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UFC 148: Has Chael Sonnen finally gotten into Anderson Silva's head? - MMAmania.com

It's all the buzz.

Anderson Silva absolutely went off today (June 25, 2012) during the UFC 148 conference call, which was a promotional tool for next Saturday's (July 7, 2012) main event against Chael Sonnen in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Silva said everything from "beating Chael like his parents should have" to "Chael will need plastic surgery when I'm done with him," even promising Sonnen would "have his arm and legs broken and would not be able to leave the Octagon under his own power."

This is everything fans and media have been hoping Silva would say ever since Sonnen started his trash-talking campaign back before their 2010 fight at UFC 117.

But this huge shift in pre-fight talk begs one very interesting question...

Has Chael Sonnen's incessant trolling finally gotten inside Anderson Silva's head?



Look back at the pre-fight build for the original UFC 117 bout. In the conference call before that title fight, nearly all of Silva's answers were one word, he said that Sonnen's pre-fight talk was "funny" and he refused to respond to anything that the challenger had to say.

Hell, the champion even was slow dancing with Ariel Helwani.

That is no longer the case

Whatever it is, whether Sonnen went too far with his criticism of Brazil, the Nogueiras or perhaps his comments about patting Silva's wife on the ass and having her make him a medium rare steak, Silva is a completely different animal in the build to this bout.

Even Dana White was astounded, stating:

"The Spider's" talk is a promoter's wet dream, but that doesn't mean it's always the best thing to happen for a fighter. Fighters are usually at their best when they are less wound up and fully mentally prepared.

If Silva has ever showed emotion, it's been during a fight. Perhaps the best example of this was the UFC 112 bout against Demian Maia, an atrocious main event in which he taunted, danced and goofed his way to a unanimous decision victory after taking offense to some of the things Maia had said before the bout as well as his upbringing.

Could this be another case where Silva's emotions get the better of him? Perhaps this is exactly what Chael Sonnen has wanted all along. It always seemed like the Republican ex-realtor had been slightly perturbed that Silva practically ignored everything he had to say before.

Something tells me that "The Gangster from West Lynn, Oregon" was smiling when he hung up the phone today.

I honestly think the Anderson talk was premeditated and it's all hype. The UFC stated they want to do over a million buys with this one. Now everyone heard Anderson talk like that and went ape shit. Executed PERFECTLY.

[STruC1x]

Can't wait! Dayum, is it July 7th yet!?
This has to be one of the biggest hypes in UFC history, an angry Silva?

[dmc_tim]

something tells me that either this is gonna be a lopsided victory for sonnen or a lopsided victory for silva. i dont see a split decision at all, someone will either get finished or a unanimous decisioion.

[disposableassassin]

hmmmm...silva clearly intends to finish this on the feet. the last fight didnt stay on the feet for very long at all. i think sonnen is very much inside andersons head. only question is, can the mouse outsmart the cat when the cat is angry or will the cat just kill the mouse more quickly? silva could headhunt all night and get taken down time and time again or he could come out like a ball of fire and tear chaels face off. i would prefer the former over the latter but who knows.

hell, the more i think about it, i'm kind of leaning towards sakaras line of thinking that the UFC told silva to do more to hype the fight and this is the result.

[dexter]

"beating Chael like his parents should have"

Ha

[Kimbo> Rampage]

Its good to see Anderson finally say something back. Sonnen has been talking so much shit, Anderson finally came back with some fire of his own.

Lets hope he does what he says. Seeing Sonnen get beatdown will be even more satisfying than bisping/hendo.

[Sniggles]

Originally Posted by rampage9712

Its good to see Anderson finally say something back. Sonnen has been talking so much shit, Anderson finally came back with some fire of his own. After being told how much money he potentially stands to make.

^lol

[IceCold48]

Originally Posted by disposableassassin

hmmmm...silva clearly intends to finish this on the feet. the last fight didnt stay on the feet for very long at all. i think sonnen is very much inside andersons head. only question is, can the mouse outsmart the cat when the cat is angry or will the cat just kill the mouse more quickly? silva could headhunt all night and get taken down time and time again or he could come out like a ball of fire and tear chaels face off. i would prefer the former over the latter but who knows.

hell, the more i think about it, i'm kind of leaning towards sakaras line of thinking that the UFC told silva to do more to hype the fight and this is the result.

dont forget chael actually knocked silva down on the fight.

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by IceCold48

dont forget chael actually knocked silva down on the fight.

But didn't you know???? Everything that Chael did in that fight is because he had super human, comic book strength and Anderson's rib was hurt. Anderson's rib was so hurt, it caused his chin to take a punch.

[Sniggles]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

But didn't you know???? Everything that Chael did in that fight is because he had super human, comic book strength and Anderson's rib was hurt. Anderson's rib was so hurt, it caused his chin to take a punch.