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Jim Rome talked about it on his nationally syndicated show 2 days ago.
A) Sonnen did alot of smack talk but he did everything he said he was going to do, except win the fight.
B) He gave the arguably p4p best fighter in the world his most difficult fight in the ufc, in fact hadn't Silva had a string of boring fights where he seemed disinterested because his opponent had little to offer him? That was not the case this go round.
I don't care if Sonnen is a champion or not, I don't reflect a pro fighters success on myself. So if a wrestler wins, great, if a BJJ guy wins, fine, if a Dim Mak guy wins, cool. What they do means nothing in terms of what I can or cannot do.
What I like is interesting fights that spur debate, or have great techniques or are hotly contested in the ring. Sonnen and Silva gave us all of that.
As far as the damage Silva has taken we assume alot just based on appearance. The stats show he was struck nearly 300 times and with 8 "power shots", some guys just don't show it on their face. In fact I don't think I have ever seen Silva with a scratch on him, we cannot assume in all the fights he has ever had that he has not been hit hard.
Anyway an immediate rematch would be good for the UFC in order to avoid a loss for either man. Right now people are interested, case in point the fight happend what 5 days ago? We are still talking about it.
Except for some technical discussions we are not talking about many of the other fights with the exception of the Hughes fight. But that is just to go over the choke he used.
What does that tell you? It is like Howard Stern said, "They either love me or hate me, either way they are listening."
A) Sonnen did alot of smack talk but he did everything he said he was going to do, except win the fight.
B) He gave the arguably p4p best fighter in the world his most difficult fight in the ufc, in fact hadn't Silva had a string of boring fights where he seemed disinterested because his opponent had little to offer him? That was not the case this go round.
I don't care if Sonnen is a champion or not, I don't reflect a pro fighters success on myself. So if a wrestler wins, great, if a BJJ guy wins, fine, if a Dim Mak guy wins, cool. What they do means nothing in terms of what I can or cannot do.
What I like is interesting fights that spur debate, or have great techniques or are hotly contested in the ring. Sonnen and Silva gave us all of that.
As far as the damage Silva has taken we assume alot just based on appearance. The stats show he was struck nearly 300 times and with 8 "power shots", some guys just don't show it on their face. In fact I don't think I have ever seen Silva with a scratch on him, we cannot assume in all the fights he has ever had that he has not been hit hard.
Anyway an immediate rematch would be good for the UFC in order to avoid a loss for either man. Right now people are interested, case in point the fight happend what 5 days ago? We are still talking about it.
Except for some technical discussions we are not talking about many of the other fights with the exception of the Hughes fight. But that is just to go over the choke he used.
What does that tell you? It is like Howard Stern said, "They either love me or hate me, either way they are listening."