Anderson refusing to fight Chael if fight is in Vegas.

@FrontRowBrian has the scoop. Same guy who broke the news about the fight being moved to Vegas.

Here's a transcript of his twitter feed:

"Major story breaking in Atlanta. Anderson Silva has told Dana White he NOT fight Chael Sonnen unless it's in Brazil."

"UFC147 presser in Rio on 4 Tues. Anderson will be present. Dana will announce date change to Vegas. Dana will fire AS if he declines fight"

"Should Anderson be fired, Sonnen v. @Bisping II is the back up plan for July 7 for the belt"

"Uncle Dana is beyond frustrated with Anderson. Let's see if he can convince Anderson to fight in Vegas. Dana playing hardball"

WOW!!! Anderson being Anderson IMO


can his ars lol

I'll believe Anderson gets fired when I see it and when I see Anderson fight somewhere else.

Well, he did fight Chael in the states last time.

Why no Brazil? they are having an event there...if it's because Chael does not want the fight to be there then we can't really get on Anderson for not wanting it in Vegas.

huh? they're being forced to move it to Vegas because of a NATO world conference thats being held in brazil the same week

Fire Anderson Silva, that should be interesting, not likely in my opinion

So Anderson thinks he's gonna fight in Rio every fight from here on out because it happened once? I don't get it. But Chael has been saying for months that Anderson would fight a way not to fight him so I guess you can't be too surprised

killerofchicken wrote:

huh? they're being forced to move it to Vegas because of a NATO world conference thats being held in brazil the same week

huh yourself

i thought they were switching the event, not canceling the event in Brazil.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

huh? they're being forced to move it to Vegas because of a NATO world conference thats being held in brazil the same week

huh yourself

i thought they were switching the event, not canceling the event in Brazil.

They might be changing the date or even the location because of the conference. It's not easy scheduling these events because of various events going on there in the first place. It IS a soccer stadium don't forget.

Who dis source?

Fuck Dana and Chael. They told Spider the fight would be in Brazil and now all the sudden they change it??? If I was Anderson I would be pissed also. This stinks of Chael not wanting to fight in Brazil and Dana caving but getting bailed out by this NATO shit.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Who dis source?

FrontrowBrain.


He is best friends with Dana and Lorenzo. He is the one who originally broke the story that venue was being changed in the first place. If you ever see a ginger looking guy in the first row of a UFC card that is frontrowbrain...thus the name.

timthebim wrote:

Fuck Dana and Chael. They told Spider the fight would be in Brazil and now all the sudden they change it??? If I was Anderson I would be pissed also. This stinks of Chael not wanting to fight in Brazil and Dana caving but getting bailed out by this NATO shit.

LMAO


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timthebim wrote:

Fuck Dana and Chael. They told Spider the fight would be in Brazil and now all the sudden they change it??? If I was Anderson I would be pissed also. This stinks of Chael not wanting to fight in Brazil and Dana caving but getting bailed out by this NATO shit.

Agree w/ killer. No way someone is this dumb.

Dana:And whatever jackass said Anderson silva would be stripped of his title is a liar. He is fighting Chael and there has been no issue at all!!

I smell a lie/coverup by Dana hear. Brian and Dana are friends..


Frontrowbrian: Uncle Dana. Don't call me a liar. I'll see ya in ATL

LOL! Anderson is scared!

Dana would never fire Silva in a million years, not when he's the current champ and P4P #1.

I don't see why they can't just delay and wait for the NATO event to pass.

Ali wrote:

Dana would never fire Silva in a million years, not when he's the current champ and P4P #1.

I don't see why they can't just delay and wait for the NATO event to pass.

What if the stadium is booked for another 2 months?

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali wrote:

Dana would never fire Silva in a million years, not when he's the current champ and P4P #1.

I don't see why they can't just delay and wait for the NATO event to pass.

What if the stadium is booked for another 2 months?

Switch to an arena.

Ali wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali wrote:

Dana would never fire Silva in a million years, not when he's the current champ and P4P #1.

I don't see why they can't just delay and wait for the NATO event to pass.

What if the stadium is booked for another 2 months?

Switch to an arena.

I think you are underestimating the work it takes to produce an event. I'm sure the UFC wants this fight in Brasil. It will absolutely kill (hopefully not literally Chael). 60K selling out in minutes. Record viewers. And more.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali wrote:

Dana would never fire Silva in a million years, not when he's the current champ and P4P #1.

I don't see why they can't just delay and wait for the NATO event to pass.

What if the stadium is booked for another 2 months?

