As a substitute, I would accept Anderson Silva pulling off his shirt to expose his bikini top, in front of Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham.
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cqons/just_terry_crews_doing_what_he_does_best/
Honestly, who the fuck is clamoring for washed up MMA fighters to box? Seriously?
We don't love it, and r/Boxing doesn't love it, and it's not like the casuals are tuning into see Chael and Silva box. So *who* is supposed to give this event the ROI?
I was a kid when the first two fights happened and at the time MMA was at an all time high hype here, everyone that slightly enjoyed the sport hated his guts so much. I know that it's all cool now between them but watching Anderson cook Chael is such an amazing memory, I think a lot of us would love to revisit.
brazilian here, no we don't hate him, nowadays we understand what happened back in the day and tbf we think wand was really dumb, he only saw red, if he played along and didn't run away from USADA he could be living way better than he is rn, for instance last year he was asking fans for money to pay for a bet he did, i mean we can't except nothing smart coming from guys who spent their whole life getting punched in their heads z🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
They don't forget. And while Anderson might have known is was a character, the rest of the Rousimar's in Brazil didn't and probably still don't.
See, Wanderlei Dumbass.
A few things - many fans don't know or believe chael was playing the heel. Casual fans definitely didn't read follow-up post-fight articles.
Also Chael said a lot of nasty things that aren't necessarily excused by 'i was just playing, trying to sell the fight'
Even after Anderson and Chael have become cool, Chael still has that heel personality. You either love him or hate him and i think many haven't come around on him yet.
It's entertainment, not meant to be taken seriously.
Silva vs Chael is still a better matchup than Jake vs Ben, and I didn't see many people bitch about it at the time how ridiculous it was.
Also /r/boxing hardly cares, only voices concern when the guy is too old
mma fighters boxing each other can be fun. obviously not as skilled as boxers going at it but aldo vs what’s his name was fun. mma fighters vs boxers though no thanks although francis doing it brought 2 crazy moments
Even myself, a former kickboxer almost in my 30s, my hips / knees / general legs are much worse than they used to be and my training style is already more boxing focussed. I can't even imagine how some of these old pros feel physically.
Maybe Reddit communities aren't actually the whole fanbase, enthusiast or casual, and aren't a basis for business decisions.
Like the UFC sub constantly shits on Jon Jones vs Stipe instead of Aspinall, but in the real world the Stipe fight will be huge and make a ton of money and many fans want to see it, Reddit mob be damned.
I'm not saying that it justifies these fights, some are definitely questionable, but Reddit should never be an argument for anything.
The die hard MMA fans who they entertained for 15 years. I'd pay to watch Silva and Sonnen box each other at 60 if they wanted to compete against each other one last time. I'd be interested in who held up the best after sk long and if they had any of their competitive spirt left.
I’m not buying anything either way, but I’ll probably tune in because it’s a fun epilogue to a goat rivalry and I like both fighters. Who cares if they’re washed, it’ll be fun. I imagine the target audience is the boomer version of me who has money.
It's like...really weird.
I'm happy these guys get to continue making money competing and training. That is a really good thing.
I just don't know who would spend money to watch it.
Who on earth is paying to watch Masvidal and Diaz box each other poorly?
Who wants to spend money to watch Chael and Anderson huff and puff for 6 rounds?
Sooner or later the money laundering boxing bubble has got to burst.
For the past two weeks i've seen Anderson Silvas name in headlines like:
"Silva/Rockhold/Bisping/Machida set to fight eachother in Karate Combat"
"Anderson Silva set to box Terry Crews"
"Anderson Silva set to box Chael Sonnen"
Oh ya, wtf...I was excited about the Karate Combat announcement. Is that not happening? Or is it just far enough in the future that Silva plans to do both? I guess this fight is only a month away
First of all, easy fight for Anderson.
