Ariel Helwani UFC 136 post fight interviews- Classic Chael Sonnen

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/10/08/ufc-136-results-edgar-vs-maynard-3/

Chal Sonnen on fire.

He is awesome! He really does do great interviews...Cheese and all.

Best mouth in MMA! This guy does wrestling promos and he is good at it.

He is crazy, now I want to see Sonnen V Vitor after the post presser.

I showed that to my wife and she laughed and thought he was hysterical too. Now she wants to see him fight Spider.

Damn he did sound alittle like the Rock and stone cold steve austin rolled all in 1.

Does anyone else think he is the greatest interview in all of sports or is it me?

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/10/15/2492192/matt-lindland-anderson-silva-ducking-chael-sonnen
In an interview with MMA HQ, that didn't sit well with Matt Lindland:

Ok one last question if I may then; I'm sorry if it's a bit out of left field but I'd really like to get your take on this. Do you think Anderson Silva takes the Superbowl weekend fight with Chael Sonnen?

Haha. Anderson will to find a way to weasel out of that fight. I don't know what his contractual obligations are as far as who he has to fight as a champion but they're already laying the ground work; I mean look at the article that came out this morning on Bloody Elbow.

His manager Ed Soares is already making excuses for Anderson to not take that fight so yeah I think they're going to try to weasel out of it. I don't know what his obligations are contractually to the UFC but his obligations to the fans are that he needs to take that fight.

Everyone of the fans know that Chael's the number one contender and the guy that has a chance of beating him, can beat him and exposed his weaknesses in that fight. The fans want to see that fight and Anderson owes the fans that fight.

I think Spider does need to fight Chael, there is no way around it, and not taking the fight makes him look bad.


Still, I can't stand Chael's act. it really bothers me that he is acting as if he is the one holding the cards here. It's as if Spider did not already beat that juicer.

I so hope he KO's him in the next go.

Nope, I think Chael is so inside his head, he doesn't know how to figure it...

OU wrote:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/10/15/2492192/matt-lindland-anderson-silva-ducking-chael-sonnen
In an interview with MMA HQ, that didn't sit well with Matt Lindland:

Ok one last question if I may then; I'm sorry if it's a bit out of left field but I'd really like to get your take on this. Do you think Anderson Silva takes the Superbowl weekend fight with Chael Sonnen?

Haha. Anderson will to find a way to weasel out of that fight. I don't know what his contractual obligations are as far as who he has to fight as a champion but they're already laying the ground work; I mean look at the article that came out this morning on Bloody Elbow.

His manager Ed Soares is already making excuses for Anderson to not take that fight so yeah I think they're going to try to weasel out of it. I don't know what his obligations are contractually to the UFC but his obligations to the fans are that he needs to take that fight.

Everyone of the fans know that Chael's the number one contender and the guy that has a chance of beating him, can beat him and exposed his weaknesses in that fight. The fans want to see that fight and Anderson owes the fans that fight.

Quote :

"I think the rematch would look just like the first one, except I’ve
got a game plan for Chael to finish him before the end of the third
round. So, yeah it’ll look similar to their first encounter, but with
some additional techniques and strategy, it won’t make it to the
championship rounds."

i really enjoyed that interview...

captain organic wrote:

I think Spider does need to fight Chael, there is no way around it, and not taking the fight makes him look bad.


Still, I can't stand Chael's act. it really bothers me that he is acting as if he is the one holding the cards here. It's as if Spider did not already beat that juicer.

I so hope he KO's him in the next go.

I agree Cap.

Cap, who have you seen give much of a challenge to Silva in the last few years, outside of Chael? Forrest, Yushin, Maia, Ace, Vitor, Leben, Lietes? Hendo won one round against him and that is it. Chael beat his ass for 4 1/2 rounds. So who do you want him to fight whose name is not Chael?