Chael Sonnen: Not one day of Anderson Silva's life has he been the best fighter in the world
Posted on April 25, 2012, 06:49 PM by Mike DrahotaToday Chael Sonnen had some more choice words to fuel the fire leading up to his hyped rematch with Anderson Silva in Las Vegas July 7. In an interview with tatame.com, he explained the exact nature of his rivalry with UFC Middleweight champion Silva, and answered why he has been bad-mouthing Brazil. When asked why he says the things he does about Brazil, Sonnen replied:
“Why don’t you ask Anderson why he let me say those things about you guys for so long? Why don’t you guys ask Anderson why he’s a Brazilian when it’s convenient? When the reality is he was made rich by a North American company, famous by a North American company, bought a 2 million dollars mansion in North America so he can leave Brazil the first chance he gets. Why don’t you guys ask him that? He’s Brazilian when it’s convenient.”
Sonnen went on to discuss the nature of his long-standing feud with Silva, describing it with the use of a boxing analogy:
“Rivalry comes with the challenge. He’s a fraud, phony and I’m not gonna stand before him. I had to grow up with this crap, I had to grow up with Mike Tyson’s crap. They tried to tell us Mike was the best fighter in the world, but in the reality he was never the best fighter in our country. The whole time Evander Holyfield was there. Every single day of Mike Tyson’s life that he held the world championship belt, Evander Holyfield was there and could beat him in every one of those days. Every single day that Anderson has the world championship, I’ve been here. There’s not one day of his life he’s been the best fighter in the world. I’m the best and I’ve always been.”
Either Sonnen believes he truly is the best fighter on the planet, or he is the best around at hyping a fight. Perhaps it is a combination of both. Many, including Silva himself, believe that Sonnen is purely a wrestler with limited skills in the overall game of Mixed Martial Arts, to which he replied:
“I think it’s a compliment. I am a martial artist mixture or anything else you wanna say. I don’t wear little cocky pajamas, I don’t bowl, I don’t lay on my back looking to somebody up. I’m a pugilist, I’m a fist fighter, I’m a gangster from the mean streets of Oregon.”
The stage has been set, albeit moved outside of Silva's home of Brazil, and Sonnen is stoking the fire with the best trash talk he can dish. Can he beat Silva and do what no man has been able to accomplish in the Octagon?
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Shut up, Chael.
It must have been hard for him to keep it shut yesterday when dana said tSilva was the best p4p and maybe the greatest mma fighter ever, at the 148 press conference.
HA! Joke's on Chael A.Silva is not even from Brazil
?? he was born just outside Sao Paulo so how is he not from brazil??
Made you fall asleep on his balls
What about August 7th, 2010?
UFC 136 The Return of the King
UFC 148 The Coronation of the King
Hey rigo your so called king has turned into a full blown nut riding weirdo.
You know, I like Silva and think he is the best fighter in the world but I really liked Sonnen. I liked how he stood up to Anderson after the Maia fight and did what he said he would do. I liked his irreverence and I liked his humor. I'm going to root for him at 148 because I like the underdog and if he wins it will be epic....but,
Having said all of that Chael is getting tiresome. If he was as good at trash talk as I used to say he would have moved on to a new schtick. It's old now. It's tired. And most of all, it's cringeworthy.
Chael, we used to be proud to be crazy fans of a crazy fighter but now were embarrassed. Get a new creative routine or stop it. You're starting to sound like a bitter old man.
I (and many, many others) will never tire of Chael's antics. He's funny, smart and on point most of the time, a great fighter and has succeeded in eclipsing Anderson Silva for eve before their first fight. I will be "weaked" by the haters for saying that, but what's true is simply true.
You can't get as "weaked" as me cuz I annoyed the Chael fans and the Anderson fans.
I wouldn't tire of Chael's antics if they were new but they are now the same joke for months on end. It's a little like:
Chael: Knock knock
Bruce: Who's there
Chael: Banana. Knock knock
Bruce: Who's there
Chael: Banana. Knock knock
Bruce: Who's there
Chael: Banana. Knock knock
Bruce: Who's there
Chael: Orange
Bruce: Orange who?
