VIDEO | Sonnen Blames Rule Confusion As Reason For First Silva Loss | UFC NEWS
“What had happened was a complete misunderstanding, a complete misapplication of the rules by me. We’re in the fifth and final round, he locks on a submission and I acknowledge he has it tight by slapping my hand on his leg. I tapped. So what I thought is you go to the cards. I win four rounds, he wins that round. Apparently, if you tap, it ends the entire contest, which I was not ever made privy to. I gotta plead ignorance on this, Jim. Had anybody told me that tapping would cost me the entire bout, and not just the round, I wouldn’t have done it.”
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OMG!!!even cats know that!
effin Chael, you cant help but love the guy
you mean “effin chael, morons love the guy”
Sounds about right
i love this guy but come on chael really man lol? love him or hate him he is still the best trash talker in mma and a damn good fighter
And I love you, Jaedr. Thanks for last night.
You are so very welcome, Big Guy! You are like a Bandit. And you made it even turn green with those rubber bands! That was great!
“You can’t help but love the guy”- why the hell would you say that. This man is a bold face liars. Lying right to the face of Jim Rome and all of the viewers. Sonnen has been in the mma business for a long long time and he knows good and well what tapping signifies. He has already been guilty of fraud, this man is making money off of being a liar and b.s. artist. Is this the world we are living in where a true noble warrior like Anderson Silva is being respected LESS because he is a nice family man that trains hard and shows respect!? I can not and do not respect Chael Sonnen one tiny bit. It is people like Mr. Sonnen that are creating such a negative world. Luckily Silva is going to kick the shit out of this man and shut his mouth officially. I feel sorry for every sarcastic, weak willed s.o.b that buys this idiots book. They could’ve spent that money on the Tao of Jeet Kun Do and really changed their lives. Have a great day.
Dude, if you think that sonnen was the least bit serious in this interview about the tap rule, then your out of your mind. He was joking for god sakes. I hate the dude, but i can admit hes hilarious
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true noble warrior? LOL the guy greases any time he fights a ground guy. He takes vasilen from his face and rubs it all over his body – Okami,Leites,Maia – so much for your noble Warrior keep eatin the shit the ufc keeps feeding you mark ass fan boy
You’re making up your own facts. Pathetic..
When did okami and Maia go to the ground for the Vaseline to have any use? What are you gunna say next he used Vaseline to slip Forrest griffins punches?
Vaseline blew Cotes knee too dont forget that one
Hey id!ot, dont take it so seriously. The guy is obviously just talking his way out of being embarassed after he tapped. Dont get too affected with everything Sonnen says. Now run along now, be a good little boy and go back to wiping anderson’s balls so it will be as shiny as hell.
Hes either lying or hes dumb (highly doubt that). Love the dude and his ability to get people to want him to lose. Luckily for him Silva is infinitely more unlikeable
Silva infinitely more unlikeable then the racist idiot Sonnen. Sure Sonnens a good talker and some of the shit he says is funny, but hes still an idiot who is going to get his ass kicked. Silva is funny and respectful, not to mention the greatest mixed martial artist who has ever lived.
Anderson Silva is very unlikeable and ignorant to all english speaking mma fans. Anderson speaks perfect english but every interview he does post fight he will only speak portugese with a translator. Ignorant!!!!!
maybe its because his native and preferred language is Portuguese. dont get your fkn panites in a bunch and jump to conclusions. most of you gotta get your heads out your ass.
thank you penn he respects his nation an where he is from…if you look in the usa he speeks his lang, in brazil he spoke english in rio he did…thats just him…
He doesn’t speak perfect English yet. He’s just too cautious to try and speak English and maybe mess it up.
Furthermore the English spoken rednecks chanting USA! aren’t exactly making the foreign fighters welcome huh? There were a few of these douchebags chanting it during the Zombie – Poirier fight.