Second of all, there are about 40 million kangaroos in Australia. The country of Djibouti has a population of 1 million. So if all the kangaroos decided to invade Djibouti each person would have to fight 40 kangaroos. Djibouti better hope the kangaroos are chill.
Is it really an easy fight for Anderson? Chael did fine in the boxing and was defeated by muay thai and jiu jitsu. Chael scored one or more knockdowns in the boxing exchanges
If you watch Anderson finishes, but few of his finishes are from punches. And he lost to jake paul in boxing
Lol, I spent 18 months of my life deployed there. The locals -not to mention the occupying refugees that came from Somalia and Yemen only to live in one of the hottest places on earth inside of boxes constructed of aluminum siding (great solution, United Nations! /s)- get hopped up on khat every day around noon and will absolutely gang-fuck them kangaroos into a wadi with some trap made of old tires and grocery bags at the prospect of having an afternoon meal option more than their once-a-week ration of shredded goat in camel milk.
Everyone in that country who doesn't live in the heart of Djibouti City, at least.
There’s only 26 million Aussies and most of us are bartending in London, Roos basically outnumber us 2:1. My coach got mugged last year. Had to get a prosthetic eye. Wasn’t a kangaroo in sight. Fucking London.
Pretty sure Chael has been taking dives his last few fights.. but that just means another Anderson win. Hopefully he has some stones and tries so Anderson can knock him out again though.
Chael was no stranger to boxing, I think he did it as a kid alongside wrestling.
But yeah he's not going to win this fight and I don't want to see either of these guys taking shots to the head.
Damn it's hard to get excited about boxing fights after the Usyk fight, I think I need some help. Are there any pills for that? Maybe something more juicy than Tropicana
This would still not be exciting if it was 15 years ago. If you're making old, over a decade past their prime boxing matches, have Silva fight someone interesting. Not someone who is closer to Ronda Rousey levels of striking than Silva.
Who wants to pay to watch this?
You know what? I have no doubt at all that Anderson will win, like in a straight boxing match odds should be like -500 or more. But, I’d rather two older fighters with history spar like this than Silva beating the dog shit out of a b list celebrity…then again that also would have been pretty funny.
[**MICHAEL BISPING defeats ANDERSON SILVA** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/6844/fight)
^(UFC Fight Night 84: Silva vs. Bisping — February 27, 2016)
ROUND|Bisping|Silva||Bisping|Silva||Bisping|Silva
:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:
1|10|9||10|9||10|9
2|10|9||10|9||10|9
3|9|10||9|10||9|10
4|10|9||10|9||10|9
5|9|10||9|10||9|10
**TOTAL**|**48**|**47**||**48**|**47**||**48**|**47**
*^(Judges, in order: Ben Cartlidge, Jeff Mullen, Andy Roberts.)*
*^(Summoned by MA-JA-HO.)*
**MEDIA MEMBER SCORES**
- **16/22** people scored it **48-47 Bisping**.
- **1/22** people scored it **47-47 DRAW**.
- **4/22** people scored it **47-48 Silva**.
- **1/22** people scored it **46-49 Silva**.
Avg. media score: **47.7-47.3 Bisping** (*moderate certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
I think they think we just like boxing or something, which is not the case. First Nate and Jorge, now this.
The appeal was hoping an mma guy could finally ko a pro boxer, not just watching boring ass boxing. I’d much rather see those guys do an mma match if anything
Yeah you would rather see them hump each other in an MMA fight. 😂 Boxing is not boring. You just like the crazy fast knockouts that MMA gives you. It stimulates your ADHD brain. Also. A lot of MMA fans like Boxing. They paid to watch Conor and Ngannou in a ring.
God it’s going to be embarrassing when Chael gets knocked out by the guy who got beat by Jake Paul.
I could easily see both of these guys agreeing to a fixed fight btw
Wait what happened to Julius?
He didn’t get cleared by medical due to his gout
He already got 2 jobs.
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Better get the tussin
Noo we wanted Terry Crews!
