UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II

That would depend on several variables...

One being how severe the win/loss is. If Sonnen just dominates Silva again this time minus the Hail Mary triangle, then I'd see no point in Silva getting an immediate rematch.

Another is how much a loss coming into a fight with this much emotion behind it would affect Silva. Especially with him seeming to break his own unspoken "no trash talk" rule and threatening to break Sonnen's arms and legs, and the drama from the conference and all the rest we'll see this week.

Could we see another Fedor situation if the "Almighty Anderson" falls the way we seen the "Unbeatable Fedor" get subbed by someone everyone expected him to walk through. Could a loss to Sonnen prompt several more extremely surprising ones for Silva, so much that he falls from title contention?

You just never know. But undeniably, I'd love to see Sonnen get the W here and them go onto have a Trilogy.

Not to derail the thread and turn it into a Fedor thread, but he IS undoubtedly the best HW fighter of all time up to this point. Nobody in his division has done what he's done and that is beyond the point of argument or debate, it's just a fact. UFC's heavyweight division was virtually non-existent while PRIDE's was loaded with the up-to-then best heavyweight in the world.

The hook to discrediting Fedor is "BUT HE NEVER FOUGHT IN TEH OCTAGON!" which is as ridiculous as discrediting GSP as never being the best WW of all time because he "ducked PRIDE his whole career"

Fedor fought in a different time period than guys like JDS, Cain, etc. in that by the time their careers were winding up, his was winding down. Same as Liddell, Ortiz, Griffin, Rampage, etc.

Fedor was fighting the best his division had to offer in PRIDE (Cro Cop, Heath Herring, Kevin Randleman, Big Nog, Mark Hunt, etc).

There was nobody to fight in the UFC. The top HW draws in the UFC of that time were Jeff Monson vs. Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski vs. Paul Buentello...and Fedor went onto KO the UFC's best HWs from his time period at Affliction events anyways while they were all three still "in their prime".

I really hope this doesn't turn into an argument thread, as Fedor is retired and completely irrelevant to this weekends PPV, and was only brought up as an example. Same could have been said about Chuck Liddel or Tito Ortiz.

Who the P4P best fighter of all time is, is entirely up to whomever you feel it is, Jon Jones, Jose Aldo, Anderson Silva, Fedor, etc. but the one common factor those guys all have in common is they're undeniably the best from their respective weight classes, and I feel that should be respected, regardless of personal opinion.

Coming from a guy who detests Anderson Silva and his annoying, sheepish fans, I'll argue FOR the guy all day that he's the best MW of all time because he is and he deserves that credit and respect, same as Fedor.

1991, if we're going to do this, I'm going to do it in PM or in another thread, otherwise this is going to be a Fedor debate. Because I agree and disagree on many a point.

How bout everybody get over the whole P4P best of all time thing.....its impossible to know who the P4P best of all time is. P4P best of each weight class is one thing because you can compare records and what not because guys in the same weight class have most likely faced the same people. Obviously you cant do the same and see who the best P4P is when guys like Fedor and say Aldo have never and will never have a common opponent. Its just a stupid thing to say IMO. P4P best of all time in a specific weight class is one thing but P4P best of all time period is another and is impossible to know.

Sorry to add to taking this off topic I just felt like I needed to say that.

...you win it by out-striking your opponent and causing more damage...


Wow. People can say Chael has gotten in Silva's head - but that might not necessarily be a good thing... an angry/fired-up Anderson Silva looks like one scary individual(!). Man, I wish it was Saturday already...

Sonnen vs. Silva

Fedor GOAT debate

Diaz vs. Condit arguement

lol. greatest thread.

It could be that Sonnen is so focused, that he's realised trash talking is no longer needed, but on the flip side, I think the Bisping fight humbled him a little. Lets be honest, Sonnen himself said that Bisping had a case for winning that fight, so I think he realises that he's pretty fortunate to be getting another shot at Silva - and the title, as it is.

We've entered the Sherdog zone~