Chael Sonnen almost beat prime Anderson Silva

[tech99]

Almost doesn’t matter

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Roided to the gills but still lost

It took 4 and a half rounds for Androids dick pills to kick in.

 

[El Panteron]

getting caught with a triangle is hardly choking.

It is in fact the opposite: getting choked.

 

[Swepingright]

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.

Anderson was also on juice.

 

[Ancient Warrior]

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.

Hey, hey.

He was trying to get his wife pregnant remember? Lol

 

[mmasask]

juiced to the gills and still lost lmao

 

[arrmike]

Choked against Filho also. So satisfying to see history repeat itself.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

It took 4 and a half rounds for Androids dick pills to kick in.

Were they stronger than Chael’s 17:1 TE ratio?

 

[Swepingright]

Hey, hey.

He was trying to get his wife pregnant remember? Lol

Valid!

 

[CashMoney1991]

One of the best fights of all time, this is the one fight where watching it live is better than a rewatch, at the time, Andy was unbeatable, no one in the UFC came close to beating him, Sonnen hit him more times than anyone else did combined, and everyone hated Andy cus of the Maia fight b4 that one, and everyone thought Sonnen would get waxed quickly, me and my boys were on our feet the entire fight right when Sonnen dropped him but we all knew Andy would pull it out, Sonnen left himself open for a sub numerous times, Andy did a great job adjusting to him in the 2nd fight and used the fence to stop the TDs

 

[fractal]

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.

But it was strong enough to avoid it for 4.30 mins (while on the ground).

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Were they stronger than Chael’s 17:1 TE ratio?

Yes!

 

[Candy Routure]

Chael’s best attributes are his athleticism and intestinal fortitude.

(Athletes don’t have to look like Yoel, for the record.)

 

[Slapchoppin]

if you ask Silva fans Silva could've finished him whenever he wanted but purposely waited to prove a point

 

[DOMMA]

Roided to the gills but still lost

No, he won, he submitted Chael with only seconds left in the fight.

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

Sidenote: Chael was choked out by a turtleneck sweater just last night

 

[scottjoebob]

getting caught with a triangle is hardly choking.

It literally is .

 

[RUSFANHERE]

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?

He also almost beat prime Jon Jones

 

[Shroud of turinabol]

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

 

[Dan Torrance]

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.