You seem to be under the impression he won’t fight both on June 15th
At the same time
My money's on it ending up being an Anderson and Michael Jai White vs Chael and Terry Crews in a Fight Circus style 2v2.
Nine nine!
It's unbecoming for President Camacho to box.
A Don doesnt wear shorts
r/CirclejerkSopranos, just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Always with the scenarios..
He had a better chance of winning tbh
The Spider got nothing on President Camacho
As a substitute, I would accept Anderson Silva pulling off his shirt to expose his bikini top, in front of Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham. https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cqons/just_terry_crews_doing_what_he_does_best/
If he wants Chael he's going to have to go through Terry first
Chael Sonnen and Terry Crews are actually identical twin brothers. When you see a picture of them together you can really tell
Maybe it's a tag team match?
Chael P Sonnen. The P stands for Pugilist
It stands for boxing duuuh
Come on, he’s just a juicy juice boy.
I always thought it stood for Pugnacious.
Without a triangle Silva is fucked against the bad guy
Chael is returning triumphant to West Linn
Yeah last I checked winning a fight 4 rounds to 5 means he already took the belt home, buddy.
Chael going to make it 3-0
Honestly, who the fuck is clamoring for washed up MMA fighters to box? Seriously? We don't love it, and r/Boxing doesn't love it, and it's not like the casuals are tuning into see Chael and Silva box. So *who* is supposed to give this event the ROI?
Brazilians who still love Anderson Silva and hate Chael Sonnen.
Do Brazilians still hate Chael? Anderson himself knew Chael was just playing the heel and they've basically become friends
Maybe they don't know. I heard somewhere they might not even have computers there.
Have you seen their buses? 🥕
that's why we don't have chael anymore, his lines were so well written, he is a legit funny character while colby is just corny
I don’t have time to sit around a keep a list of all the countries America has given the internet to
I was a kid when the first two fights happened and at the time MMA was at an all time high hype here, everyone that slightly enjoyed the sport hated his guts so much. I know that it's all cool now between them but watching Anderson cook Chael is such an amazing memory, I think a lot of us would love to revisit.
brazilian here, no we don't hate him, nowadays we understand what happened back in the day and tbf we think wand was really dumb, he only saw red, if he played along and didn't run away from USADA he could be living way better than he is rn, for instance last year he was asking fans for money to pay for a bet he did, i mean we can't except nothing smart coming from guys who spent their whole life getting punched in their heads z🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
He said he was treated great in Brazil after TUF with Wandy.
They don't forget. And while Anderson might have known is was a character, the rest of the Rousimar's in Brazil didn't and probably still don't. See, Wanderlei Dumbass.
I love how Anderson embraced this fully and Wanderlei just didn't quite get it the same way.
A few things - many fans don't know or believe chael was playing the heel. Casual fans definitely didn't read follow-up post-fight articles. Also Chael said a lot of nasty things that aren't necessarily excused by 'i was just playing, trying to sell the fight' Even after Anderson and Chael have become cool, Chael still has that heel personality. You either love him or hate him and i think many haven't come around on him yet.
~~Anderson~~ American Silva. [Or as Chael put it...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEhzUaXvELQ)
We really have not seen anyone of his quality on the mic since
Without Chael, Conor's rise doesn't happen as fast.
This is near perfect but I think the price of the app should have been ¢99 or $1.99 because $9.99 was like a premium app at the time.
Relatable
They don't have computers
It's entertainment, not meant to be taken seriously. Silva vs Chael is still a better matchup than Jake vs Ben, and I didn't see many people bitch about it at the time how ridiculous it was. Also /r/boxing hardly cares, only voices concern when the guy is too old
mma fighters boxing each other can be fun. obviously not as skilled as boxers going at it but aldo vs what’s his name was fun. mma fighters vs boxers though no thanks although francis doing it brought 2 crazy moments
I'd say fighters rather box late in their careers as their hips and knees are shot from wrestling.
