Undefeated and undisputed.
This previous weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva shared a fight sports activities area for a 3rd time in a five-round boxing exhibition bout between the 2 former rivals that was in the end declared a draw (even when many commenters on-line noticed the combat as a definitive ‘win’ for Silva).
However for Sonnen, who has been completed in combined martial arts competitors by Silva on two events (2010, 2012) — the primary of which was a heartbreaking late submission defeat after he dominated the primary 4.5 rounds — this efficiency, a tie, is an indication of enchancment.
“I assumed I received the primary three rounds,” Sonnen informed the media in Brazil post-fight, as famous by MMA Fighting. “It’s important to perceive, he let me win the primary one. He all the time lets me win the primary spherical. That’s considered one of his methods, he feels you out. He lets everyone win the primary spherical, and I did the identical factor in Rounds 2 and three that I did within the first spherical.
Whereas these casuals watch “tank”, probably the most clever of us are watching Chael Sonnen vs Anderson Silva.
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“However I slipped someplace within the fourth spherical, after which they introduced the physician in sooner or later as a result of I had a bloody nostril or one thing. It’s like, come on, you’re making this look means worse than it’s. It was three rounds to 2, I assumed I received that combat.”
Sonnen added: “It’s important to perceive, the final two fights, whether or not I prefer it or not, have been stoppage losses, so a draw is an enormous step in the suitable route. Alternatively, of the six accomplished rounds I’ve had with Anderson Silva, I received all six. He has by no means received a spherical in opposition to me, that’s a actuality. “Tonight, he received rounds, so large deal for me to get a draw, large deal for him to win a spherical.”
