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UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II
Date: Saturday, July 7th 2012
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena

MAIN CARD
Starts at 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT on Pay-Per-View

Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silver (c) (-300) vs. Chael Sonnen (+230)
Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin (-325) vs. Tito Ortiz (+250)
Middleweight bout: Cung Le (+185) vs. Patrick Cote (-235)
Welterweight bout: Dong Hyun Kim (-155) vs. Demian Maia (+125)
Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes (-600) vs. Cody McKenzie (+400)
Bantamweight bout: Ivan Menjivar (+100) vs. Mike Easton (-130)

PRELIMINARY CARD
Starts at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT on FX

Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau (-210) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov (+170)
Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard (-285) vs. Fabricio Camoes (+225)
Middleweight bout: Constantinos Philippou (-185) vs. Riki Fukuda (+150)
Lightweight bout: John Alessio (+160) vs. Shane Roller (-200)

PRELIMINARY CARD
Starts at 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT, free on Facebook.com

Lightweight bout: Rafaello Oliveira (+150) vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo (-185)

Official Site
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II Extended Preview
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II Press Conference - Streamed live July 3rd, 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II Weigh-In - Streamed live July 6th, 7:00PM ET/4:00 PT

Relive the first battle!
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen - UFC 117

 

[Heel]

July 7th, the day salt flowed through the veins of many. Mark your calendars, friends.

 

[alr1ght]

Holy shit. A finish by Chael. That's rarer than a Tito win. Brian Cann doesn't count.

 

[bone_and_sinew]

Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz 3, the rubber match no one wanted!

 

[Arment]

Sonnen vs. Silva 1 was a nerve racking fight for a Silva fan. It made the finish all that more sweet though.

Ugh. Please lose.

 

[BigJonsson]

I'm going to miss this as I'll be in London and it'll be 3AM when the main card starts

 

[alr1ght]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=403237&highlight=ufc+117&page=22

 

[Noirulus]

Haven't liked Silva since the Demian Maia fight. Also, Chael is an interesting personality so I'll be rooting for him.

 

[Dysun]

Seems like Silva takes forever in between fights

The rest of the card sucks

 

[TheKaeptain]

This thread title will look funny on Sunday.

 

[Captain Sparrow]

I can't wait until Silva breaks Chael's arm, nose, or jaw

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

RIP Sonnen. Gonna get Son'd.

 

[Heel]

Be sure to stick around post-fight as we analyze Anderson's loss and question the legitimacy of his career as a whole because of it.

First item on the agenda: Was Thales Leites a Top Tenner?

 

[Az987]

Calling it now, Chael wins by a flying knee bar.

 

[bone_and_sinew]

July 7th, the day salt flowed through the veins of many. Mark your calendars, friends.

July 7th, the day the Church of Fedor loses their last shred of hope after Anderson finishes Chael. This will be their end of the world.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Imma watch Safe House, see if there's any gif material there.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Anderson will knock him up in the second.

 

[Heel]

July 7th, the day the Church of Fedor loses their last shred of hope after Anderson finishes Chael. This will be their end of the world.

Get ready for an injury excuse to fall back on, friend. Anderson is about to catch a Chael Sonnin' like no other.

The Great Fedor will reclaim his throne as the greatest mixed martial artist of all time.

 

[Gr1mLock]

 

[Plywood]

Silva retires either way. Y/N?

 

[Brazil]

Spider's going to crush that insect's skull.

 

[LQX]

Sonnen's last fight. Will watch.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Silva retires either way. Y/N?

Prob fight and retire in Brazil. Danga probably fucked his plans up.

 

[alr1ght]

Can you imagine if Jon Fitch was able to talk? He'd be getting title shots out of the ass.

 

[dabig2]

I can't wait for sonnen to go back to being irrelevant after his beating next saturday.

 

[MyAbsolution]

I remember being in the pub watching their first fight and nearly having a coronary after the first round. Im not an Anderson silva fan by any stretch, but i had never seen or dreamed he would take any sort of punishment on that level. I kind of assumed Chael's hype was all talk. I was dead wrong.


