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**duceswild** · 02-07-2011, 10:43 PM

I knew someone would bring that up. What those who keep harping about how Sonnen "beat up" Silva for 5 rounds overlook is that:

1. Silva looked unmarked at the end of the fight while Sonnen was the one who looked beat up.

2. Silva was fighting with a bruised rib against doctor's orders

3. Sonnen was on illegal steroids

4. Most importantly: Sonnen had gotten to Silva's head with his trash talking about brazilian jiu jitsu. Stupidly Silva resolved to defend the honor of his club, trainers, Big Nog etc by defeating Sonnen using precisely that technique. Stubbornly forsaking his most lethal weapons: his fists and his knees. If Sonnen ever gets a rematch with Silva he is going to get badly hurt.

The whole cracked rib story does not make sense imo, I don't buy it, and whether he had a mark on his face or not it does not matter, if that fight would have went to the judges the decision would have been very easy in Sonnen's favor.

As far as the steroid issue, stupid of Sonnen to do that indeed, but you gotta keep in mind that sometimes these athletes use products that are not illegal, then all of the sudden they become illegal (I think this was the case with Sonnen).

02-07-2011, 10:43 PM	#15
duceswild Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	I knew someone would bring that up. What those who keep harping about how Sonnen "beat up" Silva for 5 rounds overlook is that: 1. Silva looked unmarked at the end of the fight while Sonnen was the one who looked beat up. 2. Silva was fighting with a bruised rib against doctor's orders 3. Sonnen was on illegal steroids 4. Most importantly: Sonnen had gotten to Silva's head with his trash talking about brazilian jiu jitsu. Stupidly Silva resolved to defend the honor of his club, trainers, Big Nog etc by defeating Sonnen using precisely that technique. Stubbornly forsaking his most lethal weapons: his fists and his knees. If Sonnen ever gets a rematch with Silva he is going to get badly hurt. The whole cracked rib story does not make sense imo, I don't buy it, and whether he had a mark on his face or not it does not matter, if that fight would have went to the judges the decision would have been very easy in Sonnen's favor. As far as the steroid issue, stupid of Sonnen to do that indeed, but you gotta keep in mind that sometimes these athletes use products that are not illegal, then all of the sudden they become illegal (I think this was the case with Sonnen).
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