The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the medical suspensions for UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2. The card was the biggest gate in UFC history at around $7 million. It also was host to one of the most anticipated rematches in the histor…
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the medical suspensions for UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2.
The card was the biggest gate in UFC history at around $7 million. It also was host to one of the most anticipated rematches in the history of the sport.
Bleacher Report received the suspension list earlier this morning. Of the 22 combatants, half received suspensions from the commission.
Among the names listed are middleweight title contender Chael Sonnen and former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin.
Below is the complete list of fighters who were suspended after the event:
Chael Sonnen – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 29 for cuts on his nose.
Forrest Griffin – Suspended until August 22 with no contact until August 12 for possible jaw injury. Additionally, he must have CT scan of jaw and be cleared by doctor or no contact until October 6.
Cung Le – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 29 for left eye laceration. Additionally, he must have x-ray of right knee and right foot and be cleared by doctor or no contact until October 6.
Patrick Cote – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 29 for cuts on the scalp.
Dong Hyun Kim – Suspended until August 22 with no contact until August 7 for TKO loss.
Cody McKenzie – Suspended until August 22 with no contact until August 7 for TKO loss.
Ivan Menjivar – Must have X-ray or MRI of left knee and be cleared by doctor or no contact until October 6.
Fabricio Camoes – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 29.
Gleison Tibau – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 29 for cuts around his right eye.
Constantinos Philippou – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 30. Additionally, must have left eye cleared by a doctor or no contact until October 6.
Rafaello Oliveira – Suspended until August 7 with no contact until July 29 for cuts on the scalp.
For the longest time, UFC fans across the globe begged for one fight and one fight only: Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre. It was a must. It was a potential showdown between the UFC’s two largest stars as both Silva and St-Pierre have dominate…
For the longest time, UFC fans across the globe begged for one fight and one fight only: Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre.
It was a must. It was a potential showdown between the UFC’s two largest stars as both Silva and St-Pierre have dominated their respected divisions for as long as most of us can remember. The only problem? The superfight between Silva and St-Pierre never happened.
Now, with St-Pierre sidelined due to an ACL tear, the world is beginning to call for a different fight with as much at stake if not more.
Silva vs. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
In order for this superfight to have even been up for talks, Silva would have had to defeat his fierce rival in Chael Sonnen. He did. It was a second-round knockout heard across the world.
However, following the biggest win of Silva’s career he explained how he has no interest in fighting the youngest champion in UFC history in Jones. Instead, Silva has nothing but respect for Jones. In addition, Jones went to Twitter to agree with Silva as shown below:
I guess Anderson said he had no interest in fighting me at tonight’s press conference, I feel the same way about him. Nothing but respect
However, as we know, it’s not always what the fighters want. Instead, whatever UFC President Dana White wants is what he gets. If White wants the world to see a superfight between Silva and Jones, rest assured, we will see Silva vs. Jones.
The middleweight division is quickly becoming thin. If Silva can manage to fight off contenders in Mark Munoz, Chris Weidman, Michael Bisping or even Hector Lombard, it’s possible we could see this highly-desired showdown as soon as 2013.
32 career victories, 15 UFC wins and 10 straight title defenses. Those are the staggering numbers that long-time UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has provided us with over the years. Since his entry fight against Chris Leben in June of 2006, Si…
32 career victories, 15 UFC wins and 10 straight title defenses.
Those are the staggering numbers that long-time UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has provided us with over the years. Since his entry fight against Chris Leben in June of 2006, Silva has been nothing short of spectacular.
He’s defeated every obstacle that’s been placed in front of him and has defeated some of the world’s top contenders in Rich Franklin, Forrest Griffin, Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami. Not only did “The Spider” defeat these opponents, but he did it the way he wanted to. In fact, Silva has controlled nearly every round of every fight since joining forces with the world’s top promotion.
This rule of principle applies to every opponent except one man.
Chael Sonnen.
For whatever reason, Silva has struggled against Sonnen. In just one meeting, Silva was taken down and hit more than all of his other UFC fights combined. Sonnen had his number, despite falling short in their historical bout at UFC 117.
Sonnen was rewarded a second chance at Silva’s belt while Silva had the opportunity to prove the first time around was a mere fluke. It had to be, right? There’s no way the world’s greatest mixed martial artist could have been placed on his back and beaten black and blue for 23 minutes, right?
When the action began in the most anticipated rematch in UFC history, Sonnen proved it was far from a fluke as he placed Silva on his back just six seconds into Round 1.
Silva never returned to his feet except to return to his corner between rounds. When the bell sounded for Round 2, Sonnen opened up for a spinning back-fist that missed the target. Sonnen’s failed attempt sent him up against the Octagon and to the ground.
Once again, Sonnen opened a narrow window for Silva to capitalize on, and, he did. It will go down as arguably the biggest mistake ever made in a UFC contest. When have we ever seen Sonnen look for a spinning back-fist? It turns out the mistake cost Sonnen the bout, allowing Silva to once again hold on to his precious UFC title.