Chael: Orange you glad I didn't say banana?
.......
Chael: Knock knock.......
Bruce: Groan...
on point really?? hes never on point rember hes never lost a fight silva has never beat anybody good even though he beat 3 of the ppl that sonnen lost to before silva beat belfort sonnen talked about how good he was then after the lose belfort was a punchingbag! this is like the 10th time he has used the tyson thing. and ofcourse he would have a house in the usa hes not leaving brazil like him or not he does good things for the Less Fortunate in brazil!
caught cheating on steroids (which he wont be on this time when Anderson hands his ass to him ) caught cheating on mortgage scams...beaten by Silva but thinks he won ...talks like a spoiled child...are you sure he's smart ?
I also remember Chael saying after his fight with Nate that he was happy with his performance but that he was definetly not ready for Anderson.
Thoroughly entertaining. I will miss the day when he leaves MMA, there's just nothing boring about him anymore. Even his fights are exciting now that he looks to punch and pass the entire time he's on top.
It's all a show. Embrace it as such.
I think Chael will go into commentating, managing, and perhaps even having his own TV show later on... I don't see him ever leaving the MMA scene.
Nah, Chael won't be in MMA forever. He has said multiple times that he is going to the NFL when his athletic abilities diminish.
And not a day in Chael Sonnen's life has he held a belt that he actually won.
We don't know that for sure....he may have won a fan belt at the local auto show
Ha ha.
Did you hear about the two antennas that got married?
The wedding sucked but the reception was great!
(rim shot)
that joke should be said in the voice of Fozzy Bear
waka waka waka
STFU you low life piece of shit!!! Coward Mother****er...I always knew you would find a way out from coming to figth here....juiced up, second place, triangle bitch, cheater delusional piece of crap.
Brasil, don't beat around the bush, say what you mean.
I agree, lets hear how you really feel.
And Anderson is an Ass too...
Arogant bastard, i hope he loses soon but not from your hands.
wow, didn't see that one coming at all.
Has Silva ever made that clone comment before? That just kinda case out of no where for me! The fight of the century in his opinion would be Silva vs his clone? That is the most off the wall thing I've heard either of them say so far.
wonder what hes going to say after anderson beats him a second time.
than again jeremy horn has beaten him 3 times and he still thinks hes all that. his mma skills will never match his trash talk
He's every racists hero-congrats on being the lowest form of human being on the planet Shael.When the day is done you wont b remembered as a champion,but as a bitter cheat who did nothing to uplift or help the planet
WTF has racism got to do with anything? I'm not much of a Chael fan but if I was it wouldn't mean I am racist. This is MMA site so I won't go too deep but saying all races are equal when history has proven they are anything but is about as racist as any nationalistic right winger which I doubt Chael is. he's just a smack talking fighter who doesn't worry about political correctness when talking smack.
Lighten up FFS.
i still think its gonna to far when he talks about silva's wife! and when he brings a fake belt to a fox press conf. we there are new fans watching who might think he is the champ, and all dana can do is laugh about the sh!t he says and he has cut fighters for making jokes on twitter and this man can tell bold face lies and dana just sits there. (have heard dana say he is full of sh!t or nutty)
and somthing else did all those ppl at the q&a really belive sonnen is the champ??
No.
He's just trying to milk the cash cow as much as possible before he has to retire at the hands of silva
Funny how Dana says Sonnen backs his words when he fought on drugs against Silva, would Sonnen have been fired if he won the fight? Why was Nate Marquardt released from the UFC while Overeem and Sonnen still kept their jobs? Seems like it's all about money, or whoever Dana likes.
Let's also remember, Sonnen fought on drugs for 5 rounds, and couldn't finish the fight.
Even on the day he put you to sleep with his legs and made your mentor (Hendo) give up in submission to this phony?
Chael Sonnen = Verbal diarrhea!