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Anderson's boxing coach: "Round one went how Anderson wanted"

“It was a week of very much adrenaline and tension but Anderson was very focused, very well trained and managed to make the weight hands down. He wound up doing everything perfectly. He had great reflexes, good timing and his boxing - that is my part of the training - was so complete,” he says.

“We had a strategy to use more boxing to stuff Chael Sonnen's takedown attempts and thank God everything worked out.”

Despite the big win, Anderson went through difficult times in the first round when the American wrestler took him down and kept him there for nearly five minutes. According to the coach, that was nothing but a facet of the Brazilian fighter’s gameplan to make the opponent tired and feel his power.

“"That was not the corner's strategy but Anderson thought that accepting Sonnen's game in the round one would work out just as it tuned out. He welcomed Chael's takedown to test his power and to deplete his gas. Later in the round, Anderson commented to us that he felt him weaker and gassing. If that fight had lasted longer, that would have been worse for Sonnen.”

For Edelson, the second meeting of Silva and Sonnen was defined by the knee the champion was able to land on Chael’s breastbone. “I think the bout was decided by that knee. Chael was dizzy with that attack and Anderson was merciless and capitalized the confrontation. The hit was very strong and left a swelling on his breast.”

Team Nogueira's coach was disappointed by Sonnen’s performance after all his talk and he mocked the North American fighter by saying: "For me, Sonnen chickened out and didn’t fight as he should have done.

“At the press conference he already showed that he was afraid of Anderson. His thing is marketing and pay-per-view selling. I always found him a weak fighter for the division but he was always a champion of the trash talking."

Anderson's boxing coach: "Round one went how Anderson wanted" - Fighters Only

[SimpleJack]

I don't believe that one bit.

He didn't "accept" that take down at all and there is no fucking way a coach would tell his fighter to go ahead and let him impose his will for a full round. If he did, he's an idiot.

[Luc1an]

so his plan was to get dominated and mounted in the 1st round? right.. who is this idiot? I seriously doubt Chael was afraid of him or anyone for that matter. Why shit talk him now? You won and he was gracious in defeat and even stood up for AS with the whole shouldercheck/shorts grab/illegal knee/greasing thing. Remember? He should get in there with Chael if he thinks hes weak. Moron.

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[goodtimes]

Originally Posted by SimpleJack

I don't believe that one bit.

He didn't "accept" that take down at all and there is no fucking way a coach would tell his fighter to go ahead and let him impose his will for a full round. If he did, he's an idiot.

"That was not the corner's strategy but Anderson thought that accepting Sonnen's game in the round one would work out just as it tuned out. He welcomed Chael's takedown to test his power and to deplete his gas. Later in the round, Anderson commented to us that he felt him weaker and gassing. If that fight had lasted longer, that would have been worse for Sonnen.

It was not his coaches strategy, apparently it was Anderson's very own strategy. I think Anderson knew Sonnen would get tired if he made him work for everything, and Sonnen looked pretty tired before he went for that spinning backfist.

[MMAtt]

Is this jackass saying that Anderson used his own version of the Rope A Doper(sorry bad pun). I don't know if I hate Anderson or all the people he surrounds himself with. He seems cool after fights when he's talking but other than that I don't like him.

[goodtimes]

Originally Posted by MMAtt

Is this jackass saying that Anderson used his own version of the Rope A Doper(sorry bad pun). I don't know if I hate Anderson or all the people he surrounds himself with. He seems cool after fights when he's talking but other than that I don't like him.

Silva stood against the cage and waved Sonnen in in the 2nd round... How is that not an MMA version of rope a dope?

[SimpleJack]

Good call, I missed the not....but I still call bs.

[CtGreat]

Yeaa...I don't buy it

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Originally Posted by goodtimes

It was not his coaches strategy, apparently it was Anderson's very own strategy. I think Anderson knew Sonnen would get tired if he made him work for everything, and Sonnen looked pretty tired before he went for that spinning backfist.

So you're saying that even though Sonnen did the same thing for 4 1/2 rounds in the first fight, there was a belief that he could only do it for one round this time? Seems absurd and doesn't fin in any realm of belief. I don't believe for a second that Anderson wanted to be manhandled for any portion of the fight. I do however believe he wanted to draw Sonnen into a boxing match where he would be able to catch him with something. Sonnen proved in the first fight and the first round of the second fight that if it's fought on the ground Sonnen will control the action. Anderson drew Sonnen into the type of fight he wanted in the second round and finished the fight as a result.