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UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen

JSA

Jul 7, 12 18:26

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Anyone watching this? I am watching the preview fights on FX and keep going back and forth on whether to pull the trigger on the PPV.
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JSA

Jul 7, 12 19:04

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Well, you guys were no help...

I pulled the trigger. Settling in for a night of ass-kicking.
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hensatc

Jul 7, 12 19:10

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We were supposed to go to the bar to watch but the wife got sick so only got the prelims tonight... no way im paying $55 for the fights alone @ home... $20... sure but prices are way outa control

That said Im pissed im missing this card

GMAN19030

Jul 7, 12 19:43

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I'm watching!

JSA

Jul 7, 12 19:49

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [GMAN19030] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Mendes v. McKenzie was nuts! Damn! One punch to the gut and it is over!
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JSA

Jul 7, 12 19:51

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [GMAN19030] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Looking forward to seeing Kim v. Maia. Kim is fast as hell. Should be fun.
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JSA

Jul 7, 12 20:00

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JSA wrote:

Looking forward to seeing Kim v. Maia. Kim is fast as hell. Should be fun.

Well ... that was disappointing ... 41 seconds ... damn ...
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realAlbertan

Jul 7, 12 20:25

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Just like when you were a teenager.
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GMAN19030

Jul 7, 12 20:58

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realAlbertan wrote:

Just like when you were a teenager.

:-)

JSA

Jul 7, 12 21:16

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Well, now you are being generous ...
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JSA

Jul 7, 12 21:17

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [GMAN19030] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Griffin v. Ortiz was a great fight. Griffin is tough as hell.
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BarryP

Jul 7, 12 21:28

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I'm looking forward to the results. Silva is an absolutely amazing fighter, but I'd really like to see someone take him down. After watching him mow through Leiben and Franklin, he seemed like he was untouchable. Sonnen absolutely man handled him in their last matchup. I personally think he got over confident and instead of playing conservative in the last round to win, he tried too much and got caught.

I'm not expecting as much this time around. As they say, the loser has the advantage because he knows what he needs to work on. Silva is too good of a fighter not to have prepared a better defense to Sonnen's take downs.

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JSA

Jul 7, 12 21:36

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [BarryP] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Sonnen took down Silva in 6 seconds in the first. Stayed on top of Silva the entire round.

Un-fucking-real.

In the second, Sonnen took a REALLY stupid back-hand spin, which missed, and Sonnen fell to the ground. Silva kneed Sonnen on the ground, jumped on him, and started punching. Ref called it at 1:55 in round 2. Silva by TKO.
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JSA

Jul 7, 12 21:37

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So, do we all get free Burger King now?
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mopdahl

Jul 7, 12 23:19

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

First UFC PPV I've bought in quite a while....kind of a soft spot in my heart for Tito & that + Cung Le + Silva = win.

Thoughts:

Cung Le at 40, and somewhat fat, was a fun fight to watch. Cote, who could have been a World Champ if he had actually ever trained 10 years ago when the pickins were ripe, was game but had serious rust issues.

Tito: I wanted him to win, so my views are biased, but knock opponent on his ass 2x, take him down 3-4x, but lose? Since when did MMA become about compu-box #s? This was a bit of a stain on the sport---Dana White chasing down FG to convince him to come back to the ring (and Forrest KNEW he lost that fight---hence the usual loss meltdown)---showed me that this was "somewhat" fixed. That being said, Tito (and Forrest) were perfect for MMA 10-12 years ago, but they are hopelessly outclassed now. Its been obvious for 5-6 years that to stop Tito all you had to do was hit him in the face 2-3x and he would stop coming at you. Forrest? I dunno--hardest head in the biz, but he has never beaten a top contender at their prime (sorry, modern contender).

Silva/Sonnen: I had 3-4 friends over & I said this pre-fight: "it could be over in 1 minute or 25---how "good" the fight is will depend on how long it lasts". Seriously, I thought if AS had 30 secs in the middle of the ring he would destroy Sonnen. I've never seen him in this good of shape--the usual softness was gone. Once AS had distance in the middle of the ring he hit CS 5-6x & it was downhill from there. The missed 360 spinning reverse hammer was just the coup de grace. I watched the 2nd round 3-4x and I'm telling you CS was wobbly before missing & falling down. Two of AS punches were so fast i could barely see them on slow motion review. Maybe now Sonnen will quit running his mouth for once.

