If you liked the UFC 117 videos that we posted yesterday from HeavyMMA.com, you’ll love these. Below is a pre-fight video press conference filled with plenty of smack talk, as well as an interview with Chael Sonnen.
Pre-fight press conference highlights:
Chael Sonnen Interview
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Heavy.com MMA writer Matt Brown chatted with Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen on a recent conference call as they prepare for UFC 117. Below is the interview.
Not that this will come as any surprise, but Chael Sonnen was star of the UFC 117 conference call. Anderson Silva, well, he was full of “yes” and “no” answers. The champ seemed indifferent on the call and almost distracted. Sonnen, on the other hand, was full of gems and seemed quite intense. Just another example of the drastic difference in personalities of these two fighters. Highlights below…
Sonnen: “Anderson has a lot of tools. I don’t see a major glaring weakness anywhere.”
Sonnen: “I’m the toughest guy in the company. There’s never been a guy with earrings that can out tough me and he’s not going to be the first.”
Sonnen “I’m a partner with the UFC and Anderson is an employee. That’s why all the questions are coming to me. I give a clear and coherant answer while he sits on a speakerphone in a car somewhere giving yes and no answers.”
Sonnen: “I’m gonna be standing, he’s gonna be flat on his back.”
Silva: “He can say what he wants to say.” – in response to Dana White saying he could cut the champ after another bad performance
Sonnen: “I believe Vitor is in line next, but he’s not the guy I really want to fight. I have a guy in mind and I’ll challenge him on the night of the 7th.”
Click here to read the rest of the interview.
My hands were sweaty, my face was red but I wasn’t going to let the opportunity pass.
“Dana, could you tell me where you see Jose (Aldo) on your pound-for-pound list.”
The question was simple enough. I mean I ran it through my head a million times in a little over two minutes. The wording, the timing, the tone all needed to sound just right. After all, this question was directed at Dana White, President of the UFC and WEC.
Following Saturday’s WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber pay-per-view event, which was sponsored by AMP Energy, White and select fighters addressed the media. And there I was, covering my first MMA live event thanks to the people at AMP Energy.
At 27, I have been a dedicated MMA fan for seven years. Having seen the early days of Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock, I was re-introduced to the UFC with Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture at UFC 43 and have been hooked since.
But I am not just a fan, I am a sports writer, and have been for about 10 years now.
I knew that the opportunity of covering MMA for Bullz-Eye.com and The Scores Report was one I wanted to be a part of because I knew that I could do it objectively and with the respect and knowledge that MMA fans want from their writers. I’m not just a fan. Still, even having interviewed some of the top athletes in the world, my eyes were locked in with White’s as he awaited my question.
As any MMA fan knows, if White thinks you asked him a stupid question, he will let you know and he will probably sprinkle in a few expletives to describe his feelings.
So I asked my question.
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