UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II Extended Preview
Posted on June 26, 2012, 04:04 AM by Anton Gurevich
The biggest rematch in UFC history is less than two weeks away, as Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva shift gears in psychological warfare ahead of July 7th fight card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anderson Silva recently promised Mixed Martial Arts fans around the world that he's going "to break Chael Sonnen's face", clearly indicating that the Oregonian has finally got into his head. As for Chael Sonnen, the self-proclaimed People's Champion will be looking to repeat his success from UFC 117, when he came 30 seconds away from dethroning "The Spider".
Also on the card, Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin meet in a trilogy bout, which will also see "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" retiring from MMA competition. Ortiz and Griffin are currently 1-1 against each other, with their last fight taking place back at UFC 106.
Image: Chael Sonnen's Twitter background
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar
Undercard (Live on FX)
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau
Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard
Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou
John Alessio vs. Shane Roller
Yoislandy Izquierdo vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Comments
“I’m going to beat him the way his parents should have beat him to teach him manners because he’s disrespectful.”
I'm going to make sure that every one of his teeth are broken, his arms are broken, his legs are broken. He’s not going to be able to walk out of the octagon by himself. I can guarantee that.
the first time i am excited !!! pls make it happen
Im pretty sure the ref would stop the fight if one single limb was broke on either guy. All that talk is crap and they wear mouth pieces lol. Maybe Chael lit a fire which Anderson needs, I got tired of seeing him dance around.
he also said what he is going to do in that octagon will paint the sport of mma in a whole new light
It was interesting that when Mir said he wanted to kill Lesnar there was an outcry but nobody minds whatever Silva wants to do to Sonnen. Why? He made his bed and now he has to sleep in it. He got what he wanted - an angry Anderson.
two two things that would be nice to see is
1st Anderson getting beat up and pull of a sub or a flash Ko (so chael would keep saying silva got lucky and make us laugh)
2nd Anderson clowing around and humiliating Chael like demain maia. That fight was hilarious
Speaking of respect, Dana from UFC is quoted as saying: This is the most regulated, professional & respectful sport !
How do the highest paid athletes promote the sport: "I'm going to knock your teeth out" I'm going to Kill you " I'm going to spank your wife !
Anderson taking a page out of chael's book, that's all !
I think it worked on anderson, will not work on chael !
mouth piece or not Randy left the Lyoto fight minus a tooth
@entity - ask dan henderson how the moutpiece preotected his teeth XD
Karo left the cage missing a "veneer" after Diego kneed him, Frankie on TUF got his teeth knocked out in the front.
Getting your teeth knocked out is a definite possibility.
LOL at Joe Rogan calling Forrest a LHW king.
yea, its obvious when Joe is doing his job over simply expressing his own opinion.
he said former but yeah i get what you mean lol
forrest beat rua when he was considered the best LHW in the world and followed up with a win over then top 5 P4P rampage...at the time u could definitely have been considered him the king
Please please please knock him out Anderson. Some flashy elbow would be nice! He's been such a soar loser since the last lose Im so tired of listening to him.
Its "sore" and you never heard him say much unless you clicked the links with him talking. Self inflicted comes to mind.
The real reality for me is I don't care who wins. I am a fan of both guys. Silva's skills and Chael's attitude are both worth the price of admission.
I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FIGHT!!! (sorry about yelling)
what a dumb ass picture is that with chael wearing the belt?
That pic of Cheatie wearing the MW belt is purely disgusting; It should not have been put up there, but it is what it is.
When it's all said and done, A.S will remain the UFC MW champ and Cheal will sink into oblivion.
I get you're point but chael is way to LOUD to sink into oblivion !
Like both fighters, gonna be a war !
i seriously want this fight to be over already to hear chael's excuse to why he lost this time as well....
This is going to be more of a humiliating beatdown than Griffin and Okami put together.
rest in hell chael sonnen!!!!
Sonnen destroyed Anderson in the last fight and will do it again the crestion is wath will help Anderson to win this time can he get out of the punishment
Can't wait for Ortiz vs Griffin 3! The main event aint shit!