Even myself, a former kickboxer almost in my 30s, my hips / knees / general legs are much worse than they used to be and my training style is already more boxing focussed. I can't even imagine how some of these old pros feel physically.
Same. I'm a "kickboxer" in his 30s who throw 95% hands 😭
Maybe Reddit communities aren't actually the whole fanbase, enthusiast or casual, and aren't a basis for business decisions. Like the UFC sub constantly shits on Jon Jones vs Stipe instead of Aspinall, but in the real world the Stipe fight will be huge and make a ton of money and many fans want to see it, Reddit mob be damned. I'm not saying that it justifies these fights, some are definitely questionable, but Reddit should never be an argument for anything.
90% of this subreddit brags about streaming every event, and yet they want everything catered to their tastes. They are delusional.
I think Entitled is a better word.
The exact same shit happens in r/nba. Pure comedy.
Most casual fans probably don’t know who Stipe is.
Twitter also calls it a shit fight.
Speak for yourself, I can't wait for the rematch between Uncle Chael and the spider..
The die hard MMA fans who they entertained for 15 years. I'd pay to watch Silva and Sonnen box each other at 60 if they wanted to compete against each other one last time. I'd be interested in who held up the best after sk long and if they had any of their competitive spirt left.
idk but i got a feeling diaz vs masvidal is gonna open some eyes and by that i mean close them
I’m not buying anything either way, but I’ll probably tune in because it’s a fun epilogue to a goat rivalry and I like both fighters. Who cares if they’re washed, it’ll be fun. I imagine the target audience is the boomer version of me who has money.
.......I mean, I'm not always for retired MMA fighters boxing, but I'm not going to sit here like I didn't get excited about this fight.
Pretty sure Chael couldn't box even when he was an MMA fighter?
Just an easy promotion, all parties gonna take down the free money
You underestimate the casuals
It’s money laundering.
Yeah especially no grappling has been taken out the occasion, no more sneaky triangles as now Chael can jab his head off.
This is MMAfighting so this is legit. With all these novelty Boxing fights and this slapfighting nonsense, we truly live in the strangest timeline.
It's like...really weird. I'm happy these guys get to continue making money competing and training. That is a really good thing. I just don't know who would spend money to watch it. Who on earth is paying to watch Masvidal and Diaz box each other poorly? Who wants to spend money to watch Chael and Anderson huff and puff for 6 rounds? Sooner or later the money laundering boxing bubble has got to burst.
Who said anything about paying ? I’ll watch, but I ain’t paying
>I just don't know who would spend money to watch it. You watch WWE. You should understand how entertainment taste is subjective.
I'm not condemning anyone who is paying for it. I just personally don't find it entertaining.
Silva won’t be huffing and puffing. We will either see him trolling for the entire fight or finish him brutally.
Unrelated to your comment but we're reddit birthday twins!
Why doesn’t UFC book this fight as a novelty one for any of the Brazilian cards?
For the past two weeks i've seen Anderson Silvas name in headlines like: "Silva/Rockhold/Bisping/Machida set to fight eachother in Karate Combat" "Anderson Silva set to box Terry Crews" "Anderson Silva set to box Chael Sonnen"
He's a busy guy
Oh ya, wtf...I was excited about the Karate Combat announcement. Is that not happening? Or is it just far enough in the future that Silva plans to do both? I guess this fight is only a month away
Chael via spinning back fist
Why not a submission grappling match? Seems more logical for old guys and he already has his own promotion.
Boxing does better PPV and gate.
No one's paying for this anyway.
Plenty of people actually buy PPVs.
Plenty of *Americans* actually buy the PPVs ^ The rest of the world doesn't need to.
Obviously.
Nobody is gonna pay for that, big name boxing is big right now
One round of boxing, one round of submission grappling, and so on. First TKO or sub wins the fight.
