Why does chael sonnen hate anderson silva

So if I'm coming at you and it's making headlines and you think the way of showing me the martial arts correctness of honor is to be silent and do nothing, you're missing that we're partners. I'm about to change your life and you're about to change mine. We can hate each other all we want, but if we don't appreciate that one concept, we're leaving a lot on the table here. They don't know what I'm saying.

Sonnen knew the business, though. He knew how to get a reaction and he knew how to market himself. He was also more than accessible to the media, something that the great Muhammad Ali always was. He may have been the best, too, until Mr. McGregor came along and made press conferences must sees as he worked his way up to two divisional titles in the UFC.

It's very, very hard to stand out. When we're all doing the same sport, in similar weight classes under the unified rules, how do you stand out, how do you do things different? So I think that's a little bit of what people should spend some time on, and when you say a guy can't be another Conor McGregor, you'd be stunned at how many guys don't understand that concept. Conor starts wearing suits and a bow tie; now we've got other guys showing up in suits and bow ties.

No, the bow tie market has been taken It's little things, but if you're trying to do gimmick infringement and be like some other guy You just have to put a number of years in between, then you can go ahead and do it. Sonnen laughs, but this is all serious business, and hearing him talk about it is a fascinating look into one of the great storytellers the sport has ever seen. Tell the story and the rest will follow.

That was just how I went to obtain the goal. The goal was, number one, to tell a story. That's what promotion is. And number two, understand that we might be in the sport of fighting, but we're in the business of entertainment, so go out there and entertain.

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On the show, the two famously brawled on the set. Sonnen, using a pro-wrestling explanation, said he was supposed to be the bad guy in the feud and Silva was supposed to be the babyface, defending Brazil. Silva bullying him while he was alone in Brazil with no one to help him did not allow Silva to come across like a good guy. You be the the white knight. This is really obvious.

Sonnen, 39, was right on about that. Silva was booed at Brazil events thereafter and Sonnen cheered. The roles had reversed. The two did not end up fighting in Silva evaded a drug test and was pulled by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Sonnen ended up failing two drug tests. So, the fight at Bellator NYC will be something like five years in the making.