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Wow what is your Reaction to Anderson & Chael stare down after the press conference!!

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Wow what is your Reaction to Anderson & Chael stare down after the press conference!!

Wow that stare down after the press conference that was a little too intese because it truly look like one of them wanted to swing. What are your guys thoughts & do you think this has gotten to their heads and will have a effect on the outcome this sat!!




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I wish I could tell you guys that I was sent here from the future and that Chael won in devistating fashion. But I cant. What I do wanna say is that I really dont see this being a close fight. 1 fight will impose their will, the other will get dominated. Either Chael will do exactly what he did the first time and win a UD or he will get knocked out in the first or second round. Like someone else has alread say tho, the real winners are the fans. I dont think either of these guys will be out there with a Guida styled game plan. These guys have hyped this fight in the most enteratining of ways. These guys will fight a fun to watch fight no matter the out come and it will be worth the money. Im convinced. War SONNEN
 
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I think Chael has finally gotten in Anderon's head. He looks illegitimately worked up and angry, where as in the first one he was just trying to clown Chael back. This one clearly had emotion in it. I was like 80% sure Anderson was going to win this fight, but after seeing how's he's reacted and gotten so emotional, I now more 50/50.
 
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I am just interested to see whether the bad blood Silva has makes him more dangerous or if he fights with emotion and just falls apart.
 
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People saying "Chael is Andersons head, it could cost Anderson the fight if he fights emotionally".

Nonsense. This man has been the Undisputed champion for years in the UFC and is the pound for pound number 1 fighter in the world. He has seen every thing there is to see in the fight game and you're fooling yourself if you think Chael is going to some how mentally break Silva. The only one that mentally breaks here is Chael Sonnen. Like he did throughout his wrestling career, like he did throughout the WEC and like he did in the last Anderson Silva fight.

For those still clutching onto the idea that Anderson may be fighting with too much emotion. Take a good look at his fights with Vitor Belfort (still his most personal affair to date) and Lee Murray. People are so quick to forget things in this sport.
 
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Midway into the press conference Chael basically shutdown, Anderson actually beat Sonnen in trash talking in a very sly manner, he got the crowd to favor him. After that he basically made Chael his bitch in the staredown.

damn Chael is already scurred, I wonder what happens on fight night.
 
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Midway into the press conference Chael basically shutdown, Anderson actually beat Sonnen in trash talking in a very sly manner, he got the crowd to favor him. After that he basically made Chael his bitch in the staredown.

damn Chael is already scurred, I wonder what happens on fight night.
You noticed that to huh
 
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I don't think I'd read too much into this staredown. I think Anderson has identified that he needs to appear to be the bully to make Chael back off from his brash comments. To me its just gamesmanship on both guys parts. They both know that they aren't going to actually fight at a press conference or they would likely lose their license. Chael isn't having any part of it and Anderson looks ready to go already.

Come fight time none of this is going to matter but its actually good to see Anderson worked up. Its not going to effect him in a negative manner come fight time, both these guys are professionals, their training is done, now they just have to get to the weekend.
 
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As a huge spider fan, I gotta say I respect how professional Chael was at the stare down. Didn't seem fazed or flinch at all, and held his ground without moving an inch. 1-0 Chael right there for me.

I think it's fair to say both of these guys are not scared of each other, I really don't think any of these 'mind games' or whatever everyone is calling them are gonna effect how Andy/Chael perform in the fight either.

All we do know is we are sure in for a sick fight !
 
#25 ·
You know as much of a showman/troll Chael is I thank em. He's one of the few who have provoked Anderson Silva to no end. I don't know how or what Anderson's gonna do, but I see that inner super saiyan rage brooding.

Somebody gonna get hurt real bad here...
 
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GSP is probably the only guy more disciplined and hard-working than Chael. Sometimes I think Chael talks so much to deflect away from how much he is training to infuriate his opponents so they don't train as well.
I think people underestimate how hard working Silva is. I genuinely believe that he is a fighting savant, but at the same time he is working like a maniac to exploit his potential. In Silva you find both worlds, the talent AND the disciplined work horse - that's why he is so dominant for such a long period of time. I think unlike a lot of other fighters who only love to fight he also really enjoys training and trying out new stuff to improve his skills.
 
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I think Anderson fights better when pissed, I thought it was going to be similar like the first one where if Anderson wins it would be by submission. But, I refer you all to Okami vs. Anderson round 2. Anderson when angry and confident is the most deadly fighter on the planet, by a wide margin.

I think he's going to knock Chael out in the first or second really really badly, probably knock him down then hit him for a while for fun. This isn't going to be like vs. Irving or Forrest where he finishes it quick, I think Anderson's going to **** him up like how Hughes toyed with Trigg. The best analogy I can give is 2 years ago in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when Vancouver won the first 2 games and poked the bear, unfortunately they woke the bear and pissed them off so badly they got steamrolled 4 games in a row by Boston. Chael's career only goes down from here in my opinion, he wouldn't even look Anderson in the eyes in the staredown, Silva walked through him and mockingly bit at his face. This fight probably solidifies Anderson as the GOAT.

I thought JDS would take Cain, thought Overeem would retire Lesnar and I think Andy destroys Chael so badly he goes into hiding like Forrest did.
 
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I bet everyone saying Chael is scared here are the same people saying he was scared last time. Anderson did the same shit except he didn't try to attack Chael. And Chael did the same thing he did in the first fight.

Also it doesn't matter how angry Anderson is or how fired up he is. None of that is going to help him stop a double leg.
 
#30 ·
I hate being Chael right now, last dude to piss off silva like this was Vitor, and Silva likes vitor. Should be one hell of a fight, I don't think Chael is in Silva's head. Silva just wants to kick his ass plain and simple. I'm sure Mike Tyson in his prime fought with the same aggression and anger in every fight.
 
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I wasn't hyped at all, I was just thinking to myself "What the f*ck is Silva doing?" The whole thing was weird, but that's no surprise since Silva has always been an awkward guy. Great fighter though.

As for the fight, I think Silva is going into it too emotional. He's going to do silly shit and get taken down for it. Like in the first fight where he started the second round with a flying roundhouse kick. I'm getting more and more confident in Chael as the fight gets closer.
 
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Im a silva fan and want silva to beat chael sonnen.

But im wondering in the vitor fight anderson seemed a bit nervous and i (like a few others) thaught that andersons plan was to intimidate vitor during the staredown to get in his head.

He knows sonnen dominated him the first fight.

What im trying to say is... i aint saying hes nervous cause of the first fight and trying to play mind games, but it may be that case.

Sonnen knows this is the highlight of his career and will define his legacy.

BTW murray and silva showed their respects during the staredown at the fight, so i gues the press conference staredown was pure hype. This is different, more personal.
 
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