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Sonnen confirms he gets the winner of Silva/Maia

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#1 ·
Just saw this on twitter:

Jon Anik via Twitter said:
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Chael Sonnen confirms to MMA Live today that he'll get the winner of Anderson Silva-Demian Maia. Won't take another fight prior.
Interesting he isn't taking another fight in the meantime. Means he may not fight again until what, december?
 
#2 ·
i dont like this decision tbh. keep fighting Chael
 
#4 ·
He doesnt want to get Nate'd...you know lose your spot cause you were the #1 contender but lost to someone so now your not.
 
#5 ·
if ur worried about losing before your title shot then your not ready for a title shot IMO
 
#6 ·
Why do people keep saying he prob wont fight till december? Barring injury Anderson is always active and I expect Maia would be too. Sonnen could fight the winner of this fight as soon as July but most certainly by August. As long as he keeps training he should be fine.
 
#14 ·
you think so bobby? chael isn't really a finisher from what iv'e seen. hes got good takedowns and control but that wont be enough against silva. if you get him in a bad spot you have to finish or else he will make you pay like he did vs lutter/hendo.

if anything chael will need some improved standup so that he can survive the first seconds of each round in order to take him down. I still think hendo was the guy with the best chance to take silva but thats just me:)
 
#17 ·
Yes Hendo was also by far my favourite to challenge silva, because of his Wrestling background. But now here we go another light with Sonnen^^
I mean I was blown away by his recent performance's, this guy has something many many others are missing badly, wich is heart in my mind. Even Hendo doesn't have this anymore!

And Chael seems to have a tremdous chin as well. Nate cought him with some brutal knees when he was shooting for the TD. If he can take those from Nate, than he can also take a knee from Anderson.

Silva always has the submission in his arsenal, even from the bottom. Chael needs to keep working on his sub defense, than I can see him grinding out a decision or even a TKO victory.

But it can also be over very quickly for him certainly.
 
#23 ·
Sonnen gets beat either way. Maia has and always will beat him because Sonnen's submission defense isn't good and Maia is a submission master. Silva doesn't lose to anyone, especially Sonnen. Sonnen won't be able to use his weak GnP or Lay n Pray against Silva. Because unlike Marquardt, Silva is dangerous off of his back. Sonnen should know that and that would mean he would aim to take him down and forget about ground and pound and just dry hump Anderson into the mat. Granted, Sonnen has 0 chance of using LnP or weak GnP against Silva because he would have his head split open before he had a chance to complete a double leg, so the point is moot. Sonnen/Silva ends Silva by decapitation (if we are lucky to be rid of Sonnen's douchebaggery)
 
#28 ·
If Silva comes away from Maia with a win and relatively unscathed ( highly likely as Maia isnt exactly a power puncher ) there is no way the next fight will be as late a December. Why should it? Especially if he dispatches Maia in round 1!? He's getting old and wants lots of fights. Why would he wait 6 months? Hes only just back from surgery. Probably gagging to fight!
 
#33 ·
Nobody is saying Anderson sucks on the ground. Even calling it a "weakness" is kinda innacurate, I think. It is the area where he seems the most vulnerable, in an all around fantaastic set of skills. He's not the best in the world in every skill.
He's human, he's beatable. If it's going to happen, where is it going to happen? Probably with him on his back.
 
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