GSP: Chael Sonnen is inside Anderson Silva's head
Posted on July 3, 2012, 04:29 PM by Mike Drahota
UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre recently came out with some comments about Middleweight champion Anderson Silva's heated tirade about Chael Sonnen. In his years as champion, St. Pierre has found himself the target of much smack talk, but has always chose to take the high road and remain quiet. GSP prefers to let his fighting skills do the talking in the Octagon. Silva has often been very similar during his long reign at 185 lbs., but it appears that the incessant trash talk and disrespect from Sonnen has finally gotten the best of Silva's calm demeanor. GSP believes that his may work to Chael Sonnen's advantage, commenting on the subject via Sportsnet.ca:
"He wants to get into Anderson Silva's head and he did it. That's what he wants, because when you fight with emotion, you don't fight smart. The crowd, they love it. Silva, he's going to go crazy but he can make a mistake if you do that. It's a big mistake."
GSP's philosophy would be to never lose your head in the Octagon, to never fight with emotion, something that Silva has been proficient at thus far. He does seem more emotionally motivated for this battle than any other previous fight, mostly due to the comments Chael Sonnen has made about Silva, his fellow Brazilians, and even his own family. Still, Anderson Silva is one of the best fighters in MMA history, and will be tough to crack psychologically to the point of breaking. Georges St. Pierre weighed in further:
"You have to go back to the reason he's a champion. And the reason he's a champion is because he fights smart, he's skilled. More skilled than the other guys ... He brings the fight where he is the best. He doesn't go crazy. That's what Chael Sonnen wants from him."
St. Pierre thinks that Sonnen wants Silva to become angry and go crazy at UFC 148, thus making a mistake that he can capitalize upon. Is Sonnen inside the great champion Silva's head? Will The Spider make a mistake based upon emotion? Or will it fuel his already amazing skillset to another highlight-reel victory?
Further Reading: UFC 148: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen Pre-Fight Press Conference LIVE VIDEO
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glad to know that gsp is in silvas head and knows that sonnen is in his head!!!
tired of predicting this fight lets just watch it already
yeah, they met there and went for a beer ...
I agree....except:
Anderson silva tends to gauge his opponents skill effectively. The REAL way to get into his head seems to be to get him to consider you harmless. All of his ACTUAL losses come by way of silva seeming to think that the opponent could not hurt him.
Silva would let himself get taken down if he didn't think his opponent could finish him there,he woul let himself get hit if he didn't feel his opponent could KO him. Chael isn't going to submit him,bleeds easily,and won't knock him out.
Therefore, there's not much to fear by fighting with anger in this case. Worst case scenario sonnen holds him down, and still bleeds far far more from sustained damage leading to a TKO in silvas favour. Sometimes, annoying someone just doesn't do the trick unless you actually have a REAL plan.
Shael by TKO GnP
hahaha! that was a good one!
I'm predicting Anderson Silva victory
VIA
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Sonnen has a REAL plan.
For his plan to work he needs Silva pissed off. A charging forward Silva is much easier to do a double leg take down on.
The Silva that fought Maia is nearly impossible to do a double leg TD on. Sonnen watched that fight with Maia and went to Dana and said "I will take this fight to him" but immediately set about creating a trash-talking atmosphere where Anderson would move forward.
The trash talk isn't for humor, it isn't for hype and it isn't even because he is disrespectful. It is a well thought out REAL plan. It LOOKS like Anderson is falingl for it. Certainly all of his fans have.
Very good points however we both know its not going to help lol btw bruce hows your Vitamin D levels ever have them checked?
I would asume that the champion and his team know all this.
..Ohh his plan is to take down? See that would work if he had submissions like maia or leites....his plan would woirk REALLY well then..scary just thinking of it.
But sadly, he doesn't have that threat so basically he's just praying to anti-god that the fights goes the exact same way it did the first time where silva laid on his back not doing anything but getting hit.
That's painfully,pitifully,naive to believe that and it would be painfully,pitifully naive to believe the people pretending to think that way are even actual fans of this person.
i think anderson will have much more footwaork this time
Sure, just like they did the first time? How many rounds do you have to watch it happen before you tell him between rounds.
Either they never figured it out OR they figured it out but couldn't stop it. Which do you think?
I think he wanted the submission. Just a feeling here...i mean he was trying that the whole time....
Yes, he wanted the submission so much that he got taken down over and over while being punched in the face and his supposedly injured ribs.
Great plan. So much better than using superior position from better wrestling to control the fight, and do damage on top to take a 5 round decision.
Say what you want about Chael. Hate him or love him. At least we know that Anderson is coming to fight. I don't think anyone is wondering which Anderson we're going to get. And it's mostly because of Chael.
Silva seems to be most successful when he can play around for the 1st round, sizing up his opponent from the outside.
If the pressure is immediate, and unrelenting, Silva doesn't get time to breath and get into his game. This is risky because Silva is such a great counter-striker--but it is the only chance for most opponents. Hendo tried that approach and got rocked then submitted. Maia was actually landing in the final rounds when he could catch Silva running away. Silva's cardio seemed to be suspect in championship rounds.
Letting Silva stay on the outside, receiving no damage is a recipe for failure. Even though it is risky, you have to get in his face right away and nullify his excellent footwork.
Love GSP but I disagree with him here. When he gets out of control he has the tendency to be Ko'd - at least that's how he acts. On the other hand Silva seems to get more focused when he is in his zone. I personally think GSP could be too (because he has some awesome stand up) but since the Serra fight good luck convincing him of that.
George.....stop wasting time and get back to rehab....
We need you back in the cage...!
Thats a little obvious but true!! You can always use pointers from another champion!! Cant wait for GSP to have a new fire under him and get back to the cage!
The trash talk from chael, about Silvas skills/family/culture/friends & team etc . has been going on for YEARS. No wonder it's taken it's toll.
I think it took Diaz about 1 coment and 30 seconds to get in GSP's head
After the press conference it's all too obvious....Sonnen is in Silva's head, big time.