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Old 04-28-2010, 10:23 PM   #25
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Re: Not Only is Anderson Silva Fighting Chael Sonnen at UFC 117... It's the Main Even

I'm going out on a limb and saying Sonnen wins by split decision. I get the feeling Silva is close to retiring, and might just fight this one into another decision, and I don't see the judges being very kind in this one.
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yes i completely agree with you
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Old 05-11-2010, 12:12 AM   #27
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Dos Santos v. Roy Nelson?

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Re: Not Only is Anderson Silva Fighting Chael Sonnen at UFC 117... It's the Main Even

Now that has the makings of a fun fight.
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Old 05-11-2010, 12:28 AM   #29
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I'd rather see Jr. vs. Cain but, this would definitely be an interesting fight.
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Re: Not Only is Anderson Silva Fighting Chael Sonnen at UFC 117... It's the Main Even

This was always going to be the main event...esp. with the trash talking and build up. Dana was just mad when he said those things after the Silva/Maia fight.

I'm giving Sonnen wayyyy more of a chance than some on here...his top game is ridiculous and if he gets Anderson on the ground, I think he'll give him fits. He completely dominated Marquardt on the ground and he's no slouch. Sonnen's wrestling is spectacular too so I do believe he can get Anderson to the ground. I think it's a very intriguing fight.

Remember everyone thought Penn was going to walk right through Edgar and look what happened...I think this could be similar.
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Old 05-11-2010, 12:34 AM   #31
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I'd rather see Jr. vs. Cain but, this would definitely be an interesting fight.
We all would but that wouldn't be the smartest thing for the league.

I guess White has already said Cain is getting the winner of Shane/Brock, which is good news and bad news. Cain won't have fought for several months.
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I'm giving Sonnen wayyyy more of a chance than some on here...his top game is ridiculous and if he gets Anderson on the ground, I think he'll give him fits. He completely dominated Marquardt on the ground and he's no slouch. Sonnen's wrestling is spectacular too so I do believe he can get Anderson to the ground. I think it's a very intriguing fight.
What is Sonnen's weakness? The guy can't finish anyone on the ground and struggles against any half-decent BJJ. He has been tapped over and over throughout his career... Maia, filho, jeremy horn x2, forrest, babalu, etc.

Silva has a tight ground game, even if he never gets to use it. Sonnen is either going to get KTFO on the feet, look foolish butt-scooting around and going 0-20 on desperation shots, or tapped just like lutter and decision dan.

I know everyone has a lot of anger and vitriol aimed at silva lately because they expect spectacular KO's but lets not fool ourselves about who Silva is as a fighter even though he is acting like a child.

People want Silva to lose, that's fair, I get it, his last three MW fights were a travesty. I suspect if they keep making him fight scrubs at MW he will continue to act like a dick though.. he should be fighting top 5 LHW's and then if he dominates (and I suspect he will) cruiser-weight HW's (~235.. fedor, couture, mir, cain, arlovski, etc.)

When there is no prospect of danger or defeat, Silva has no reason to fight to his potential and can clown around.. I suspect he will clown on sonnen just like Maia.. embarrass him for 5 rounds, pick up his check and sleep fine at night knowing its dana white and joe silva's fault that his career has stalled-out in a ****ty MW division when he should have jumped up years ago.
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