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[whytemyke]

His rib was not broken or cracked before the fight, just bruised.

But after the fight, he got an x ray and it showed a cracked rib.

so something happened during the fight that caused the crack.

He broke it himself to lull Sonnen into a further sense of security for 4 and a half rounds, so he could place the submission on Sonnen.

It was all part of the plan.



Also, to everyone that's saying "Oh Silva didn't look worried," Well no shit he didn't. He's the champion for a reason. Nobody gets to that level and gets scared during their ass-kicking. shit, even griffin doesn't and all that guy does is get his ass beat and lose belts. I can't believe people are using the whole "Silva didn't look scared" argument to defend him getting beat for most of this fight.

I mean, look. I'm not a huge Silva fan. I don't hate him, don't love him either. But if I was a fan the only thing I'd be saying after the fight is, "The fight got away from him, and once it hit the fifth round he did the only thing left that he could do to win-- submission." Bam. Done. You don't have to shit on Sonnen in order to show that Silva deserved to win. The guy had one card left to play and he played it perfectly. End of story.

 

[industrian]

I finally got around to watching the Roy Nelson fight. Holy shit he took that beating like a champ.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

I was totally thinking Cro Cop should fight Nelson too. That's a good match right now.

Belfort vs Silva doesn't seem very compelling to me, but it will give Silva another nice KO. I can't think of any good reason Belfort should be in that fight except to supply him with a striker who he can look good against.

I read a good article (can't find link right now) about Sonnen consciously employing a half-tap technique meant to fool a ref and get your opponent to relax. Supposedly it was a specialty of Lindland who he trained it with. If that's true, it's pretty damn dirty but I don't think there was any doubt after they showed the replay and he seemed to know he tapped despite going with the act for the moment.

I still think he kicked Silva's ass for 4.5 rounds which frankly I'm amazed by, I didn't think he could accomplish that. Silva was off his game dealing with a good wrestler, but BJJ won in the end!

 

[AstroLad]

I read a good article (can't find link right now) about Sonnen consciously employing a half-tap technique meant to fool a ref and get your opponent to relax. Supposedly it was a specialty of Lindland who he trained it with. If that's true, it's pretty damn dirty but I don't think there was any doubt after they showed the replay and he seemed to know he tapped despite going with the act for the moment.

there we go -- there really is no need to train bjj when you have that tool in your arsenal!

 

[DominoKid]

I read a good article (can't find link right now) about Sonnen consciously employing a half-tap technique meant to fool a ref and get your opponent to relax. Supposedly it was a specialty of Lindland who he trained it with. If that's true, it's pretty damn dirty but I don't think there was any doubt after they showed the replay and he seemed to know he tapped despite going with the act for the moment.

wow thats some bitch shit

 

[magnificent83]

wow thats some bitch shit

Check out the Gracie video posted earlier, its called the Brazillian Tap

 

[Fersis]

I was totally thinking Cro Cop should fight Nelson too. That's a good match right now.

Belfort vs Silva doesn't seem very compelling to me, but it will give Silva another nice KO. I can't think of any good reason Belfort should be in that fight except to supply him with a striker who he can look good against.

I read a good article (can't find link right now) about Sonnen consciously employing a half-tap technique meant to fool a ref and get your opponent to relax. Supposedly it was a specialty of Lindland who he trained it with. If that's true, it's pretty damn dirty but I don't think there was any doubt after they showed the replay and he seemed to know he tapped despite going with the act for the moment.

I still think he kicked Silva's ass for 4.5 rounds which frankly I'm amazed by, I didn't think he could accomplish that. Silva was off his game dealing with a good wrestler, but BJJ won in the end!

Its called a 'brazillian tap' according to the Gracies.

Check out the Gracie video posted earlier, its called the Brazillian Tap

Pwnd by magnificent83.

 

[y2dvd]

This is like Tekken's chicken escape!

 

[abstract alien]

Yep. Shogun also did the exact counter punch Bruce does in tekken (ff+2 while opponent is punching). I had no idea that counter was based on an actual move until he did it. I wanted to make a comparison gif, but didn't have the means to...

Edit: Here is the one I'm speaking of (along with the rest of the onslaught).

Here is the tekken version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7bdnnmswAY

 

[Jake.]

lttp as always as i live in australia and have to...obtain the events by other means.

man, i wanted sonnen to win from the very first second of round 1 and i thought at the end of round 3 he would have it for sure...it just wasn't meant to be. sucks.

amazing card, even though pre-fight i didn't think it would be that special.

 

[pel1300]

funny gif I came across on Sherdog...:lol

but like I said over there.....not laughing at Sonnen, more so the gif.

I don't feel bad for the guy, and I don't think he would want me to...he made a mistake, but at the same time proved himself for 4+ rounds.....can't wait to see him fight again.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[abstract alien]

How did I miss that one :lol

 

[alienxx45]

via Dana's twitter..
http://twitter.com/danawhite/status/21159375280

announced that UFC is coming to Ontario!!!

 

[Luscious LeftFoot]

via Dana's twitter..
http://twitter.com/danawhite/status/21159375280

announced that UFC is coming to Ontario!!!

HOLY CRAP!!!

 

[NomarTyme]

Thank you Bono for making it happen.

 

[dralla]

who cares about ontario. get UFC in Madison Square Garden already

 

[CajoleJuice]

who cares about ontario. get UFC in Madison Square Garden already

.

 

[skyfinch]

who cares about ontario. get UFC in Madison Square Garden already

Those milk bag drinking bastards!

 

[NomarTyme]

who cares about ontario. get UFC in Madison Square Garden already

Meh, blame the corrupts ass union.

 

[abstract alien]

Pretty sure you have mistaken this old thread for the new one...