Chael Sonnen: I can't remember the last time Anderson Silva wasn't hurt for a match
Posted on September 26, 2011, 06:28 PM by Anton Gurevich"I don't think that treatment for Anderson's problems is prohibited by the UFC, even right before a match. Some medications are limited, as you know, but Anderson is in a state of medical legitimacy because I don't think that Midol is prohibited, nor are chocolate or Gerard Butler movies. I have never personally had to deal with his sort of condition, but I feel for him and I really want to see what his top fighting form actually is, since we apparently haven't seen it yet. I can't remember the last time that he didn't say he was hurt for a match, and it's starting to alienate the fight fans. So he should take care of himself when he's suffering, or else the public will be stuck with the same unengaging fights and lackluster victories until he either dies or finally hits menopause." - PaulLazenby.com via (MMAMania.com)
UFC Middleweight Champion Chael Sonnen unleashes another verbal attack on Anderson Silva, who is becoming well-known for showing up injured for his UFC Middleweight title defenses. As for Sonnen, The Oregonian will defend his title for the first time against Brian Stann, in just two-weeks time at UFC 139. Sonnen sets his sights with on getting a rematch with Anderson Silva as part of his quest to becoming the first UFC fighter to hold two titles in same division simultaneously. UFC 136 will take place on October 8 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

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What's up with this talk about Sonnen defending his title? He never earned a title. Kinda disrespectful to say that without it being his personal quote.
I have always read Anton's "UFC Middleweight Champion" Chael Sonnen" as a furthering of Sonnen's warped sense of humor and enjoyed it in the humorous / ironic way it is meant.
Fine..He's the champion of the triangle choked :-D and not learning from the same exact mistake for the longest period of time. Check this out (from 3 minute mark if it's too long):
http://youtu.be/VNZKDsf0KG4
i really think Anderson Silva got lucky in that fight!!
@ phacemon - It's meant sarcastically, not literally, as an extension of Sonnen saying he is the true UFC MW champ because he beat Silva for four and a half rounds, technically making him the champ. I think it's quite funny myself. In all seriousness though i would really like to see Chael get another crack at Anderson......but we'll see what happens....
ur really worried about being disrespectful to Chael...
okay AND???
what im saying is Anderson got lucky c'on he lost 4 and a half rounds!!
im so sick on hearing that this guy won 4 and a half rounds, Who the F@#$ says that. ITS A 25 MINUTE FIGHT...The guy loss..He could of been humping Anderson for 24 min and 59 seconds and if the guys taps that means he lost ... that's the sports of MMA... Sonnen would of been sleeping for a long time if he didn't tap, so.... "Epic"....just Stop bro... think about it if the guys asleep, you can continue to whoopsum ASS!!!! who is the real winner!!!!!
What about you? Do you have something against donut-men? People are only worthwhile if they are muffins?
that is actually some of the funniest shit i've heard. i didn't really understand the part about the medical legitimacy, but that end part was ****ing funny.
I dont think he hates another race I think he does what ever it takes
to sell what ever he is selling and hit a gray line everytime...... like the Brazil to talk so much chit about a culture and is pretty ****ed up
but has been in a gray area but he will hurt feelings and he will get
caught up in it and go from grey to black no doubt
I seriously do hope that Chael gets a rematch with Silva. The result will be the same but the finish will come much faster. Mark my words people. Chael will have his mouth shut again and Anton will have to continue crossing out his "Middleweight Champ" before writing Chael
ya i would like to see stann destroy cheals chance at ever getting to fight anderson again, i think that would crush him more than losing to anderson himself.
Stann wont beat Sonnen .. once he gets taken down he wont be getting back up.
Stann is in Way over his head.
unengaging fights....sure
but lackluster victories I dont think so.
But yeah I dont like how Silva has an excuse for winning. Its kind of insulting to Okami actually.