I'd love to see GSP vs Silva at an in-between weight. I don't disagree that AS is the best fighter ever in MMA......but GSP is pretty damned close. Except for two small miscues, both brutally avenged, his record would be close to that of AS.

If GSP won't fight AS, and I were AS, I would simply fight for the title in the weight classes below + light heavyweight above. I have zero doubt that he could hold 3-4 titles at the same time. Zuffa would never allow it though.
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JSA

Jul 8, 12 7:52

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [mopdahl] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I could be totally off here, but, it looked to me like Sonnen hit his head on the octagon when he missed the spinning punch. It looked like he tagged it right on the temple and was stunned. I watched it 3-4 times to get a better look. He looked dazed and barely covered up when Silva brought down the knee. I did not think the knee was a bad as the announcers were saying. Actually I was quite shocked when Sonnen seemed to just go limp and Silva started pounding him.

I enjoyed the Tito v Forrest fight. I hear what you are saying, but, you cannot land that many significant hits and not win on points. I had it 2 rounds to 1 for Forrest. Tito did not fight a smart fight.
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Duffy

Jul 8, 12 8:32

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Stopped it too soon.

Should have given Sonnen a chance to get Silva's legs or get knocked out. He was defending himself decently and was totally fine when he got up.

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triguy98

Jul 8, 12 8:45

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Killed me to miss this fight. Silva is by far my favorite fighter. He was toying too much with his opponents for a little while but his last few fights have been clinics on MMA. I have only been able to find highlights online so far. I was wondering why Sonnen would botch that back fist so badly. He likely would have missed anyway, with the way Silva was so slick with the bob/ weave/ slide.

As far as the knee to the chest being so devastating, he likely lost a bit of wind hitting the mat, then was doubled over, so he never got full capacity back. A knee to the chest/ solar would be icing on the cake there. Just from what I have seen, the fight was over the minute he took that back fist, even if he didn't completely bust his ass. Silva was in perfect position for unleashing destruction.

GMAN19030

Jul 8, 12 8:48

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Duffy] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Duffy wrote:

Stopped it too soon.

Should have given Sonnen a chance to get Silva's legs or get knocked out. He was defending himself decently and was totally fine when he got up.

Watch the replay. Sonnen was done. He was turtled up and doing nothing to defend himself toward the end of the barrage. He was not totally fine. He was a bit dazed and on the ground for a bit before getting up. He wasn't getting out of that and he knew it. Trust me... Sonnen would be the most vocal about things if it was an early stoppage. He got his ass beat and he knew it.

GMAN19030

Jul 8, 12 8:56

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JSA wrote:

He didn't hit his head. This angle is better than the telecast angle in that regard:

The knee was brutal:

...and done:

I agree with you. I thought Forrest easily won 2 rounds to 1.

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Yknot

Jul 8, 12 9:00

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JSA wrote:

...Sonnen took a REALLY stupid back-hand spin, which missed, and Sonnen fell to the ground...

I think you are giving Silva far too little credit. I don't know how he does it, but that guy just seems to know what his opponent is about to do. Watching the replay, it was almost like him and Sonnen scripted it the way he timed his duck. Unreal. I am actually not a huge fan of Silva but have to respect what he can do.

Overall, not a great card. Glad I only paid a ten dollar cover.

BarryP

Jul 8, 12 9:46

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Silva is kind of an arrogant ass hole (not that Sonen is much better), but an absolutely amazing fighter.
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Duffy

Jul 8, 12 11:45

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GMAN19030 wrote:

Duffy wrote:

Stopped it too soon.

Should have given Sonnen a chance to get Silva's legs or get knocked out. He was defending himself decently and was totally fine when he got up.

I watched it again on YouTube. The ref made the right call. On first viewing it looked like he could have made a move to the legs, but I think that knee to the chest took too much out of him.

The spinning backfist attempt was really stupid. Especially against AS. What was he thinking? First round he takes it to the ground and it was working well. Second round he should kept trying to get it on the ground. Instead he goes flashy and SLIPS to the ground. Game over. Really dumb.

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JSA

Jul 8, 12 13:47

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Watching those angles makes it more clear. Looks like he did not hit his head, but, I still cannot figure out why he looks so dazed on the ground. He just sits there and waits for Silva to drop the knee on him.

