by Lance Pugimire | source latimes.com Anderson Silva’s manager said Wednesday that the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight champion of six years places a catch-weight showdown against welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre as his most attractive fight date. “GSP is the biggest fight possible, the top one we want,” Silva manager Ed Soares …
source | fightersonlymag.com When I first got into MMA three years ago I would tell people what weight class I was in and people were like ‘whoa, that’s Anderson’s weight class I hope you never meet him.’ Basically looking at me like, ‘you have no chance of being champion.’ And in …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Belfort was forced to withdraw from a headliner opposite Wanderlei Silva at UFC 147 when he broke his hand in training. The scratch ended a 12-week buildup of animosity between the middleweights as opposing coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.” Previously, Belfort was seen in the cage …
by Shaun Al-Shatti | source: mmafighting.com “My manager has talked to Joe Silva and all of them,” he revealed. “And supposedly they actually really want me to fight Anderson. The question is, will Anderson fight me? I think that’s what it’s coming down to. When is Anderson going to be ready to …
Source | ESPN Looks like a fight Between Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva might make more sense than not. “I’ve been thinking about going down to middleweight lately,” “I haven’t totally made up my mind. It’s something I’m going to think about a little more in the coming months and …
@lorenzofertitta i want 2 pick a fight with the middle weight champion! Lol Make it happen!! Please!! — Rashad Evans (@SugaRashadEvans) July 8, 2012
Source | MMAJunkie.com UFC 148 payouts included: Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000 Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000 Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus) def. Patrick Cote: $21,000 Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000 …
During Silva vs Sonnen on this weekend there was a questionable knee thrown while Chael was down against the cage. The initial perception is that Anderson threw an illegal knee to a downed opponent, but replays later prove this is false. The angle that was aired on PPV placed Yves Lavigne directly in front …
by Michael Anderson| FanMMA At the UFC 148 press conference Champ Anderson Silva had one more message to deliver to challenger Chael Sonnen. Silva was calm and waited for the staredown to provoke Chael. Chael stood posing un-phased. Before Anderson was pulled back he leaned in close and whispered, “You’re gonna die” …
“I thought about (moving to middleweight), then I thought about how hard that weight cut is. I used to wrestle at 174 in college, I would cut so much weight on a continuous basis and I was like, ‘You know what? If I ever have to compete again, I’m not …
Source | ESPN.com Nominees for “Best Fighter” include -UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones -UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva -WBA Junior Middleweight and WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -Reigning WBA and WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward Vote Here
Chael Sonnen had an interview with ESPN, here are some more of his ranting to add the archives. These were in response to the verbal onslaught that Anderson Silva recently dished out. ENJOY! Source: Franklin McNeil | ESPN.com “He says he’s going to knock out my teeth and break my jaw …
Anderson Silva that dialed in for a media call promoting UFC 148. Im glad to see the spider say something back to Chael for once. Here some of what he said “First of all, Chael is a criminal,” Silva “He’s been convicted of crimes. He doesn’t deserve to be inside …
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view) Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title) Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar PRELIMINARY CARD (FX) Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard …
Source: Fighters Only The Chute Boxe owner – who managed Anderson’s career in the past, when the academy was in its prime with several fighters on PrideFC roster – is taking legal action for ‘damage to reputation’ because Anderson’s book alleges he is “a bad person” who troubled many people …
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