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Let's all take a moment to laugh at me. Then, now united by laughter, we can turn our mocking voices towards Leben himself, who also thought he could win, telling a national television audience:. I'm roughnecking him. I'm punching him. He's punching me and I'm eating his shots and just blasting him back in the face?
He's not going to be able to handle it. To be that innocent and naive again. Anderson Silva beat those delusions out of Leben in the cage. The rest of us, haters all, took our beatings by proxy. All told, that's the better way. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai was a monster. When he was at his best, anything feat was within his grasp. There was no bar too high for him to reach. From any position, in any situation, he was dangerous. Whether hanging back and landing those punishing leg kicks, or clinching up to deliver knees to the body or launch into a huge hip throw, Sakurai was always more than most could handle on their feet.
And once the fight got to the ground, his opponents had to contend with a man who finished second in the open-weight category at the ADCC submission wrestling championship—as a welterweight. Over the course of five years and twenty professional fights, no man could rightfully call themselves "Mach's" master. Until Anderson Silva. In August, , Silva ended Sakurai's streak, announcing himself as a potential future champion and someone worth watching.
UFC stars are not at the top of the food chain when it comes to endorsements. You won't see any fighters at the top of the sport's world's annual "best paid" list, alongside luminaries like Tiger Woods and David Beckham. Our athletes have to settle for more modest goals. Just a few years ago, that might mean something as crass a temporary tattoo advertising an online gambling site. Maybe a patch representing a local restaurant.
If you were really lucky, Mask and the boys over at TapouT would take you under their wing. The day we would see a UFC fighter wearing Nike and pitching tennis shoes seemed very distant indeed. But Anderson Silva has lept that gulf, the one separating fighters from soccer players and more hoity toity athletes. He and the shoe giant joined forces in according to Sherdog.
And it wasn't Silva's only major deal :. The Brazilian branch of fast-food giant Burger King announced Silva as one of its new promotional faces. On Monday, officials from Brazilian soccer team Sport Club Corinthians Paulista -- also sponsored by Nike -- announced a multi-tiered marketing initiative in which the pound-for-pound great will be prominently featured. The founder of 9ine, recently retired soccer great Ronaldo, was himself a longtime Nike spokesman who finished his career playing for Corinthians.
We believe he has much to contribute to make the new campaign more fun and impactful. With these mega deals, Anderson has taken his stardom to a new level of mainstream. Silva's new motto isn't "Just Do It.
And hopefully he's paved the way for others to follow in his footsteps and his swooshes. At some point MMA fans become a little jaded. There is no violence that can satisfy our bloodlust.
That awesome right hook you just landed to plant a guy on the mat? Seen it. Seen it earlier on this card. Already tweeted it and posted a GIF on Facebook. But occasionally, a fighter does something that makes even the most cynical, seen- it- all MMA fan leap out of his chair. Usually that fighter's name is Anderson Silva.
An example? Although Tony Fryklund's name has been forgotten with time, at one point he was one of those fighters who other fighters talked about. Fryklund hadn't excelled in the cage—but in the gym he was competitive with some of the best fighters in the world. It's not remarkable that Silva beat Fryklund. What's remarkable is his casual elegance while doing so. Things started off so well for Anderson Silva in the now defunct Pride promotion.
At the time, the Japanese show was the hottest thing in mixed martial arts. The world's best, as well as a hodge podge collection of pro wrestlers and pituitary giants, all gathered to compete in a traditional ring, surrounded by pomp, circumstance and thousands of Japanese fans. Silva earned his place in the big show with his win over Sakurai. He should have run right through Daiju Takase too. But something funny happened on the way to certain victory—Anderson Silva got tapped out by a fighter who currently rocks a career record.
Bloody Elbow's Chris Nelson sets the stage:. In June , a year-old Takase carried a record into his Pride 26 bout with Anderson Silva, who had just reeled off nine straight wins. Eight minutes and thirty-three seconds later, after dominating the match with top control and threatening with multiple submissions, Takase forced Silva to tap to a deep triangle choke, becoming the first man in MMA to ever finish "The Spider. Silva came out strong, but once the fight hit the ground, it never again returned to the standing position.
Silva would lose his subsequent Pride fight to Ryo Chonan as well, ending up out of the promotion. He landed in the UFC, tore off 14 wins in a row and never looked back. But the stain on his otherwise impeccable record remains. Silva may be the greatest MMA fighter of all time, the world his oyster—but Takase will always have Yokohama and quite the tale to tell. Anderson Silva is a man who lets his actions speak for him. Before the fight he doesn't relish the constant media appearances and all the hoops necessary to promote a fight to millions.
As you see in the documentary Like Water, Silva dreads this part of the game, to the point he sometimes refuses outright to participate. When questions poured in at a prefight press call before his next fight, he dismissed them or answered them curtly, often with a single word. The media, represented here by Yahoo's Steve Cofield, was furious:. Silva showed a little contrition in the immediate aftermath but during a UFC teleconference, to preview next weekend's main event, it was good to find out the old Silva is still alive and well.
Showing once again he doesn't get it, the UFC middleweight champ made gave plenty of one-word answers and mocked most of the questions.
It's the fight game. Part of your job is to sell the fight and in doing so raise your own profile. It's fine Silva's a jerk, we get that. But at least embrace it. Floyd Mayweather is a genius. He gets it. As long as you pick a side, Floyd is happy. Silva is on the opposite end of the spectrum. His approach during an incredible fight UFC win streak is still why almost no one outside of MMA has any idea who he is.
With the camera rolling for Like Water, we got to see Silva's manager Ed Soares respond to his conference call shenanigans. He was seemingly as upset as Cofield. Arlen Delgado reviewed the film for Breitbart and found Soares a compelling figure :.
One feels sympathy, actually, for he who bears the unenviable task of managing the sometimes-difficult champion. Whether Silva is understandably tired and annoyed by answering the same old questions over and over, or whether he is behaving as a spoiled celebrity, is up to the viewer to decide.
For two years Chael Sonnen has been in Anderson Silva's grill. He's called him names, insulted his intelligence, his country, his legacy, his friends and family. Finally, during a conference call promoting their UFC rematch, Silva couldn't stand it anymore. The soft spoken champion snapped. Ravens: 'Just trying to score'. Avalanche's Bowen Byram exits with upper-body injury in first period vs. Detroit big man Kelly Olynyk out at least 6 weeks with knee injury.
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Silva even once said he at a couple of the famous burgers before and after every weigh in. Despite this love Silva once had, it seems like he's traded in Big Macs for Whoppers.
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