As I was watching live, when Sonnen went to the ground, I really expected him to "spin" away from Silva and get back to his feet. I was stunned to see him sit there and take the knee. Yeah, I know, he covered his head. It isn't like he just sat there and did nothing. But, it was just odd looking.
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triguy98

Jul 8, 12 14:22

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

He knew if he started to stand up, he was toast. Between that and trying to get his breath back, his best bet was to sit right there.

BarryP

Jul 8, 12 14:43

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Granted I've not seen the fight, so I don't really know what lead up to the back fist, but I know that often times fighters will ditch their best strategies because somehow their ego gets the best of them and makes them think they can beat their opponent at their own game.

Currently their is no one in the world that can beat Silva at his game. No one has even come close. In the last match up Sonnen exposed a weakness, which was Silva's weak take down defense. Honestly, if we could get a GSP-Silva fight, that's what GSP would have to do to win.

As some one who is built like a worn out washed up version of Silva, I can tell you that Silva is built for outside striking, but not at all built for defending the takedown. He's got very long legs and is a bit top heavy. In the last fight Sonnen pretty mush landed every two leg wrestling takedown at the beginning of the round. To do anything different against Silva is just asking for an ass kicking.
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triguy98

Jul 8, 12 16:26

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [BarryP] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

On the flip side, if you expect the same strategy to work against Silva two fights in a row, you've got another thing coming. While Sonnen did take Silva down on the forst round again, he failed to inflict damage like he did the first fight. It was like Carwin/ Lesnar all over again. Sonnen got fairly winded thinking he had the advantage in round 1 while Silva wasn't hurt a lick. A winded, over confident Sonnen thought he could finish the fight. The Spider had other ideas.

GMAN19030

Jul 8, 12 17:25

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [BarryP] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Silva's takedown defense in round 2 was excellent. That's something that has been lacking in Silva's game forever. I don't think he really cared about it on the past because he is so good on his back. That all changed with the first Sonnen fight in which he got whipped on the ground for 4.5 rounds. You could tell he improved immensely in that regard. Yes, he was taken down quickly in the first round but Sonnen couldn't get Silva down in round 2 and that was a recipe for disaster for Sonnen. It leads to doing stupid things like thinking you can strike with Silva and attempting spinning backfists. Silva dodged Sonnen's spinning backfist like he was Neo in The Matrix.

It was kind of reminiscent of Silva vs Dan Henderson. Henderson took Silva down easily in the first round and ground humped him for the whole round. Henderson got overconfident and decided to strike with Silva in round 2 and got crushed... and Henderson is a pretty decent striker (way better than Sonnen but nowhere in Silva's universe). That's one of Silva's greatest strengths - luring other fighters into a striking match. The worst fights of Silva's career are the fights in which the other fighter didn't take the bait (Maia, Lietes, Cote). He easily won those but the fights were boring as hell.

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Duffy

Jul 8, 12 17:30

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Yknot] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Yknot wrote:

JSA wrote:

...Sonnen took a REALLY stupid back-hand spin, which missed, and Sonnen fell to the ground...

Sonnen set up the backfist with a weak jab to the spot where the backfist was going. Not only did he telegraph the backfist, his jab initiated Silva's duck. Silva ducked and like saw Sonnen's feet spinning so he just stayed down. Any good fighter would have dodged that shot (not taking away from Silva's abilities). The way I see it Sonnen lost with a dumb decision that was poorly executed.

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mopdahl

Jul 8, 12 18:38

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Watching those angles makes it more clear. Looks like he did not hit his head, but, I still cannot figure out why he looks so dazed on the ground. He just sits there and waits for Silva to drop the knee on him.

I've watched R2 5-6x, and I'm telling you that Sonnen was in trouble before the spinning backfist attempt. AS hits him in the face 2-3x so hard & so fast in the 10-20 seconds before the attempted spinning fist that he was already rocked. If you have it dvr'd, hit pause once they are toe-to-toe in the center of the ring & then FF thru individual frames. You can barely see the hits, AS is so fast.
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Duffy

Jul 8, 12 20:30

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [mopdahl] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Good catch, mop. I see the shots you're talking about. That helps explain the backfist attempt. Brain malfunction from the blows or maybe just desperation. Also there's the part where Sonnen is attempting a take down while silva is against the cage. Not really the best area for take downs.

