UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II Extended Preview

Mark this date down on your calenders, Best MMA Fighter for the past 5 years vs hands down most entertaining thrash talking wrestler in the business and for the co-main event, former 205 lbs kings facing each other.

Enjoy

Chael Sonnen - Top 25 Quotes of All Time

Check out Chael's threat to Wanderlei Silva starting at 6:08

This is extremely hillarious!

Fightertainer of the Year

Thanks to Tickets Canada

UFC Undisputed 3 Cover - Anderson "The Spider" Silva

From MMA Weekly

UFC president Dana White on Saturday revealed UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva as the winner of the voting competition to name the cover athlete for the forthcoming release of UFC Undisputed 3, the UFC branded video game produced by THQ.

Silva, who most recently defeated top contender Yushin Okami at UFC Rio in August to retain his middleweight championship, currently holds both the longest winning streak and longest title defense streak in UFC history.

In a franchise-first opportunity, fans were invited to vote online for one of five current UFC champions – Silva, UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, or UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez – to be this year’s cover athlete.  More than 110,000 votes were cast by fans from around the world, with Silva garnering the largest percentage among his fellow competitors.

“Enabling fans worldwide to select the UFC Undisputed 3 cover athlete has been an incredibly rewarding experience,” said Danny Bilson, Executive Vice President, Core Games, THQ.  “Anderson Silva possesses a tremendous work ethic and incredible prowess inside the Octagon, making him an excellent choice to serve as our cover athlete for the game.”

“The fans have voted and Anderson Silva will be on the cover of UFC Undisputed 3,” UFC President Dana White said. “This game has a ton of new features, including the Pride mode, and we can’t wait for fans to get a chance to play it.”

Here is Anderson Winning trailer

Personally I voted for Cain Velasquez but oh well

I can't wait for the game to be release and I can't wait for what Chael Sonnen Has so say about this.

Dallas May be the venue for Silva vs Sonnen 2

From MMA junkie
by Dan Stupp and John Morgan

HOUSTON – After hosting a another successful show in the Lone Star State, the UFC could return to Texas with an even bigger event.

It fact, the state could host the UFC's next major stadium show.

And following his impressive victory over Brian Stann at Saturday's UFC 136 event at Houston's Toyota Center, Chael Sonnen could get his long-awaited rematch in the show's headliner.

White said he currently has no plans for a next stadium show; the first, of course, took back in April when a UFC and North American record 55,724 attendees packed Toronto's Rogers Centre. But should a second one be put together, Dallas' 110,000-seat Cowboys Stadium could be the venue.

"We've been talking to (Cowboys owner) Jerry Jones for a while about doing a fight there," White said. "It's just got to be the right fight. We're definitely going there. It's just a matter of when."

So how does he know when the timing is right? After all, White, who made a triumphant return to Brazil back in August, greatly underestimated the demand in the country and saw 14,000 seats sell out in just 74 minutes. Next year, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta said the Convention Center of Manaus (one of many "sambadromes" located throughout Brazil) – an outdoor venue that can hold up to 100,000 fans – could be the next host site.

"It's a gut (thing)," White said. "We kind of go with our gut, and we've been right. We knew Toronto was going to be big, so we went for the big stadium there. We [expletive] Brazil up last time we went there. We didn't nail that one, but we won't make that mistake twice."

As for Dallas, White said it's only a matter of time.

"It's like all these prestigious arenas you go to around the world," he said. "We've been to Royal Albert Hall. We've been to the O2 Arena in London. You name the arena, we've been there. It's a big deal for us to go to Dallas [Cowboys] Stadium and put on a big event there. ... We want to do that big stadium (show)."

Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields headlined the first stadium show at UFC 129. So what could headline the Dallas show?

Following his victory over Stann, Sonnen – who returned from a 14-month layoff – solidified his No. 1 contender's status and immediately called out UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. The fighters first met at UFC 117, where Sonnen dominated four rounds before Silva secured a fifth-round submission victory.

Since then, the outspoken Sonnen has claimed to be the UFC's true champ, and Saturday's post-fight speech was used solely to call out Silva.

Could Dallas host the rematch?

