UFC 147: 'Silva vs Sonnen 2' press conferenceupdates today (April 24) from Brazil
UFC 147: 'Silva vs Sonnen 2' press conference updates today (April 24) from Brazil (Updated)
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Dana White: I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is Chael and Anderson will be fighting. The bad news is it will not be in Brazil as we had planned. We wanted it to be in a soccer stadium. First we tried Sao Paulo, then Rio and we still don't have a venue for the Ultimate Fighter finale. We're gonna have Vitor vs Wanderlei, The TUF middleweight and featherweight finalists, Werdum vs. Russow and we're talking about Jose Aldo fighting on that card as well.
Anderson Silva: I don't have fans only in Brazil but worldwide. Regardless of where this fight is, I'll still be representing Brazil and my fans. The UFC has an alliance with a company which wasn't professional enough to understand the size of UFC. I will do my job as always and maintain my visibility as holder of the belt in the UFC.
Dana White: It took a lot of talking and I finally convinced Anderson to take the fight in Las Vegas. He really wanted to fight here.
Chael Sonnen: It was disappointing, especially the thought of coming to a stadium. I was hoping of breaking that UFC 129 record. Las Vegas is the fight capital of the world. My plan was to come here, take your money, my belt and come back to America but I'm gonna have to wait until July 7th.
Anderson Silva: I am a fighter. My first world championship I fought in Japan and they were cheering against me. It makes no difference. Once you go up there, everything changes. I can say that because I know exactly what it's like. I'll represent Brazil in the same manner as I always have done.
Dana White: The event is gonna happen. The details just aren't worked out and we don't have a venue yet.
Dana White: We've done a couple of successful events down here in Rio. There were many things that caused this fight to fall apart here. This is the biggest sporting events of the year, a huge global event. If we're gonna do it here in Brazil, it needs to be done in a huge soccer stadium. We tried to use what U2 used for their tour and everything that could go wrong went wrong. If we couldn't pull it off here in the soccer stadium, Las Vegas was the only other option.
Chael Sonnen: I don't have anything against the Brazilian people. I've got something against a Brazilian that's sitting a few feet from me and maybe a couple other gentlemen, but your women are great. I think it's disgusting that Anderson has a fake belt when I beat him on live TV.
Anderson Silva: Chael Sonnen doesn't practice martial arts. He doesn't know what martial arts is. Respect for people and human beings. He's promoting the fight but he's not respecting the country or my family. He disrespects the audience. In my opinion, the best fight would be against myself and my clone.
Chael Sonnen interrupts Anderson's speech by making fake snoring sounds.
Chael Sonnen: This guy says the craziest stuff. He's surrounded by yes men and it's unbelievable. He became number one contender by beating the great Chris Leben. What a star. I called him out for six years. "He disrespected my family!" and he didn't do anything about it. Our skills are not even close. Go to your Ed Soares school of excuse-making because you're gonna need them on July 7th.
Anderson Silva: I am a fighter. My first world championship I fought in Japan and they were cheering against me. It makes no difference. Once you go up there, everything changes. I can say that because I know exactly what it's like. I'll represent Brazil in the same manner as I always have done.
Dana White: The event is gonna happen. The details just aren't worked out and we don't have a venue yet.
Dana White: We've done a couple of successful events down here in Rio. There were many things that caused this fight to fall apart here. This is the biggest sporting events of the year, a huge global event. If we're gonna do it here in Brazil, it needs to be done in a huge soccer stadium. We tried to use what U2 used for their tour and everything that could go wrong went wrong. If we couldn't pull it off here in the soccer stadium, Las Vegas was the only other option.
Chael Sonnen: I don't have anything against the Brazilian people. I've got something against a Brazilian that's sitting a few feet from me and maybe a couple other gentlemen, but your women are great. I think it's disgusting that Anderson has a fake belt when I beat him on live TV.
Anderson Silva: Chael Sonnen doesn't practice martial arts. He doesn't know what martial arts is. Respect for people and human beings. He's promoting the fight but he's not respecting the country or my family. He disrespects the audience. In my opinion, the best fight would be against myself and my clone.
Chael Sonnen interrupts Anderson's speech by making fake snoring sounds.
Chael Sonnen: This guy says the craziest stuff. He's surrounded by yes men and it's unbelievable. He became number one contender by beating the great Chris Leben. What a star. I called him out for six years. "He disrespected my family!" and he didn't do anything about it. Our skills are not even close. Go to your Ed Soares school of excuse-making because you're gonna need them on July 7th.
Dana White: We talked about moving Jose down to this card here and it's probably gonna happen. Dan Henderson vs Jones could be a possibility. Jones just fought and his hands are sore. We'll just wait a few weeks and then figure out what could be the main event in Calgary. That could be awesome.
Dana White: Yes, June 23rd is still the date in Brazil.
Anderson Silva: My opinion about Chael and any other athlete who present themselves in the UFC is the same. All athletes in the UFC are good athletes. No one will be fighting for the belt if they don't have conditions to do that.
Chael Sonnen: The offer that I would retire was on the table but offers don't last forever. He didn't accept it and I had to go fight Bisping instead. I'll never talk about my career, my legacy and respect. I'll only talk about what the weight class and when's the fight.
Dana White: I can't tell if Chael is the villain or if Chael is nuts. He talks a lot of crazy shit but he backs it up. He came out and he beat Bisping and he beat all the guys to get to Anderson Silva. I believe it whole-heartedly 100 percent. Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter ever. Say what you want about Chael, but he's the only guy to ever challenge Anderson Silva and has come close. All the stuff that comes out of his mouth is nutty as hell, but he backs it up.
Dana White: Shogun and Machida were going to be fighting soon in the US, but they would be great coaches for The Ultimate Fighter, absolutely.
Chael Sonnen vs Anderson Silva MW Title
Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber BW Title
Renan Barao vs. Ivan Menjivar
Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le
Dana White: We talked about moving Jose down to this card here and it's probably gonna happen. Dan Henderson vs Jones could be a possibility. Jones just fought and his hands are sore. We'll just wait a few weeks and then figure out what could be the main event in Calgary. That could be awesome.
Sweet tap dancing Jesus if this happens my head is gonna be like Kevos avatar
fucking bullshit. Silva better have gotten some extra cash for this bs. Sonnen gets to run his mouth and have the crowd behind him. Not to mention he weekly "therapy" he is receiving.
fucking bullshit. Silva better have gotten some extra cash for this bs. Sonnen gets to run his mouth and have the crowd behind him. Not to mention he weekly "therapy" he is receiving.
on his best day ever, he couldnt get the job against silva on his worst. so unless anderson has all of the sudden dropped off in skill, the end result will be the same,
the fact that it is not in brazil might just motivate silva even more
UFC 148 is going to be one of the most loaded cards in history. When has there ever been a card with legit this much star power and intrigue?
Forrest and Tito are arugably two of the most popular fighters in the world. Rich Franklin is really not that far behind either. Bisping while being hated draws in a lot of people as well.
Faber is the most popular fighter under 170 pounds. Plus his fight with Cruz is a rematch of a FOTY candidate from last year.
Plus Silva v. Sonnen II has been the most talked fight for the past two years.
The UFC needs to promote the hell out of this show because its going to the biggest card for a long long time.
Irresponsible on Dana's part. Sonnen is clearly not well and needs medical attention (as long as it's not more trt). I would actually LOVE to see him cut some wrestling promos. I don't think he could ever maintain a marketable physique though. He'd make an entertaining manager.
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