Chael Sonnen almost beat prime Anderson Silva

[Swepingright]

Yet he kinda sucks in that he's a choker in big fights.

Do you attribute this to psychology, bad luck, or lack of athleticism?

 

[Pitier of Fools]

None of the above. In the Anderson fight, he was 30 seconds away from shocking the world, but Anderson was able to exploit his weakness. The guy's weakness was submission defense, plain and simple.

 

[DanAndroid]

getting caught with a triangle is hardly choking.

 

[hohner]

Phrenology. His approbativeness to amativeness ratio was way off. One look at his head and you knew he could never be champ.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Chael is a closer

Also let's give Anderson some credit. He had solid wrist control and was hitting Chael with some hard elbows from the bottom that probably disoriented Chael after 24 minutes of hard fighting

 

[Swepingright]

The guy's weakness was submission defense, plain and simple.

He got swept and subbed by Maia too, and Maia is not wrestler at all. Maia couldn't take down Anderson Silva a single time.

 

[mmacrisis]

Anderson lost all 5 rounds of that fight but managed to pull off an amazing submission in the end. Chael was at his peak at that moment, never got any better for him after that.

 

[melvinj0]

I think him being so aggressive on the feet surprised Andy and made it easier for Chael to secure takedowns. Chael put so much pressure on Andy, it was impressive as fuck, and then it wasn’t.

 

[Swepingright]

Anderson lost all 5 rounds of that fight but managed to pull off an amazing submission in the end. Chael was at his peak at that moment, never got any better for him after that.

For sure but he made it look easy. Look at any other opponent Anderson faced during that time and he just clowned them.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Chael is a closer

Also let's give Anderson some credit. He had solid wrist control and was hitting Chael with some hard elbows from the bottom that probably disoriented Chael after 24 minutes of hard fighting

Anderson wouldn't dare step to Chael if he saw him on the mean streets of West Lynn Oregon.

 

[Bruce Lee666]

Yet he kinda sucks in that he's a choker in big fights.

Do you attribute this to psychology, bad luck, or lack of athleticism?

Anderson is very smart he almost always finds a way to win on the ground, the guy is really a snake.

 

[Swepingright]

I think him being so aggressive on the feet surprised Andy and made it easier for Chanel to secure takedowns. Chael put so much pressure on Andy, it was impressive as fuck, and then it wasn’t.

What's surprising is that he's a dedicated BJJ guy. It's not like he trained as back-up. He totally emersed himself in it and is black belt now. Yet his weakness was BJJ

 

[mma fighter]

Chael fought masterfully, but made one mistake. I thought for sure Chael was gonna win.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Anderson just wanted to make it interesting.

 

[djacobox372]

35yo =/= prime for any athlete unless they started ridiculously late in life.

 

[Isaiah095]

He got swept and subbed by Maia too, and Maia is not wrestler at all. Maia couldn't take down Anderson Silva a single time.

Have you ever seen a Sonnen fight where his opponent's gameplan was to take him down? The guy had horrible TDD for such a good offensive wrestler. Jones & Rashad both rag-dolled him

 

[Swepingright]

Anderson is very smart he almost always finds a way to win on the ground, the guy is really a snake.

Why is his foot loose in the up kick KO? The first thing you do in BJJ is to control the legs

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Roided to the gills but still lost

 

[MeatWagon06]

He would’ve been stripped anyways.. He failed for the most PEDS ever in an athletes body after, admitted he was on like 10 different things.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

But he did choke in this fight, the biggest of his career.

He was roided with the T levels of 14 sherdoggers combined and still found a way to lose to an injured, old man.

He was on every steroid, ever at once.