UFC 148 - July 7th @ 10PM ET

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Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva(31-4) vs Chael Sonnen(27-11-1)

Forrest Griffin(18-7) vs. Tito Ortiz(16-10-1)

Cung Le(8-2) defeats Patrick Côté(17-8) - Unanimous Decision

Demian Maia(16-4) defeats Dong Hyun Kim(15-2-1) - TKO

Chad Mendes(12-1) defeats Cody McKenzie(13-3) - TKO

Mike Easton(13-1) defeats Ivan Menjivar(24-9) - Unanimous Decision

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Not really looking forward to the first three fights. Odds favor all three to go the distance. That's fine as long as the fights are good but saw a few fights go the distance this past Friday and Saturday without a lot of action. The other three fights should be good though.

All 9 of Cung Le's fights have ended in KO's and TKO's. So that should be a good fight.

Tito's fights are usually pretty good too. Didn't he say he was retiring after his last fight though? He's definitely going to if he loses this fight. He's 1-6-1 in his last 8 fights. That's really bad.

Nothing really needs to be said about the Silva and Sonnen fight. Let's just hope it lives up to the hype. I'll be pulling for Silva without question. Not really a Silva fan or anything but I can't stand Sonnen.

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UFC 148 -- Anderson Silva vows to break Chael Sonnen's arms, legs, teeth - ESPN

I'm going to make sure every one of his teeth are broken, his arms are broken, his legs are broken. He's not going to be able to walk out of the Octagon by himself. I can guarantee that.

Do it, Silva!

[Blake25p]

I usually root against guys like Sonnen but for some reason I like him so I hope he wins. Pulling for Griffin in the co-maine event.

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Originally Posted by Blake25p

I usually root against guys like Sonnen but for some reason I like him so I hope he wins. Pulling for Griffin in the co-maine event.

There was a point in time when I would have pulled for Sonnen over Silva but I'm just not big on Sonnen anymore. Him, Bisping and Evans are about the only 3 fighters I really don't like. I think that's it anyways. If Brock returns, he's included as well.

[Blake25p]

Originally Posted by The_Orange_Pearl

There was a point in time when I would have pulled for Sonnen over Silva but I'm just not big on Sonnen anymore. Him, Bisping and Evans are about the only 3 fighters I really don't like. I think that's it anyways. If Brock returns, he's included as well.

With Sonnen I find him funny for some reason. I think it's more of an act with him just trying to get attention, but Evans, Bisping and Brock I think they really are pricks can't stand those three.

[bentenn]

Originally Posted by The_Orange_Pearl

UFC 148 -- Anderson Silva vows to break Chael Sonnen's arms, legs, teeth - ESPN




Do it, Silva!

please do it!

[bentenn]

Originally Posted by The_Orange_Pearl

Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva(31-4) vs Chael Sonnen(27-11-1)

Forrest Griffin(18-7) vs. Tito Ortiz(16-10-1)

Cung Le(7-2) vs. Patrick Côté(17-7)

Dong Hyun Kim(15-1-1) vs. Demian Maia(15-4)

Chad Mendes(11-1) vs. Cody McKenzie(13-2)

Ivan Menjivar(24-8) vs. Mike Easton(12-1)

Looks like a good card to me

[orangetanker11]

Looks like Uncle Chael has gotten into Anderson's head.

Chael P. Sonnen by unanimous decision.

[VolBuck24]

Silva will dominate this fight.

[orangetanker11]

It's good for the UFC if Sonnen defeats Silva. The UFC desperately needs a guy like Sonnen who can draw PPV buys. They need him to win because they no longer have Brock Lesnar. Whether you like him or not, and regardless of whether he admits it or not, Sonnen hypes fights. The more Sonnen talks, the more people will buy the PPV just to see him get his butt kicked, just like Brock. The difference? Sonnen is for real. Brock was/is one hell of an athlete, but Sonnen is a fighter.

I think it's smart business for Sonnen to revert to WWE tactics to sell a fight. Just like the WWE, people tune in to the UFC to be entertained. While most of what Sonnen says he says to hype or sell a fight, there is a lot of truth in there as well.

I've never been a huge Anderson Silva fan and here are a few reasons why:

- He's a great fighter, but after the fights with Demian Maia and Thales Leites, I don't care for him at all. Silva's antics during those fights were an embarassment, not only to himself, but to the sport of MMA.

- He pretends not to speak English when he clearly understands and speaks it.

- Outside of 3 fighters (Henderson, Sonnen, Marquardt), he's fought a bunch of mid-level fighters. I don't think that is a coincidence. Beating up math teachers and one-trick ponies doesn't impress me very much.

Sonnen will attack from the moment the referee tells them to get it on until the same guy tells them it's over. Silva's never faced a guy who brings the fight to him. Sonnen will do just that, and Sonnen will be your new UFC Middleweight Champion.

Sorry for the rant.

[VOLtage]

I wonder if Griffin and is even going to want to get within 25 feet of Silva after what happened to him lol. I got:

Silva TKO - He's going to be motivated out of his mind.
Griffin TKO
Cote decision
Maia submission
Mendes KO
Easton decision

[VOLtage]

Originally Posted by orangetanker11

Silva's never faced a guy who brings the fight to him. Sonnen will do just that, and Sonnen will be your new UFC Middleweight Champion.

Actually, Silva has had another guy bring the fight to him. Ask Griffin how that turned out. There is nothing more that Sonnen can bring that he didn't the last time they fought. A more motivated than he has been in years Silva will bring the world down on Sonnen.

[orangetanker11]

Originally Posted by VOLtage

Actually, Silva has had another guy bring the fight to him. Ask Griffin how that turned out. There is nothing more that Sonnen can bring that he didn't the last time they fought. A more motivated than he has been in years Silva will bring the world down on Sonnen.

Sure Sonnen can bring something that he didnt bring last time. He will bring the knowledge that he can beat Silva, and that he did beat Silva standing and on the ground for 4 1/2 rounds. Sonnen is in Silva's head big time.

[milohimself]

Might be compelled to actually watch UFC for like the third time ever for this.