So, you make the call—Was this more of a Silva win or a Sonnen mistake?
…and we specifically asked for AquaDeco to go with those brown M&Ms!
Well, that didn’t take long.
After appearing genuinely humbled after losing the second round his middleweight title fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 148, none of us were buying the idea that Chael Sonnen had been humbled by the loss and accepted the outcome. For starters, we literally saw the exact same thing happen after UFC 117. On top of that, since Saturday night there have been countless debates both on and offline over vaseline, shorts-grabbing and ‘illegal’ knees that potentially cost Chael P. Sonnen a victory against Anderson Silva. In other words, if Chael Sonnen could come up with excuses to justify his “victory” over Anderson Silva at UFC 117, it was obvious that he would have an excuse for his loss in the rematch now that there’s actually some kind of controversy surrounding the fight.
Earlier today, it was reported that Chael Sonnen’s camp filed an appeal with the Nevada Athletic Commission to overturn the result of the his bout against Anderson Silva at UFC 148 to a no-contest. As first reported by Jonathan Snowden on The MMA Show:
“Scott McQuarry, the head coach of Chael Sonnen, says they’ve started the process to file an appeal with Keith Kizer and the Nevada Athletic Commission. They believe the knee Anderson Silva threw was illegal, that the intent was to knee the face, that it did it in fact strike Chael in the face, that he got eight stitches and that he bit his tongue. They also say Anderson grabbed the cage at the point of impact. They are intending to appeal and have the fight ruled a no contest.”
…and we specifically asked for AquaDeco to go with those brown M&Ms!
Well, that didn’t take long.
After appearing genuinely humbled after losing the second round his middleweight title fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 148, none of us were buying the idea that Chael Sonnen had been humbled by the loss and accepted the outcome. For starters, we literally saw the exact same thing happen after UFC 117. On top of that, since Saturday night there have been countless debates both on and offline over vaseline, shorts-grabbing and ‘illegal’ knees that potentially cost Chael P. Sonnen a victory against Anderson Silva. In other words, if Chael Sonnen could come up with excuses to justify his “victory” over Anderson Silva at UFC 117, it was obvious that he would have an excuse for his loss in the rematch now that there’s actually some kind of controversy surrounding the fight.
Earlier today, it was reported that Chael Sonnen’s camp filed an appeal with the Nevada Athletic Commission to overturn the result of the his bout against Anderson Silva at UFC 148 to a no-contest. As first reported by Jonathan Snowden on The MMA Show:
“Scott McQuarry, the head coach of Chael Sonnen, says they’ve started the process to file an appeal with Keith Kizer and the Nevada Athletic Commission. They believe the knee Anderson Silva threw was illegal, that the intent was to knee the face, that it did it in fact strike Chael in the face, that he got eight stitches and that he bit his tongue. They also say Anderson grabbed the cage at the point of impact. They are intending to appeal and have the fight ruled a no contest.”
Back to Illegal-Kneegate: The perceived illegal intent of the knee in question is not in any way, shape or form relevant, so let’s not even have that debate. The vaseline (that was wiped off of Silva immediately, mind you) didn’t seem to prevent Sonnen from taking down Silva in the first round, so how about we end that debate too? As for the shorts-grabbing, Silva was warned about it during the fight and Sonnen admitted after the fight to grabbing Silva’s shorts as well. If you wanted Yves Lavigne to separate the fighters and deduct a point from Silva, then kindly refrain from explaining how that would have prevented Chael Sonnen’s boneheaded decision to attempt a spinning backfist, allowing Anderson Silva the opportunity to finish “The America Gangster.”
As numerous fans, pundits and members of our comments section have already pointed out, this is just another instance of Chael Sonnen being his own worst enemy. He has now lost two fights against Anderson Silva due to monumental lapses in judgment, and is clinging to the idea that he is the victim of a series of illegal tactics. If Sonnen is ever going to hold a belt in the UFC – at any weight class – he needs to stop making excuses and avoid the mental breakdowns he’s been having during title fights. Also, if Sonnen’s endgame is establishing a reason for an immediate rematch, I highly doubt that the UFC will want to taint the reputation of its most dominant champion by implying that he cheated during their fight Saturday night.
And on that note, I offer one final picture of the knee. You may now resume your debate. Keep it civil, you guys.
Make no mistake about it, Chael Sonnen is undoubtedly the most outspoken fighter that mixed martial arts has ever seen. The words Sonnen has spoken over the course of the past two years simply cannot be erased. He’s offended Anderson Silva, his family,…
Make no mistake about it, Chael Sonnen is undoubtedly the most outspoken fighter that mixed martial arts has ever seen.
The words Sonnen has spoken over the course of the past two years simply cannot be erased. He’s offended Anderson Silva, his family, the country of Brazil—the list goes on. Sonnen’s even gone as far as to call out Silva’s wife, demanding his steak done medium rare.
