Who are you rooting for at 117?

Who y'all mofos going for?

Anderson

Spider

I always root against Silva so I won't break the trend. I have learned better then to say he is gonna get beat though since he proved me wrong so many times.

cant stand Sonnen Anderson all the way

It's like asking do you want to die by lethal injection or the chair?

hahah ill take injection

I'm rooting for Anderson to lose or to KTFO Sonnen brutally, either way I'll be satisfied.

Silva.

Sonnen's a great interview but my MMA fanboyism dies a little every time a wrestler hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like Spider without ever really having to fight.

im a silva fan but im rooting for sonnen i think its time for silva to go down.

El Alacran

I can't stand Chael Sonnen he repulses me, reminds me of Glen Beck and Sean Hannity.

BTW Bobbit that's a horrible signature.

Chael needs his jaw broken asap

I am rooting for Sonnen to kick the shit out of Anderson. Be that as it may, I will bet on Silva.

I'm rooting for a good fight, but I don't want either to win.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Silva.

Sonnen's a great interview but my MMA fanboyism dies a little every time a wrestler hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like Spider without ever really having to fight.

Thats ridiculous. Sonnen has not layed on people in his last few fights. If anything, he has taken the fight to guys like Marquardt and Okami. Also, its kind of ridiculous to say "hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like.." If your guys cannot stop takedowns and cannot scramble back up to his feet, he is LACKING skills. Also, if you can take your opponent down, stop all his attempts at scrambling and dominate the position, you clearly have SKILLS. Again, dont try to downgrade wrestling to just strength and holding. It is just as technical as bjj or any other art for that matter.

jimbojones1950 wrote:

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Silva.

Sonnen's a great interview but my MMA fanboyism dies a little every time a wrestler hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like Spider without ever really having to fight.

Thats ridiculous. Sonnen has not layed on people in his last few fights. If anything, he has taken the fight to guys like Marquardt and Okami. Also, its kind of ridiculous to say "hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like.." If your guys cannot stop takedowns and cannot scramble back up to his feet, he is LACKING skills. Also, if you can take your opponent down, stop all his attempts at scrambling and dominate the position, you clearly have SKILLS. Again, dont try to downgrade wrestling to just strength and holding. It is just as technical as bjj or any other art for that matter.

This.

Hard to imagine Sonnen making it 5 rounds. When he loses, it is typically when he is in his opponents guard, at least 7 of his losses came from the guard anyways. His wrestling might land him in as bad of a place as if he kept it standing and got knocked out. I'm really thinking he gets a rare triangle from Silva if he gets anywhere near his guard, which it sounds like that's his plan. He'll probably get KO'd before that though. I think Vegas has been choked by the huge carbon dioxide cloud venting from Sonnen's mouth. This is Anderson's easiest fight since Irvin.

I'm rooting hard for a Silva destruction.

Much further down in my rootng interest is a Silva by dancing with the stars audition.

Even further below that is a sonnen by grind it out.

LudoCain wrote:

jimbojones1950 wrote:

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Silva.

Sonnen's a great interview but my MMA fanboyism dies a little every time a wrestler hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like Spider without ever really having to fight.

Thats ridiculous. Sonnen has not layed on people in his last few fights. If anything, he has taken the fight to guys like Marquardt and Okami. Also, its kind of ridiculous to say "hugs his way to a decision over great skills guys like.." If your guys cannot stop takedowns and cannot scramble back up to his feet, he is LACKING skills. Also, if you can take your opponent down, stop all his attempts at scrambling and dominate the position, you clearly have SKILLS. Again, dont try to downgrade wrestling to just strength and holding. It is just as technical as bjj or any other art for that matter.

This.

ludo, r u not a big anti GSP guy for the reason that he is a grind it out decision type fighter?.

But Im with King's, sure the grind it out wrestlers have skills, I do not deny it, and yes it is up to the opposition to overcome that wrestling, but I have a hard time rooting for those guys. Sonnen is in that group.

I'm not against wrestlers who grind it out against guys they have no other means of winning against. I'm against a guy who is physically superior as well as very much capable of finishing every one of his last four fights and not doing it for whatever reason. No one is saying Chael is the superior athlete, the better fighter, or the best in the world. He is a Wrestler and he'll be a Wrestler that night just like he's been a wrestler every other time he's fought. Grinding a fight to decision with the intent of finishing a fight should the opportunity present itself is not something I am opposed to. I just think Silva is too durable for Chael to finish because he won't be able to deliver an overwhelming amount of ground and pound without getting caught in something by being over aggressive. Chael isn't going to just lay on him, he's going to work position and try to pound Silva out but I just don't see it happening.

aight, that was a a solid reply.

I am conservative therefore find I must vote for sonnen in 2010

I'm against a guy who is physically superior as well as very much capable of finishing every one of his last four fights and not doing it for whatever reason.

GSP dig?