Silva's performance last fight was a similar dominating beating as the one he gave Forrest Griffin.....he always starts off slow, then blasts his opponent. (Except for Sonnen)
Anderson Silva is geting old for fighting and trains all the time to help his team mates too, that's why he's been geting injured quite a bit lately. And by the way, the last time he wasn't hurt was against Vitor Belfort, 1 fight ago. Chael is a sore loser, that's all that is to it.
training with machida,jds,noguiera, and fejiao,,... most fighters are bigger than him.... i can see an increase risk of injury
Sonnen is the one major threat to Silva in the division because like last time, I think he would attack Silva from the word go. Both Belfort and Okami stood infront of Silva and let him control when he attacked and how. The outcome will probably be the same tbh but at least he pushes the pace and forces Silva to react as opposed to controlling...
Vitor has history of losing to wrestlers....
You are an idiot
Chael likely beats Belfort via lopsided decision
dude you are tripping also if stann beats Sonnen then he is a bad match up for Silva so if we wanna see a better fight it has to be sonnen silva and you need to check history Vitor will getr smashed by Chael
@jamesmma
You say Chael will lose because Vitor knocked out Lindland??
And people actually sharp you for saying that Lindland>Sonnen.....I guess there are more special ed kids on Lowkick nowadays.
But anyways,
Do us all a favor and go drink a bottle of bleach
Well Chael, I can't remember the last time you were steroids free before a fight.
I find Mr. Sonnen entertaining, but sometimes the BS flies from mouth so fast, I wonder if even he knows what he's saying.
Having said that, I think he has the better chance against Silva. Stann is a lot of things that Chael isn't, but if he lost to Phil Davis, what chance does he have against the Spider?
obivously you are a MMA fan and not a study of statistics nor history if Vitor beats Chael it is because vitor clipped him... chael will fight Vitor the same way he fought Silva, cause thats how he fights and Vitor CANNOT hang with Wrestlers
What about Michael Bisping? Why doesn't he get a title shot? Oh yeah because he's mediocre at best and never has to fight anyone in the top of the division.
Bisping is not getting past Mayhem,,, WHATCH AND LEARN.......
This is a really bad match-up for Bisping. He can definatly win the fight on the feet and his takedown defence in increased dramatically. Still, Miller will probably drag the fight to the ground at points in the fight and work the submission, his stand-up is actually quite impressive too. Im not saying Bisping can't win, of course he can, but a loss to Miller who stylistically matches up well against him, drags him right back to the bottom of the middleweight picture.
you cant count with that fight idiot, chael was on steroids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when will people understand that and stop talking about that fight????
if I run 100m in 7.1 seconds with my full of steroids, would you count that as a world record james?
um Chael is filled with excuses? that's some serious AS nuthugging there. check again to see was crying about a rib that may/may not have been hurt.
people seem to write off Chael Sonnen because of how he promotes himself. he plays the bad guy and seems like it works extremely well for him. but let's pretend that we're all deaf and don't know about all the hype outside the cage and watch the fight. it certainly looks like AS is the big underdog being manhandled for most of the fight then catches Chael in an amazing comeback.
I'm glad we have Chael Sonnen in MMA. He makes MMA more entertaining and AS's nuts hugged by so many more people.
Yeah but you forgot to mention that Sonnen beat the crap out of Silva for 23 of the 25 minutes. Nobody you mentioned has come close to doing that. And you cant go on and say Victor would KO him. That is way off base especially when Vitor couldnt last a round with Silva. I had my hopes up on Vitor too but he disappointed me when he got caught by Silva.
ALSO I BELIEVE YOU ARE JUST A SONNEN HATER STEROIDS AINT GONNA MATTER AGAINST VITOR
YEP I WAS RIGHT YOU ARE JUST A FAN
Chael talk all you want but just tell me who is the undefeated champ
Hate or love him Chael probably has some of the best takedowns and ground and pound in that division and is the only one to really scare AS in a fight since Travis Lutter. You could say Chael "Should have" won that fight but at the end of the day he didn't. Chael will beat Stann and hopefully get his rematch. I can't wait I freaking love this sh*t!!
face it chael, you WILL NEVER be a champion!!!!
even if you had won against silva that time you where tested positive for STEROIDS you IDIOT so you wouldnt have gotten your belt anyway!!!!!!!!!!!
you talking about silva is hurt but you are on illegal amount of drugs dumbass!!!! you are a cheater AND a coward!!!!!
you talked about Armstrong gave him self cancer by using steroids and then you go and do the exact same thing, soooo stupid....
and when one reporter asked you about why you disrespected Armstrong that way you said that it WAS NOT your woise on the interview, THATS A COWARD!!!!!!
