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Chael Sonnen Was Right About Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva, the previously elusive fighter who once mocked his competition, was successful in a desperate attempt at a submission of who ended up being a better overall fighter: Chael Sonnen.
Sonnen talked a bunch of trash, and after ruffling the feathers of so many MMA and Silva fans, he came out and gave the best fight of his career and revealed Silva's weaknesses.
Nobody really gave Sonnen a chance before UFC 117. Everyone compared his Dan Hardy-like trash talk to Dan Hardy's effectiveness against Georges St. Pierre. Big mistake.
After beating Silva up for 5 rounds, Sonnen may have officially lost the fight, but what did he gain in the process? The respect of every MMA fan in the world.
Up until the last two minutes of the fight, Silva looked like a joke for the entire 5 rounds. He landed a submission out of desperation, and he was lucky.
That's ok, though. For all the Silva fans to bite their nails and sweat bullets in anticipation of seeing their champion lose the title (similar to Machida vs. Shogun I), they let out an