Chael Sonnen on Anderson Silva: The better guy won tonight
Posted on July 8, 2012, 02:25 AM by Mike SearsonUFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva successfully defended his title at UFC 148 against challenger Chael Sonnen. The two were engaged in a bitter rivalry for the past 2 years with Sonnen taking his trashtalking to unprecedented heights in MMA. UFC President Dana White said that people were telling him that Sonnen crossed the line and was bad for the sport to which White responded: "This is the fight business."
After the bout was finished and Silva's mostly Brazilian fans began to boo and jeer at Sonnen, Silva took the microphone and said: "Let's show Brazil has manners, I want everyone to applaud Chael. (Chael,) If you'd like to have a barbecue at my house, I'd love to have you over for a barbecue."
For all his hyperbole leading up to this rematch, Sonnen seemed humble and praised his opponent who had vanquished him in the second round: "They gave me the opportunity. Nobody owes me anything.I'm very grateful to be here and have the chance. He's a true champion, man. He got me with a good knee."
Silva's knee to Sonnen's body seemed controversial to some viewers. White immediately headed off any discussion at the press conference following the fight: "The knee was legal, the ref called it legal. There is no need to talk about the illegal knee because it was legal." Sonnen shared his boss' sentiment and made no protest about the knee being illegal, going so far as to say he did not care if it was legal or not.
As the topic shifted to Silva grabbing Sonnen's trunks, Sonnen quickly answered: "Anderson grabbed my trunks but I grabbed his right back. It goes both ways and we can't sit and nitpick these things, It is a two-man sport and it all evens out in the end, next time out I'll grab somebody else's down the road."
When asked if he still felt the way about Silva as he did leading up to the fight, Sonnen went so far as to call the Champion a nice guy and say it was over: "That's the way you deal with combat. You always shake hands and leave it in the Octagon or the ring or on the mat. I have to give it to the Brazilian fans they have it down right, they back there guy. North America is the only country in the world that doesn't do that. There's always opportunities and I felt like a doofus for falling down. We were in the middle of battle and there were some parts out there where I felt really good and some parts that really hurt, especially the end."
Sonnen said his immediate plans were: "I am going to get my Aunt a lobster tail, I'm going to take a shower and hopefully get a good night's sleep." His final comment on the fight was simply: "The better guy won tonight."
Later, when Anderson Silva made his way to the press conference, he was asked if he harbored any ill will toward Sonnen who had insulted the Champion, his team, his family and his country. Silva flashed a grin and simply said: "No."
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sonnens a beauty the guy can fight and sell fights hell be champ when andy retires
So Chael has no excuses he knows the better fighter won tonight! Now lets see how many in-denial Chael fans have excuses for him..Lets Hear It!
I wonder if he will keep talking trash after this loss... He must feel so ashamed...
I hope he does carry on making fun of his opponent to entertain us, and i also hope that he will be champ when anderson retires
Of course he will keep talking trash.
His trash talk made him (and Anderson) a lot of money last night. I'm not sure what the pay per view numbers were, but I guarantee it was the best selling pay per view of Anderson's career. Since he gets a cut of that money, it's no wonder he has no more hard feelings towards Chael.
nice abd thx for pointing out that the knee was legal and sonnen was grabing silva shorts 2
I'm a Sonnen fan. He got his ass beat. Anderson looked awesome as usual. I don't usually root for dominant champs like GSP and Anderson. It's like gambling in Vegas and cheering for the house to win. I want to see an upset. That's much more exciting to me. Yeah I got a little off subject.....
Despite the promotional trash talk Sonnen is a completely respectful guy. He doesnt believe in having negative things to say after a fight. He is biting his tongue right now, we all saw Silva rub vaseline on body, and then grab Sonnen's shorts like he was trying to take them home just to not get taken down. It was a cheap "win" but I guess Silva fans really just see and hear what they want.
You know Angeles, I logged onto this site as soon as I got home from work today and went to the wall and said "Anderson won and is the greatest. Silva took the high road and made up with Silva and Sonnen said the knee and shorts are irrelevant.
The only one still trying to make something out of this is you. Lumping all Chael fans together as in-denial and excuse making is not a trait of Silva fans. It just you buddy.
Enjoy the win and let the negativity go.
I dont think you'll find in denial Chael fans LosAngeles.The fight was clear and final. The simple fact you only posted to attack them shows your a douchebag. Many times thats why people dont care of Silva fans. Not everyone is that way. But I imagine you still wave your past flag as well, typical.
LOL, daddy you are TOO funny buddy. Give Sonnen his nuts back man.
why he thru the spinning back fist fall down and not stand up just had to stand up was against the fence and feet were under him un stead waited for Silva to come to him and took a knee too the face or chest.....why get fancy when you were dominating him is a sad story
Why not "just stand up"?
Did you see how fast Silva threw that knee? If he just stood up, it likely would have hit him in the face and been that much more devastating.
That said, as a Sonnen fan, two things were disappointing about the fight:
1) When he had mount position for the final minute of the first round, he did nothing with it. I understand he didn't want to lose the position, but why not wait until there's 30 seconds left, posture up, and try to get a stoppage?
2) That spinning backfist. Credit where credit is due, Silva took advantage of the opening Chael gave him, but wow, Chael gave him a huge opening there. That spinning backfist was just atrocious. He essentially knocked/took himself down.
He looked rocked and scared after that knee when he got to his feet. You see the way he was shying away and covering up? He had no fight left in him then.
Now let's see the Chael fans argue with Sonnen himself.
Keep your head up, Chael. At least you and your " fans" can say that you didn't get submitted tonight, or better yet, maybe they may just view this as a win for you.
Chael climbed the ladder and fought the top guy, he got his chance fair and he got beat. The fighers themselves left the bitterness in the cage, maybe you should buy a clue there. If you want to talk about delusional fans you can lecture the ones who still think Anderson let Chael beat him around for 4 rounds the first time.
Youre a truly pathetic "fan". Nobody won this fight. It was more pathetic than you and your appreciation of cheating in a fight.
didnt silva win the 1st fight??
Yes he did win the first fight, but a triangle at the very end sure wasn't a dominant victory was it? I'm not a big Sonnen but you Silva fanboys are obnoxious as He**. The fight is over and the better fighter won.
Class shown by both fighters; settled it in the octagon now let's move on.
Well at least I know, where Chael gets his smack talk from :D Troll dad for the win :D
Tito, the excuse machine Ortiz could learn a thing or two from Chael about how to be gracious in defeat. Oh well, it's too late now.
Blablabla, Chael have nuts and he the only man who challanged Silva. He still can run for the title many times.