YOU DONT EVEN BACK YOUR WORDS LOOOOOOOOSER......
Wow due,,, you act like you were in the courtroom hearing the facts. You dont know shit. I believe Chael when he said he told the athletic commission weeks prior to the fight that he was receiving testosterone therapy. I think if he was really guilty, Dana would have talked negatively about him but he didnt, unlike Marquette. Calling people cowards is a little far fetched... Jump in the cage with him and lets see who is the coward.
you dont know a shit gm!!!
chael was tested for HIGH level of testosterone after the fight. you can go on therapy and get your testosterone to a normal level but not higher than that, and chael and Marquardt had to HIGH!! you have to control before the fight that its not to high which they didnt....
Marquardt lost his job because he cancelled the main event and made Dana loose money, which is everything he cares about....
chael got suspended after the fight which made no problems for Dana, only for himself....
I think chael went to the fight with high level testosterone because he was afraid of silva, he needed to push him up a little bit, then he got caught and blamed it on the therapy....
funny. i can't remember last time chael was a mma champion...i don't think anything more needs to be said to counter his jab.
Anderson Silva: 'I cant remember the last time Chael Sonnen didn't have spots on his back for a match'
Most of you guys are full of crap. Ok so Chael is not the champ, but every Brazillian that he has fought he has beat the crap out of for most of the fight. Chael problem is that he tends to get sloppy... Sloppy = mistakes= getting submitted. I understand why he doesnt respect alot of these Braziliians...Most of there only game other than Silva is on the ground. Thats nice if you are in a grappling contest, but go into the UFC and youll get an ass kicking. Chael should of won that fight by unanimous decision, but he made a mistake against Silva. Look at BiFoot... the only reason why he beat Fedor because he outweighed him by 30LB. And Fedor lack of wrestling and ground game caused him to get his ass kick too. But you put a good dude like Cormier with some boxing skills and good takedown defense and what happened, Can of Asswhippin. Bigfoot bitched out and was beaten like step child.
Funny that Chael brings up Midol... he's setting himself up. Why would that man (with his past) bring hormonal issues up in a discussion?
He's hoping someone bites and says something that will start a war of words.
This guy does everything he can to keep himself in the media spotlight man, but he still makes me laugh either way. You would have thought that Chael would have learnt to at least defend the most common submissions by now instead of bitching about the brazilians fighting style, i don't know why he bitches when the most obvious clue is in the name BRAZILIAN JU JITSU. The fact that he hasn't learnt to defend some of the most basic submissions like a rnc or an armbar is just plain ignorance and he deserves to get caught with them every time. It's a shame really because if he did have a good BJJ game then he would be a much bigger force in the UFC. If he does train BJJ, he either has a terrible memory or does so absent mindedly, or he just chooses not to use it through ignorance, i wouldn't say he's racist though imho. That said i would like to see him fight Silva again but now with all the buzz surrounding Jonny Bones Jones people are already saying it would make for an awesome match up if AS were to move up to LHW and face Bones and i tend to agree. That fight would be AWESOME! There is also talk of Bones moving up to HW though which would mean this fight may not happen, we'll see what happens.....
This is getting old and boring.
Until Sonnen beats Silva, it is all cheap talk.
I can't remember the last time Sonnen had a fight without shrunken nuts
You obviously don't know what his testosterone treatments were for.
At first Sonnen's standup comedy was kind of different and cool. We allowed him that leeway because he was the first openly gay fighter in the UFC. But now that has worn off and he should just quit milking this thing for all it is worth. We accept the fact that he is a leading exponent in the gay movement ,cross dressing circles and a trend setter, but humility and respect should be the cornerstone all fighters build their career on.
Sonnen is a disgrace to gay men everywhere...he has no class.
At first Sonnen's standup comedy was kind of different and cool. We allowed him that leeway because he was the first openly gay fighter in the UFC. But now that has worn off and he should just quit milking this thing for all it is worth. We accept the fact that he is a leading exponent in the gay movement ,cross dressing circles and a trend setter, but humility and respect should be the cornerstone all fighters build their career on.
I see you was fixating on Sonnen's nuts being in my mouth TJ. Hypocrite!!