Switch to an arena.

I think you are underestimating the work it takes to produce an event. I'm sure the UFC wants this fight in Brasil. It will absolutely kill (hopefully not literally Chael). 60K selling out in minutes. Record viewers. And more.

Not at all I just think the Brazilian fans deserve another card.

Ali wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali wrote:

Dana would never fire Silva in a million years, not when he's the current champ and P4P #1.

I don't see why they can't just delay and wait for the NATO event to pass.

What if the stadium is booked for another 2 months?

Switch to an arena.

I think you are underestimating the work it takes to produce an event. I'm sure the UFC wants this fight in Brasil. It will absolutely kill (hopefully not literally Chael). 60K selling out in minutes. Record viewers. And more.

Not at all I just think the Brazilian fans deserve another card.

And I am more than sure they will get one. Dana himself said Brasil took title of best fans away from Canadians. The had 27 million viewers last fight.

Farmer1906 wrote:

timthebim wrote:

Fuck Dana and Chael. They told Spider the fight would be in Brazil and now all the sudden they change it??? If I was Anderson I would be pissed also. This stinks of Chael not wanting to fight in Brazil and Dana caving but getting bailed out by this NATO shit.

Agree w/ killer. No way someone is this dumb.

I was fucking around alittle bit but of course I can be that dumb!

Quote :

"That is s***," White stated. "That is such a f***ing lie. It's crazy. Wherever that came from, if it was a media source or whoever said it, it's an absolute flat-out lie. It makes me sick. Never once did I say that.

"Anderson and I haven't had a problem about this fight. There's reports out of Brazil with Anderson saying, 'I want to fight in Brazil,' which he does. Of course he wants to fight Chael Sonnen in Brazil. I get it. And Chael Sonnen is 100 percent willing to go to Brazil and fight him."

"We had the whole arena mapped out and ready to go. We were pumped and ready for that. The whole thing just fell apart. We're working on it still at this minute."

Ali wrote:

Quote :

"That is s***," White stated. "That is such a f***ing lie. It's crazy. Wherever that came from, if it was a media source or whoever said it, it's an absolute flat-out lie. It makes me sick. Never once did I say that.

"Anderson and I haven't had a problem about this fight. There's reports out of Brazil with Anderson saying, 'I want to fight in Brazil,' which he does. Of course he wants to fight Chael Sonnen in Brazil. I get it. And Chael Sonnen is 100 percent willing to go to Brazil and fight him."

"We had the whole arena mapped out and ready to go. We were pumped and ready for that. The whole thing just fell apart. We're working on it still at this minute."

White argued w/ Silva 75-mins. to convince him to fight Sonnen in Vegas -

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It took the UFC president 75 minutes to convince him to fight Chael Sonnen in Las Vegas instead of Rio de Janeiro and this was the reason for the press conference delay yesterday, reports Gustavo Noblat of OGlobo.com.

The talk was heated - initially Anderson refused to change the venue of what could be the rematch of the century. Two years ago, the Brazilian middleweight champion defeated Sonnen in an epic combat. The upcoming confrontation was set to occur at Stadium Engenhao in Rio, and would have been the biggest show of UFC history with 80 thousand tickets to be sold.

But the date coincided with international events in the city and White alleged Rio would not have the infrastructure to hold the fighting event. “There wouldn't have been enough hotel rooms,” he said.

The champion was frustrated and insisted on fighting in Brazil. Anderson told Dana that Sonnen had been disrespectful with him, his family and all the Brazilian. “He deserves to taught a lesson here, I owe this to my people", repeated Silva. But Dana was adamant. “If there is no way how to make the event in a stadium, it has to be in Las Vegas,” said the company president.

Dana explained that Las Vegas is a city that has structure to promote the UFC from one day to the next. The capital of betting and fights is there, remarked the boss. He reminded Silva of the appeal that the bout will have in the United States landing as it does in the week of the celebrations for Independence Day.

He spoke about the potential of the Pay-per-view sales it would generate and in the end, he guaranteed a good percentage of the pay-per-view share to Anderson. As with so many things in life, money talks louder than anything.

After a lot of discussion Anderson concluded by turning to White and asking “Okay, so tell me - what do you want from me?” White answered, “I want you go to Las Vegas and perform well, make it a great fight.” It was then the champion formally accepted the mission. “If it has to be like this, I will beat this guy wherever. He deserves a lesson.”

http://www.fightersonlymag.com/content/news/16081-dana-whites-75-minute-argument-with-anderson-to-move-sonnen-rematch