I am really looking forward to this rematch.

Tito vs Forrest 3 .... dont care tho lol

 

[mattbison]

first gaf post... ready to see A. Silva continue his dominance and go down as the 2nd greatest fighter of all time

 

[AstroLad]

I can't wait for sonnen to go back to being irrelevant after his beating next saturday.

Seems that as long as he's on TRT he'll be able to compete at the top level though.

 

[dabig2]

Seems that as long as he's on TRT he'll be able to compete at the top level though.

Maybe, though his levels at least won't be some ridiculous 16:1. Plus, eventually Bisping is going to get all in that ass...again.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

 

[Thraktor]

Silva retires either way. Y/N?

If he wins, he'll retire. If he loses, there'll be a rematch, and then he'll retire.

Although if he wins I suppose the real question is how much money Dana offers him to fight Jones for the Light Heavyweight title.

 

[Dosia]

God I hope Silva breaks Sonnen.

 

[Unregistered007]

I hope Sonen wins, I love it attitude.

 

[Van Owen]

I want to see how much bacne Sonnen has at the weigh in before I make a prediction.

 

[alr1ght]

Silva retires either way. Y/N?

He's gettin' paid like a motherfucker now, so I doubt it. He's 37 and a striker, so he probably should think about it before he ends up like Chuck.

 

[mattbison]

He's gettin' paid like a motherfucker now, so I doubt it. He's 37 and a striker, so he probably should think about it before he ends up like Chuck.

why even compare the 2? silva hasnt taken anywhere near the damage chuck has..

 

[TheKaeptain]

first gaf post... ready to see A. Silva continue his dominance and go down as the 2nd greatest fighter of all time

Hello fellow GSP fan.

 

[Chamber]

He's gettin' paid like a motherfucker now, so I doubt it. He's 37 and a striker, so he probably should think about it before he ends up like Chuck.

Too late, friend. Silver should have retired after Okami gave him a free pass.

Sonnen via spinning heel kick.

 

[alr1ght]

Too late, friend. Silver should have retired after Okami gave him a free pass.

Sonnen via spinning heel kick.

The odds that Sonnen actually finishes this fight have to be in the same arena of me sexxing up Britney.

 

[abstract alien]

This is going to be so damn good. I actually hope he grinds Silva down, even if a victory doesn't come out of it. The tension in the last fight was barbaric at some points.

first gaf post... ready to see A. Silva continue his dominance and go down as the 2nd greatest fighter of all time

Welcome, and prepare to be sucked.

 

[TheKaeptain]

The odds that Sonnen actually finishes this fight have to be in the same arena of me sexxing up Britney.

Oh shit Sonnen by twister in the 1st.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Too late, friend. Silver should have retired after Okami gave him a free pass.

Sonnen via spinning heel kick.

There aint enough TRT in the world friend.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Grim do you believe our fellow Bad-MMA friends?

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Got got.

 

[tdrdrgn]

Sonnen has no chance. NONE.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Don't understand how many of you guys are going for a dude that was gifted a decision against BISPING!

 

[Heel]

Grim do you believe our fellow Bad-MMA friends?

What, are you still amongst the many that think a 37 year old MMA fighter who relies on speed is some kind of unstoppable demigod?

Wake up call: He ran into a cornfed all-american wrassler. One that wasn't emaciated and burnt out after 5 minutes.

The era of lies is over.

 

[parrotbeak]

Although I agree with the premise that Silva will be the next Fedor once he loses, I'm not yet convinced that Sonnen will be the one to do it. Silva let Sonnen molest him for 4.5 rds only to embarrass him in the 5th in order to prove a point and show off his Renato Laranga level bjj. I think this time he beats him up on the feet.

Then winner of Munoz/Weidmann will come out of that fight injured and Alan Belcher will be the one to finally fedorize Silva.

 

[Kusagari]

There are two laws in this world.

Never bet against James Cameron.
And never bet against Anderson Silva.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Grim do you believe our fellow Bad-MMA friends?

Its good to have dreams.