There’s two types of individuals in the world of MMA: those who love Sonnen and those who hate him.
If you’re from America, there’s a decent chance you’re a lover of Sonnen’s words. However, if you’re from Brazil, the likelihood of you falling into the latter category is almost certain.
However, when we begin to examine Sonnen’s actions, you’ll see more than a trash-talker. You’ll see more than a man who fears no one, including the entire country of Brazil. You’ll see a man who is a genius.
Through Sonnen’s outspoken personality, he was able to single-handedly advertise arguably the biggest main event showdown in UFC history. UFC 148 produced staggering sale and gate numbers and none of it could have been possible without Sonnen’s trash talk.
Over the course of the past two years, Sonnen not only made himself known to the world, he was able to pull in a substantial amount of money.
Sonnen showed us his true colors following his loss to Silva when the world least expected it. Sonnen shock Silva’s hand and congratulated the champion on his 10th straight title defense.
In the post-fight press conference, Sonnen took it a step farther and declared the following:
“The better guy wins every time. The better guy won tonight.”
Despite falling short in once in a lifetime opportunity, Sonnen showed his true colors and respected Silva’s accomplishment.
It appears as if Sonnen squashed the beef between himself and Silva…at least for now.
(He may not have invited him to the BBQ afterward, but Anderson was going to make sure that Griffin squealed like a pig one way or another.)
The salaries for UFC 148’s twenty-two fighters were released earlier today, and it appears that Chael Sonnen earned exactly one dollar for every insult he aimed at the people of Brazil, which is 50% higher than the UFC’s current average compensatory rate for drawing the ire of an entire nation, a.k.a the Josh Koscheck clause, so a tip of the hat is in order for The Orgeonian in that regard. It will surely by him all of the medium rare steak sandwiches he could ever hope to have.
In other news, despite getting rocked on more than one occasion in his fight with the now retired Tito Ortiz and sprinting out of the cage like he was reliving his fight with Anderson Silva before the decision was even read, Forrest Griffin managed to walk away with the W and a cool $275,000 to boot. Actually, when you add in his $75,000 FOTN bonus, the total comes to…a much higher number. It would be impossible for us to crunch those kinds of numbers and still get this article together in just 8 hours, so take it for what it is and shut up.
The full list of salaries, along with our thoughts (read:complaints), is after the jump.
(He may not have invited him to the BBQ afterward, but Anderson was going to make sure that Griffin squealed like a pig one way or another.)
The salaries for UFC 148′s twenty-two fighters were released earlier today, and it appears that Chael Sonnen earned exactly one dollar for every insult he aimed at the people of Brazil, which is 50% higher than the UFC’s current average compensatory rate for drawing the ire of an entire nation, a.k.a the Josh Koscheck clause, so a tip of the hat is in order for The Orgeonian in that regard. It will surely by him all of the medium rare steak sandwiches he could ever hope to have.
In other news, despite getting rocked on more than one occasion in his fight with the now retired Tito Ortiz and sprinting out of the cage like he was reliving his fight with Anderson Silva before the decision was even read, Forrest Griffin managed to walk away with the W and a cool $275,000 to boot. Actually, when you add in his $75,000 FOTN bonus, the total comes to…a much higher number. It would be impossible for us to crunch those kinds of numbers and still get this article together in just 8 hours, so take it for what it is and shut up.
Overpaid: Look, we know Cung Le is a big time movie star (He was the bomb in Phantoms Pandorum, yo.) and all, but is he really popular enough to earn a 150 thousand dollar paycheck? We’ll give him all the credit in the world for his performance against Patrick Cote, which was easily his finest since he permanently impacted five pounds of undigested raw meat into Scott Smith’s small intestine at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum, but to think that his base rate is almost as high as Silva’s is pretty unbelievable. Granted, Silva likely took home a significant cut of the astronomical PPV dollars, which likely boosted his salary toward the half mil mark considering those numbers. We imagine that was the case, though to a lesser extent, for Sonnen as well, because 50K doesn’t seem like much compensation for a man who has been tirelessly trolling the MMA world for a good two years now.
Also, Riki Fukuda apparently makes 28K to show. If we could tell you who that is, we would surely have more of an opinion on the matter.
*Checks Sherdog*
Ah, he’s the defending DEEP middleweight champion. Nope, still nothing.
Underpaid: Honestly, there isn’t really any figure that jumps to our immediate attention. We just hope DW threw Cody McKenzie a few extra dollars for essentially jumping on a grenade against Chad Mendes. And while we’re speaking of Mendes, considering that the man is a former title challenger, he isn’t exactly living up to his “Money” moniker. Let’s hope when his contract expires he can at least start making the money he rightfully deserves as the number 2 featherweight in the world.
For the longest time, UFC fans across the globe begged for one fight and one fight only: 
