GIF of the Day: Anderson Silva Goes Into Matrix Mode Once Again at UFC 148


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Chael Sonnen, God bless him, will always find a way to blow it. During his rematch against Anderson Silva at UFC 148 on Saturday night, Sonnen decided to set logic aside and throw a wild spinning backfist, then fell over. It was the critical error that immediately led to his demise. Or at least that’s the way it seemed during the live broadcast. What this GIF presupposes is…maybe he was tripped?

Watch carefully as Silva slips Sonnen’s jab (!), ducks the backfist (!!), then angles his knee in precisely the location where Sonnen would trip over it (!!?!!!). Was it intentional? Was Sonnen already heading to the floor when their legs made contact? Does it even matter? When it comes to fighting, Anderson is blessed. He’s a genius. He operates on a higher plane of humanity. Pair him up against a man who has made choking a habit (literally/figuratively), and the result will always be the same.

Sonnen fucked up because he always fucks up. Silva won because he always wins. And the often-repeated theory that Sonnen is the “worst possible matchup” for Silva is philosophically incorrect. Silva wins this matchup ten times out of ten. A hundred times out of a hundred. A billion times out of a billion. Anderson Silva is playing chess, and Chael Sonnen is playing checkers with half the pieces missing.


(Props: sixpack-abs via TheUG)

Chael Sonnen, God bless him, will always find a way to blow it. During his rematch against Anderson Silva at UFC 148 on Saturday night, Sonnen decided to set logic aside and throw a wild spinning backfist, then fell over. It was the critical error that immediately led to his demise. Or at least that’s the way it seemed during the live broadcast. What this GIF presupposes is…maybe he was tripped?

Watch carefully as Silva slips Sonnen’s jab (!), ducks the backfist (!!), then angles his knee in precisely the location where Sonnen would trip over it (!!?!!!). Was it intentional? Was Sonnen already heading to the floor when their legs made contact? Does it even matter? When it comes to fighting, Anderson is blessed. He’s a genius. He operates on a higher plane of humanity. Pair him up against a man who has made choking a habit (literally/figuratively), and the result will always be the same.

Sonnen fucked up because he always fucks up. Silva won because he always wins. And the often-repeated theory that Sonnen is the “worst possible matchup” for Silva is philosophically incorrect. Silva wins this matchup ten times out of ten. A hundred times out of a hundred. A billion times out of a billion. Anderson Silva is playing chess, and Chael Sonnen is playing checkers with half the pieces missing.