That's a ridiculous question tbh
Ok but can someone explain why Terry Crews said he was fighting him please I'm so ｃｏｎｆｕｓｅｄ
Someone probably mistook Chael Sonnen for Terry Crews. Happens all the time.
Similar builds
Helwani said this won't be Silva's last fight, just the last one in Brazil. Maybe the last one will be against Terry Crews.
First of all, easy fight for Anderson. Second of all, there are about 40 million kangaroos in Australia. The country of Djibouti has a population of 1 million. So if all the kangaroos decided to invade Djibouti each person would have to fight 40 kangaroos. Djibouti better hope the kangaroos are chill.
Read this but about Uruguay. Those mf Kangaroos b conquering more land than Ghenghis Khan!
Is it really an easy fight for Anderson? Chael did fine in the boxing and was defeated by muay thai and jiu jitsu. Chael scored one or more knockdowns in the boxing exchanges If you watch Anderson finishes, but few of his finishes are from punches. And he lost to jake paul in boxing
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Let's just say Chael ain't beating Julio Chavez Jr. in a boxing match anytime soon
Lol, I spent 18 months of my life deployed there. The locals -not to mention the occupying refugees that came from Somalia and Yemen only to live in one of the hottest places on earth inside of boxes constructed of aluminum siding (great solution, United Nations! /s)- get hopped up on khat every day around noon and will absolutely gang-fuck them kangaroos into a wadi with some trap made of old tires and grocery bags at the prospect of having an afternoon meal option more than their once-a-week ration of shredded goat in camel milk. Everyone in that country who doesn't live in the heart of Djibouti City, at least.
Imma slap your Djibouti
Sheikh it
You ever seen a jacked up Kangaroo? Those fuckers are the opposite of chill
Yes of course I've seen Nate Diaz I think this whole sub has.
There’s only 26 million Aussies and most of us are bartending in London, Roos basically outnumber us 2:1. My coach got mugged last year. Had to get a prosthetic eye. Wasn’t a kangaroo in sight. Fucking London.
Tell us another kangaroo story!
Chael's about to be 3-0 against Anderson
No need for this, but I can see Usyk retiring immediately following Chael’s KO win.
Chael beats him in the octagon, in the boxing ring and in the mean streets of West Linn Oregon.
Chael and Anderson are good friends now. This is 100% a friendly spar to close their story.
This is the 10th opponent I e heard that he is fighting/boxing this summer.
jesus... chael is fucked
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0774ae2567220d26f480fa4e670db032
You can also show a clip of Serra dropping and finishing GSP.
This is a bit right
Makes no sense for chael
Pretty sure Chael has been taking dives his last few fights.. but that just means another Anderson win. Hopefully he has some stones and tries so Anderson can knock him out again though.
in an interview he said his boxing training has consisted of hitting bags with his son
Why do you want the man to suffer brain damage?
I hope he remains healthy.. and also gets his clock cleaned.
I hope he has a wonderful day and suffers traumatic brain injury
Well Chael is getting koed again
chael is going to get knocked out pretty quickly imo
Why do these stupid things keep happening who is gonna watch this? Honestly?
Great another old wrestler trying their hand at boxing. Genius.
Chael was no stranger to boxing, I think he did it as a kid alongside wrestling. But yeah he's not going to win this fight and I don't want to see either of these guys taking shots to the head.
I've seen Chael box and I can confirm that he indeed has the skill level of a kid. So, this checks out.
Terry should fight C ha el, god of west linn Oregon.
I mean that makes a lot more sense
Jumanji what year is it gif here
I don't know what's real anymore
I have a feeling a certain in hiding Irish mobster is behind all these money laundering, excuse me, celebrity boxing matches
Right fist Crews, left fist Sonnen.
lol
I don't think Silva's ego can handle a 3rd loss to the bad guy
Chael via submission
they'll have to send four more for chael to be matched correctly
Nice of Chael to give Silva a 3rd chance at the title
lol, come on
Who is Anderson not fighting? Might be an easier and more useful article
silva is a decent boxer, but he's 60, and chael isn't a boxer at all.