"I think it could," White said. "I think we could do a big, big venue for that one."

UFC 136: Chael Sonnen Calls Anderson Silva a 'Coward' After UFC 136 Win

The number one public enemy in Brazil has issued his challenge to the alleged cowardly champion Anderson Silva.

Chael issued a stipulation which states that he will leave UFC if he losses and Anderson must leave the division if he losses.

Nothing better than a good ol' leave the town brawl

Justin Bieber & Anderson Silva Doing the Shuffle!

Dear Mr.Silva

You have just gave Mr. Sonnen another 1000 reasons to whoop your ass

Thank You



P/s

I'm a Anderson Silva fan

Vitor Belfort says he can KO Anderson Silva, calls Chael Sonnen Boring, ...

Belfort talks about his fight against Akiyama. Whats his game plan against Akiyama was the question. The answer was to knock him out.

And guess what, another Brazilian has beef against Sonnen. Sonnen is boring and if you don't know Jiu Jitsu, you be in trouble with him..




Belfort wants Silva again.

Hmmm... Kick to the face version 2.0 next???

Battle Brewing Over Next to Fight for Belt as Champ Anderson Silva Recovers

From MMA Fighting
by Mike Chiappetta

HOUSTON -- Chael Sonnen and Brian Stann both hope to make their case as the next man to fight Anderson Silva on Saturday. But their UFC 136 fight, largely considered a possible No. 1 contenders bout, is no sure thing to produce a middleweight title challenger.

On Wednesday, UFC president Dana White said there was more than one possibility for Silva, and he seemed willing to wait to see how things play out before committing to a plan.

One alternate possibility? If Dan Henderson beats Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 139 next month, he might bump to the front of the line.

The returning star recently vacated the Strikeforce light heavyweight championship to come back to the UFC. And though his first fight back will be at light heavyweight, he's willing to move down to 185 for another crack at Silva.

"We've got to see what happens here," White said. "The winner of [Sonnen-Stann] deserves a shot at Anderson Silva? It'd be tough to say no. But if Henderson beats Shogun, it'd be tough to say that Henderson doesn't deserve the shot either. So we'll see what happens."

White also revealed that if Silva had been healthy, he likely would have been slotted into an immediate title bout with Henderson. It would actually be a rematch, as the two squared off at UFC 82 in March 2008, with Silva winning via rear- naked choke in the second round.

Meanwhile, Sonnen seems to have toned down some of his usually pointed comments aimed at Silva, a fact that led a Brazilian reporter to ask him about how much of what he says is for show. Sonnen, who came across a bit subdued throughout the UFC 136 press conference, suddenly came to life, saying that he still has the long-reigning champion in his crosshairs.

"I'm not scared of that guy, I'm not going to apologize to that guy," said Sonnen, who is favored to beat Stann this weekend. "And I appreciate what the Brazilian people said, and a lot of that was said in good fun. But the bottom line is I'm sticking a finger in his chest, I'm picking a fight, and I'm not going to quit."

Whether Henderson (28-8), Sonnen (25-11-1) or Stann (11-3) receives the opportunity might also be a question of timing. Silva is still on the mend after a shoulder injury. The problem isn't considered serious, but simply a matter of time and rehabilitation.

"He has bursitis in his shoulder," White said. "The doctor told him he needs to rest it for eight weeks, and he's doing physical therapy. It's not like he's got some injury that needs surgery or anything like that. As amazing as this guy is, we forget this guy is 37 years old."

Regardless of the challenger, upsetting Silva will be an uphill task. The popular champion is riding a UFC-record 14-fight win streak, and he's successfully defended his belt nine straight times, also a record.

UFC Champs by numbers

I got this info graphic thanks to the guys from Sherdog.com

Data courtesy of Fight metric

Some numbers which stood out to me

Cain Velasquez - Strikes landed per minute - 7.05
Jon Jones          - Take down defended - 100%
Anderson Silva  - Strikes landed  - 68%
Anderson Silva  - Title reign - 1,783 days and counting
Anderson and Cain - Wins by Finishing - 86% of their fights
GSP - Submission attempted per minute - 1.35