In their first fight silva got Sonnen into a triangle after getting hammered throughout the whole fight (IIRC). Seems to me silva is able to hold himself together mentally and Sonnen is not.

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BarryP

Jul 9, 12 7:20

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Duffy] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Quote:

Seems to me silva is able to hold himself together mentally and Sonnen is not.

+1

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tritimmy

Jul 9, 12 15:33

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I had a feeling this was going to happen. Sonnen got too close to beating Silva the first time and Silva wasn't going to let that happen again. I was in it to see that prick Tito get beat in his last fight. Then Griffin stole Tito's going away speech by performing Joe Rogan's interview for him. That...was priceless. Crappy card and that was why I invited myself to the neighbors to watch it! - Nobody can beat Silva! Now what do we do with that weigh class?

Desiderata

Jul 9, 12 16:19

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Looks like Sonnen's camp is appealing Silva's win: they're saying the knee was illegal. Yet another rematch, here we come.

http://bleacherreport.com/...match-on-the-horizon

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mopdahl

Jul 9, 12 16:57

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Desiderata] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Sonnen is a cry baby. I've watched that about 8-10x and unless Sonnen has an invisible chin that is 6-8" below his actual one I have no idea what he is talking about. He was a journeyman before his short mma run; welcome back to irrelevance.
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JSA

Jul 9, 12 17:56

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [mopdahl] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Yeah, I agree with you. At very first glance, I sure thought it was an illegal hit. But, the from the very first replay, it was evident that the knee was to the chest and not the head/face. It seems pretty clear it was legal.
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mopdahl

Jul 9, 12 19:50

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I don't know the rules to the nth degree, and it MIGHT be that NO part of the leg can come in contact with a downed opponent's head, but their contention that the "upper" part of Silva's thigh hit Sonnens face so hard that it caused 8 stitches to his tongue is ludicrous. Silva is 6'2++, with LONG femurs. Unless Sonnens chest is hollow, the forward force was pretty much dissipated by the time his upper thigh might have grazed his face.

I'd be much more interested in how many of Sonnen's ribs are cracked/broken. If you watch the replays, Chael's tongue stitches come from getting nailed in the face 4-5x in the proceeding minute.
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triguy98

Jul 10, 12 3:09

Post #38 of 47 (904 views)

Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Desiderata] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

He bit his tongue because he was too stupid to keep his mouth shut while getting kneed in the chest. I love how they say Silva can't beat Sonnen without cheating. Coming from the camp who's fighter was juiced up in the last fight.

GMAN19030

Jul 10, 12 6:07

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Desiderata] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Desiderata wrote:

Looks like Sonnen's camp is appealing Silva's win: they're saying the knee was illegal. Yet another rematch, here we come.

http://bleacherreport.com/...match-on-the-horizon

What complete horseshit. That knee came nowhere near his head/face. Just look at the images I posted earlier. This has been dissected like the Zapruder film over at Sherdog.com already.

Duffy

Jul 10, 12 17:07

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [JSA] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I just saw this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh_eO2QoeCM

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JSA

Jul 10, 12 18:11

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Duffy] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

That is awesome!
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BarryP

Jul 10, 12 18:13

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Desiderata

Jul 11, 12 8:53

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Now it's being reported that Sonnen won't appeal after all:

http://espn.go.com/...-loss-anderson-silva

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bobloblaw

Jul 11, 12 9:32

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Duffy] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Duffy wrote:

Sonnen was already in la-la land due to the sick anchor punch that Silva caught him with a few seconds before. That was the real end of the fight for Chael - it's a testament to the guy's chin that he was even standing after that punch connected - he did better than Forrest did.

Duffy

Jul 11, 12 10:14

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bobloblaw wrote:

Duffy wrote:

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...post=4033171#4033171

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bobloblaw

Jul 11, 12 12:49

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Re: UFC 148 - Silva v. Sonnen [Duffy] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

There's an interview on UFC.COM with Sonnen in the back room with his family after the fight. His dad (I think) was talking about the spinning backfist and Sonnen didn't remember it at all.

BarryP

Jul 11, 12 12:58

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That makes sense. The more I think about it, how bad woul dhis balance have to have been to fall the way he did after missing. If what you guys say is correct, he was probably already in lala land when he attempted it.
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