Chael Sonnen Talks Smack About Anderson Silva And Ed Soares
by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 23, 2010 12:26 AM EST
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"I would imagine, who knows what Anderson's doing. At the end of the day, who cares," said Sonnen. "If he wants to leave the division, leave the sport, who cares. Beat it, nobody tunes in to watch him anyways, and his little fake 'I don't speak English.
"You want me to let you in on a secret, Anderson Silva speaks perfect English. He just has such a low amount of respect for you and all the rest of the media that he pretends he doesn't. I've had conversations with Anderson Silva in perfect English, and on top of that he's so boring to listen to that he and his rocket scientist manager, Ed Soares, who is also about as exciting as watching grass grow, have decided that Ed is better on the mic than Anderson, so just let Ed do the talking."
Oh, and he's not done there:
"That guy's no more the top fighter out there than Bigfoot is roaming the woods," said Sonnen. "That is an absolute myth, and all these guys can buy into it, but there's a young man out in Portland, Ore., that is not signing up on that bandwagon.
"If Anderson ever signed to fight me, which is highly unlikely, he'll be getting a verbal beating like you've never seen. And his language barrier won't be the point of interest."
Ed Soares was quick to retort to Sonnen's smack talk. Check it out after the jump.
Anyone that has a mouth can say what they want," he said. "I don't think people pay too much attention to what Chael does. Saying that Anderson's boring or Anderson's this, Anderson's that, we don't even need to go back and see what Chael has done. If you really want to analyze Chael's career over the past couple years, he's had some wins, but he said he didn't tap against Paulo Filho. If the ref wouldn’t have stopped the fight, Paulo Filho would have his arm in Brazil with him.
"And when he beat Paulo Filho, he was 35 to 40 percent of a Paulo Filho and he took him to a decision. Then he went and fought Damien Maia, got submitted quick, and now he's going to fight Nate Marquardt which Nate just ended up knocking out Damien Maia. I think Chael should be really focused on his fight that he's got against Nate Marquardt because I can tell you right now that's probably going to be the hardest fight of his life. I would put my money on Nate."
Sonnen is coming off one of the biggest wins in his career when he defeated highly ranked Yushin Okami at UFC 104. Chael Sonnen will be facing Nate Marquardt at UFC 109 in a fight that could possibly determine the next person to face Anderson Silva. That is, if Silva gets past Vitor Belfort at UFC 112. Does Sonnen have a chance if he were to face Anderson Silva, or should he be worrying about getting past Nate Marquardt at UFC 109 first?
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I saw this a little earlier
..and I couldn’t help but laugh a little. Maybe Sonen is right, maybe not. Thing is.. nobody gives a damn about Chael Sonen. I think he’s a decent fighter, and underrated, but at the end of the day people probably care almost as much about what he thinks as what they care about what I think.
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Terrible way to try generating interest in a fight. Forget the fact that Sonnen would get wrecked by Anderson, even worse than the wreck Nate is about to put on him.
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help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
Props to Sonnen
I’m sick of people swinging off silva’s nuts, half the time i don’t know how he even makes 185. This is magic though, at least there is one person out there in the industry who is willing to say what they feel about Silva’s demeanour. He’s an ungodly fighter, yes, but so is Fedor. The difference is, Fedor isn’t an arrogant prick.
I think his timing is wrong though, he needs to be thinking solely about Nate cos that dude will be throwing some serious hurting his way… That aside, thanks again Chael for confronting this head on and saying what i’ve been thinking for well over a year now. I have a new found respect and interest in you, hope the trainings good
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Did Soares even deny the english thing?
I can hear Sonnen saying this in his whiny voice and it just coming off as bitter and bitchy. He should wait until he get matched up with Silva (if he ever does) to start the smack talk. Like Neil said, Sonnen is decent, but I think we wont really know what he is made of until the Marquardt fight.
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“He doesn’t speak perfect English. It’s definitely improving a lot and he can start to have a little bit more of a conversation with people, but at the end of the day when the lights are on and the camera is there, he likes to have someone next to him there to translate for him,” Soares said.
Click the link . . . . he explained it. Interesting thing is another blog posted this information and decided to omit Soares response. Soares answered this question more than once.
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by VeeisAnimated on Jan 23, 2010 7:15 AM EST up reply actions
Chael and Rashad are funny
Rashad Evans has also said the same thing, that Anderson understands and speaks English well. If nodding your head often and offering short phrases equals a command of a language then I guess I’m really fluent in Spanish.
Talking smack really early in the game is kind of awesome. I guess Sonnen would be an expert on Silva’s emotions and outlook on things like the media. Yeah that makes sense because when ever you meet anybody they completely let their guard down and be themselves.
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ya but those guys have met him in person and you haven’t…so how are you to know that Silva doesn’t just put on an act. with the greatest of respect, i’ll take two first hand accounts as being factual over speculation…. Silva’s nobody’s fool, he just hasn’t realised we’re not all his fools either
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by RearNakedPoke on Jan 23, 2010 7:40 AM EST up reply actions
i like articulate and well-worded trash talk…but Sonnen would probably end up subbed by the Spider.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Jan 23, 2010 9:48 AM EST reply actions
ya know
I give Sonnen credit for trying to make himself more marketable…his smack game is better than you’d expect it to be considering he comes from Team Quest…..none of those kats have really good mic skills.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 23, 2010 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
Of course he needs to have his mind on Nate Marquardt. He sounds a bit silly to me. But, I do remember him having much to say about Filho as well. Granted, Filho might have much more deserving of the trash talk and criticism.
I’m not one to think that everyone has to fall back on a seemingly unbeatable opponent who might be dominating a division or league, regardless of the sport. I’ve always been a bit of a trash talker myself. Especially when in an under dog role. At the same time, I haven’t been thoroughly impressed by Sonnen either, and you need to some rather truly impressive notches on your belt to even be taken seriously in a situation like this.
And you shouldn’t be facing a guy like Marquardt when doing shit like this either……..LOL….you need to be worried about Nate, and Nate only!
I’ve always been a bit of a trash talker myself. Especially when in an under dog role.
Yea..I can vouch for Jamar here….son always talking shit to me even though I consistently hand out L’s to him in fantasy football…lol.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 23, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
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