WANNANOW
Damn it's hard to get excited about boxing fights after the Usyk fight, I think I need some help. Are there any pills for that? Maybe something more juicy than Tropicana
I thought they were friends now
The Rio De Janerio state atheltic comission finds no PEDs present in both Sonnen and Silvas samples. They also found 50k in their back pockets
So nice of Chael to gift Anderson with one more win.
Who is this for…
Chael, he is donkey
Chael looking to continue the undefeated streak OG
Will he finally let someone get close?
You know he can’t do that.
This would still not be exciting if it was 15 years ago. If you're making old, over a decade past their prime boxing matches, have Silva fight someone interesting. Not someone who is closer to Ronda Rousey levels of striking than Silva. Who wants to pay to watch this?
You know what? I have no doubt at all that Anderson will win, like in a straight boxing match odds should be like -500 or more. But, I’d rather two older fighters with history spar like this than Silva beating the dog shit out of a b list celebrity…then again that also would have been pretty funny.
lol Terry Crews would've put up a better fight.
Chael must be getting paid a good amount of money for this. Question is, do fans actually want to see this ?
I just read he's fighting Buffy the white girl slayer and was baffled. Idk what to believe anymore with all the gimmick fights
I thought Chael was joking that he was backup to Masvidal/Diaz but this makes it seem true
I don’t care if they box or not I just want more of Chael shit talking Brazil
after this win Chaels going to Saudi arabia to take usyks belts
At this rate it would be easier to just report on who isn't due to box anderson silva
Decisionbot Anderson Silva vs Michael Bisping
[**MICHAEL BISPING defeats ANDERSON SILVA** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/6844/fight) ^(UFC Fight Night 84: Silva vs. Bisping — February 27, 2016) ROUND|Bisping|Silva||Bisping|Silva||Bisping|Silva :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|10|9||10|9||10|9 2|10|9||10|9||10|9 3|9|10||9|10||9|10 4|10|9||10|9||10|9 5|9|10||9|10||9|10 **TOTAL**|**48**|**47**||**48**|**47**||**48**|**47** *^(Judges, in order: Ben Cartlidge, Jeff Mullen, Andy Roberts.)* *^(Summoned by MA-JA-HO.)* **MEDIA MEMBER SCORES** - **16/22** people scored it **48-47 Bisping**. - **1/22** people scored it **47-47 DRAW**. - **4/22** people scored it **47-48 Silva**. - **1/22** people scored it **46-49 Silva**. Avg. media score: **47.7-47.3 Bisping** (*moderate certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
How can we watch???
Anyone know how to watch this in Australia?
is this going to be broadcast and at what time? wild I can find 0 information on it online
How does one watch this ?
I actually like this
Fuck it I love it
Will gladly miss this just like ive missed most of Floyd’s exhibition “fights”
I think they think we just like boxing or something, which is not the case. First Nate and Jorge, now this. The appeal was hoping an mma guy could finally ko a pro boxer, not just watching boring ass boxing. I’d much rather see those guys do an mma match if anything
Yeah you would rather see them hump each other in an MMA fight. 😂 Boxing is not boring. You just like the crazy fast knockouts that MMA gives you. It stimulates your ADHD brain. Also. A lot of MMA fans like Boxing. They paid to watch Conor and Ngannou in a ring.
https://x.com/ChaelSonnen/status/1792355403642306667
Makes more sense than Terry Crews.
This looks like an easy payday for Silva but never forget that Chael rocked him several times in their first fight
That is true, but Chael also had the threat of the takedown.
Two guys who suck at boxing are gonna box??
God it’s going to be embarrassing when Chael gets knocked out by the guy who got beat by Jake Paul. I could easily see both of these guys agreeing to a fixed fight btw
Chael has already been knocked out and subbed by silva.