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Anderson Silva Reminds Us That The Last Person Who Spoke Too Much Didn’t Like The Outcome.

UFC 116 is gone and done, and it’s time to look ahead to UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen which will feature current middleweight champion Anderson Silva defending his title against Chael Sonnen. Sonnen has been hyping the fight by criticizing almost every aspect of Silva’s character, fighting ability and in ring antics, and many are expecting the champion to answer back in the ring. While Silva is not one to trash talk much, he did address Sonnen’s words during a recent interview with Tatame. The champ seems quite cool about the whole situation, though he did send out a less than subtle reminder to Sonnen and fans:

I’m cool… I’m not anxious about his statements, I don’t worry about those things. He is promoting this fight the way he cans. He’s a great athlete, he’s having a chance to fight for the belt, so let’s go. When you get there, everything changes. Inside that cage the speech changes, everything change. The last one who spoke too much didn’t like the outcome, but it’s normal. People have their mouth and their right to say whatever they feel like.

It’ll be interesting to see if Silva pushes the pace after all the negative words he received from media, fans, and even UFC president Dan White concerning the antics he displayed when fighting Demian Maia at UFC 112. UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen takes place on August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

Here’s the card as it stands:

Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Rafael Dos Anjos
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Junior Dos Santos

Preliminary Card

Light Heavyweight bout: Thiago Silva vs. Tim Boetsch
Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Christian Morecraft
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman
Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders vs. Dennis Hallman
Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace vs. Stanislav Nedkov

Shane Carwin “In between Rounds I Could Not Move My Legs.

Shane Carwin may have been defeated last night when he took on UFC champion Brock Lesnar but he certainly gained even more respect from the MMA community. Carwin can certainly punch with more power than almost any other heavyweight but his cardio certainly came up short. Carwin, however, disagrees and let fans know […]

The game plan last night was to be patient and let the fight come to you. When I had him in trouble the ref keep saying he was going to stop it and then towards the end of the 1st my body began to seize up. In between rounds I could not move my legs and had what felt like a whole body cramp. My cardio was fine but my body was not. What can you do? You have to stand up and face your opponent.

Heading into the second I knew I need to finish the fight or I was going to be in trouble. Much like the Champion he is I am sure Brock was thinking the same thing. I had zero take down defense as my legs were dead to me and the rest is as they say history.

Carwin has been gracious in his previous victories and he was no different in defeat, acknowledging that Lesnar fought like a warrior. Lesnar is slated to fight Cain Velasquez, and it’s too soon to guess on Carwin’s next opponent, but expect to see Carwin in the heavyweight title hunt shortly.

Gray Maynard: “I Handled Frankie Edgar. He Was My Easiest Fight.”

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Gray Maynard will put his seven fight win streak on the line at UFC 118: Edgar Vs. Penn 2 when he takes on top lightweight contender Kenny “Kenflo” Florian but he seems to be thinking about current UFC champion Frankie Edgar. Edgar shocked the MMA world when he took the lightweight title from BJ Penn but Maynard still remembers beating him via decision. If Maynard can get a win over Florian it’s pretty clear that he would be next in line for a title shot. We’ll find out on August 28.

Fedor Vs. Overeem With Werdum To The Winner A Real Possibility.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has thrown out some his thoughts concerning a rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Fedor Emelianenko, and seems to think that The Last Emperor should maybe face Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem first and then with a victory perhaps take on Fabricio Werdum in a muchly anticipated rematch. MMA fans must be drooling at the idea of Fedor vs. Overeem, as Overeem has long been thought of as a legitimate threat to most top heavyweight fighters, and much more a stylistic nightmare for Fedor. Coker made his thoughts clear with Sherdog:

My feeling is maybe Fedor should fight Alistair Overeem and whoever wins that fight gets to fight Fabricio Werdum. I would love to see that fight too, Alistair and Fedor, I would love to see that fight happen. Here’s the thing, we just saw Fedor fight Werdum; I’m not saying we couldn’t do the rematch [Fedor vs. Werdum] first but I’m saying there are a couple options on the table

Sounds like Coker is doing a great job setting up a potential rematch with Fedor and Werdum, if Fedor can get through Overeem who could give Fedor his second loss in as many fights. When the word comes out, we’ll let you know.

“My Problem Is Chuck’s Chin,” UFC President Dana White

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During Thursday’s UFC pre-fight press conference for “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” the promotions president Dana White stated yet again that former UFC champion Chuck Liddell was done fighting in the UFC.
“He won’t do it again. He cannot do it again. It will not happen […]

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During Thursday’s UFC pre-fight press conference for “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” the promotions president Dana White stated yet again that former UFC champion Chuck Liddell was done fighting in the UFC.

“He won’t do it again. He cannot do it again. It will not happen again. This guy is somebody that I care about and respect and consider a friend of mine.

“My problem isn’t with Chuck Liddell getting in shape or any of that stuff. My problem is with Chuck’s chin. Anybody who’s been in the sport long enough knows you used to be able to hit him in the face with a crowbar and you couldn’t even wobble him. And that’s not the case anymore. It’s not worth it to me.”

Liddell was at the Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Las Vegas at the unveiling of a wax figure in his image and spoke to MMAWeekly.com about his future.

“We’ll talk to Dana today and go in there and try to make some more ideas about what I want to do. I’m not sure. Isn’t anything decided yet. I’m gonna have to talk to him about it.”

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Chuck Liddell Thinks BJ Penn Won His Fight Against Frankie Edgar.

If it were up to UFC light heavyweight fighter Chuck”The Iceman” Liddell BJ Penn wouldn’t be having a rematch against Frankie Edgar. Why? Simply because Liddell thinks that Penn won the fight, taking at least four of the five rounds from Edgar, as he stated during a Q&A with The Fight Network in […]

To be honest, I thought Penn won the first fight. I thought he won at least four out of the five rounds. I was watching it after hearing about the results already. I watched the first few rounds and then called my buddy and said, “what are you talking about? How did he lose this fight?” I think the punch stats would indicate that, too.

No word on whether Liddell will continue his career or call it quits but he does mention that he’ll be talking to UFC president Dana White next week to plan his next moves. There’s been talk of a last match between himself and Tito Ortiz, but so far these are nothing but weak rumors. If Liddell makes a decision The MMA News will bring you the details.