UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II

[Cbear]

Saturday July 7th, 2012

PPV 10 p.m. Eastern:

Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen
Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz
Patrick Cote vs Cung Le
Dong Hyun Kim vs Demian Maia
Chad Mendes vs Cody Mckenzie
Mike Easton vs Ivan Menjivar

Prelims FX 8 p.m. Eastern:

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Gleison Tibau
Fabricio Camoes vs Melvin Guillard
Riki Fukuda vs Constantinos Philippou
John Alessio vs Shane Roller
Yoislandy Izquierdo vs Rafaello Oliveira

[Cavity Creep]

Anderson's motivated for this one. Shell's in for the beating of his life.

[krazo101]

I think Anderson will put Chael away in very humiliating and convincing fashion. And I think it will be quick. If it makes it more than 7 minutes I'd be surprised.

[KombatKoch]

Yeah, Shell is about to be locked in a cage with a pissed off spider.

[Cbear]

Depends how anger affects Andys fighting. The last time we say Andy angry was the Maia match when he lost his mind. Usually its not a good idea for a fighter to be angy as the thinking it they will make mistakes. In this case will it make Andy make mistakes or just ultra agressive? And will that ultra aggression translate into destroying Shell or will it open him up to Shells takedowns? Granted, an insanely pissed off Dancin Andy sounds like a very, very scary thing but it also might be a mistake. Should be fun to find out.

[Jeff Mondo]

The way I see it, there's no way this fight can turn out disappointing.

Either Chael pulls out a win and completes one of the most incredible upsets (of sorts) in the sport or...

Dancin Andy commits murder in the cage.

Gonna be fun.

[Cbear]

Andy just doesnt understand that Shell is his bank accounts best friend. Dana is saying this fight is going to break the 1 million buy mark which would make it the biggest show in a long time and thats going to put millions of extra dollars in Andys disco fund. I can see how he would hate Shell for being his arch nemesis but at the same time, Shell is the one who has made this fight so profitable. Deep down, Evil Ed damn sure knows the score.

And I like Andy going insane in the phone interview and going all Ole Anderson on Shell. Had he been doing that for the last year, this fight could be even bigger than it looks to be.

[KombatKoch]

Yeah I hope he doesn't have a mind fart like Cerrone. But, I am glad that it is Chael's face that is going to find out and not mine.

[Cbear]

The way I see it, there's no way this fight can turn out disappointing.

Either Chael pulls out a win and completes one of the most incredible upsets (of sorts) in the sport or...

Dancin Andy commits murder in the cage.

Gonna be fun.

If Shell wins, the UFC will make an immediate rematch (which Andy has earned with his record) which will do even bigger numbers as the rubber match. From a money making standpoint, the UFC should be rooting for Shell to win the belt.

From a fight quality standpoint, it should be good. Either Shell wins the belt and insanity ensues or Andy puts on what could be the best performance of his life. Really, it would be almost unthinkable that this fight stinks up the joint.

[skeletonrock]

I'm so excited for this fight. I hope Andy makes Chael look like Bigfoot in the Cain fight.