seriously, you cannot. He's a great talker, and he needs it, without it he probably would not be fighting for the belt for a long time.