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Sonnen should fight Vitor Belfort for the right to face Anderson Silva again. Immediate rematches should happen very rarely and if they so should happen only in the event of a questionable decision victory.
I recognize that Sonnen dominated the entire fight but he still got stopped and since he got stopped he should have to earn his way back to the championship shot. |
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Yeah i agree with the rematches only for close decision fights. Either way though this will be a high ordered PPV. Everyone still has it in their mind that Sonnen can beat Anderson. Hopefully Belfort demolishes Okami and he gets his fight that he's been wanting.
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Fuck Vitor. Sonnen deserves the rematch and he is going to win.
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What the fuck has Belfort done to deserve a match against Silva again? Beat Rich Franklin? Yah get the fuck out Vitor. Sonnen gets this rematch easily.
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If not for his performance against Silva, he deserves it for selling the living shit out of that fight and backing up every single word. I cant wait for him to sell this one.
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Belfort no longer gets his title shot? That's bullshit :mad:
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Truth be told he didn't earn it at 185. He beat the piss out of Franklin at 195. Fact is though, at the time there weren't any credible contenders who hadn't already gotten a shot till Sonnen stepped up. Belfort was capable, hadn't gotten a shot yet and had just KOd the previous champ. Made sense at the time. Then he got injured. Then Sonnen beat Marquardt.
Hopefully Belfort gets the winner, because outside of this rematch, there is still no one credible enough who hasn't had a shot yet. Maybe Belcher if you feel like seeing a murder on tv. |
I thought Belcher is out indefinitely? Like career ending. Torn retina or something
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Hadn't heard.Oh well then. Sonnen then Belfort, I guess.
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Nah Belcher had/has a detached Retina. It's certainly dangerous, but he's expected back by end of the year/early next year.
And really, besides Sonnen who else is in line? Belfort still needs a fight at middleweight (in the UFC), Marquardt, Palhares, Maia, Okami, Wanderlei, Bisping, Leben, Belcher all need at least 1 or 2 big wins to be lined up. Sonnen is really still the main contender. |
How many UFC fights has Paul Harris had?
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i am fine with sonnen getting the rematch. at least you know it's a fight that isn't going to suck balls.
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In my expert opinion, Sonnen needs to work on reaching half-guard, and pounding from there.
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i think he just needs to work on the pounding thing full stop.
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That all being said he didn't back up every single word. He backed up half of his words. He put Anderson in a fight and he put him on the ground. But Sonnen said he'd win the title, he said he was the best in the world, and he said he would retire Anderson Silva... not one of those are true. Anderson tapped him and that's the bottom line. Anderson was and is the better fighter because he won the fight and finished his opponent. That's not to say that Vitor Belfort "earned" a shot either, because he didn't. That's why I thought it made absolute sense to do Belfort/Sonnen in November or December to set up a match against Silva next year. Hell, when Rampage lost to Forrest Griffin in a controversial decision he didn't get an immediate rematch. He actually never got another shot at the championship after winning like 3 straight or something. |
ufc is weird like that. sonnen somehow makes himself look like the dickhole when quite a few people were mad at silva, and then in the fight he turns everybody around onto his side cause he was great.
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Belfort got his title shot based on his name. Dude didnt even fight at 185 when he returned to the UFC. If you ask me, he should beat a couple people at the weight before being considered for the weight classes title.
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This is all just talk it's not as if Sonnen getting a rematch is a tragedy or something. No one currently deserves the shot more it's just I would have rathered Belfort/Sonnen. |
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My sister could beat Keith Jardine on accident.
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Sonnen is going to win.
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sonnen just needs to learn how to actually do... pretty much anything once the fight gets to the ground. or like be willing to commit a bit more to punches, like how shogun did in fight #2 with machida, but on the ground instead.
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Im going to venture to say that submission defense against someone like Silva will be easier to learn that trying to stuff Sonnens takedowns. All Sonnen has to do it get on top, and limit his activity, and putting himself on vulnerable positions. It's not like Sonnen didnt know how to ecsape the traingle, he just waited too long before trying to get out. While it was a nice transition and submission on Silvas part, I don't see him pulling a horse shoe out of his ass this time. Silva is getting old, and he looked it against Sonnen.
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And it was his comitment to punches that got him tapped.
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I mean Sonnen is a wrestler who has been tapped out by some of the best BJJ practioners in the world, guys like Maia, Sobral, Paulo Filho, Jeremy Horn. While submissions may be a weakness, I don't think it's as big as some people believe it to be.
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To me, the difference in performance between Silva's last 2 fights was just like the difference in performance between Nog vs Couture and Nog vs Mir. |
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