It’s ok to chose your fighter cause he’s a fellow American, but just root for him and chant his name instead of making it a thing about nationalism.
y is silva so unlikeable?? cause he d rather keep personal shit to himself and focus on his mentors, family and defending his title? or his voice is a lil high pitched? lol Its not that hes unlikeable I dont think, its cause people will always be pissed bout the leites, mia, and cote fights! I was pissed I wasted my money, but more pissed cause silva is by far my favorite fighter to watch because hes so amazing, and he did nt perform in those fights… did nt matter tho, I got over it the next day everytime because what he has done FAR outways what he did nt do in those fights!! Would nt trade the spider for any fighter, hes just incredible to watch!
Why would anyone ever make an article of this? he’s clearly joking around…..
hmmm i guesss he forgot after losing to the exact same submission from damin maia…and many other guys
This guy proves any circus clown can be a fighter. He makes the UFC look ridiculous. The line is getting thinner between the UFC and wwe. I think the juice made him stupid. He went from half fighter half politician to pathetic trash talker. Nate marquart was fired for what?
yeah, I miss Nate
double standard I guess. Sonnen can sell fights, Marquardt can’t I would assume.
If he wouldn’t have tapped, he would’ve just died with a broken arm. I can’t wait for this next go-around
Sonnen “the man who’s been submitted 8 times”, take a hike.
3 wins and 8 losses by submission.
Says the man who tapped out more times than a BJJ white belt
Chael gets tapped out in every training session he’s ever had, it’s a very normal occurrence for him so cut the guy some slack
Come on people, the guy is totally messing with people. Anderson of course won, but I think everybody seems to overlook the fact that he put a serious beat down on Silva for 4 1/2 rounds. If you want to get an idea of who Chael really is, watch the Joe Rogan podcast with him the other day. He puts the “Chael” character aside & you see that he is a very intelligent, well informed, & articulate person. You guys use common, really
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Everybody also seems to overlook that ‘beatdown’ was done with a testosterone level of 16:1. So he was cheating, and still lost!
And in Rogan’s podcast he was not as hyper as he normally is, but he was still lying most of the interview.
He’s tapped more than once from a triangle choke.
“I was hoping you would’ bahaha Yep, he just trolled the shit out of some of you idiots. Does it with a great poker face too lol
He looks like a bitch for tapping a true contender/champ would ****ing go to sleep.
Anderson should just put him to sleep next time don’t tap lol see if u win then
It’s clearly sarcasm. Lol.
wow
Lmao .. Sonnen is too much .. I gotta admit he is entertaining
Chael Sonnen professional tapper from the streets of Oregon.
hahahaha jokes. i dont like chael bu this is epic trolling and i can see a load of dumb ****s getting wound up by it already
its obvious its a joke
Thats so fricken stupid! What kind of excuse is that. What excuse are you going to come up with when silva beats you a second time
-]. I wish Anderson does worse than what he did to Vitor .[-
stop commenting bout this article. IT WAS A FKN JOKE, AND IT IS A FKN JOKE. ANYTHING SONNEN RELATED IS A JOKE AND IF YOU IDIOTS ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY THEN YOURE GETTING TROLLED HARD. DONT FEED THE FKN TROLL AND LIFE WILL BE MUCH EASIER. THIS IS THE REASON WHY SONNEN TROLLS LOL’S AT ALL OF THE FOOLS BELIEVING IN THIS SHIT.
D*MN chael! when the f*ck were you born???
Ok, after hearing this crap, I’m utterly convinced that Chael is prepping himself for a career in the WWE after UFC.
This guy is amazing. I can see why everyone loves him!!
War SOnnen! You the man!
Would love the honor to meet you oneday.
Chael Sonnon is got to be the biggest idiot I’ve ever seen. He’s delusional. How many fights has he had and he didn’t know tapping out ends the fight. I hope this time the NSAC let’s him know that taking steroids it against the rules this time. Knock his butt out this time Anderson. What’s up BJ from Charlotte, NC. Hope you come back soon.
I Chael didn’t tap, Spidey would have broke his arm.
wow wth is wrong with this guy…how many time’s has he made some one tapout??? he knew that once he tapped out it was over…an he did tip his hat to silva in the press con, after the fight watch it an see him say silva got me he was the best that night…not in them words but same meaning so lick nut’s sonnen