Soares on Sonnen: God bless him. Good. Keep talking
UFC champion Anderson SilvaSilva’s manager, Ed Soares, told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he doesn’t take offense at Middleweight contender Chael Sonnen’s attacks,…
UFC champion Anderson SilvaSilva’s manager, Ed Soares, told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he doesn’t take offense at Middleweight contender Chael Sonnen’s attacks, even though he’s been targeted in some of the tirades.
“As far as Chael talking all the crap that he’s talking, hey, Chael kind of struck a nerve that people are paying attention to. Unfortunately, before he started talking about Anderson, no one really paid attention to Chael. Now that he talks about Anderson, people are paying attention to him. God bless him. Good. Keep talking.”
“A lot of people talk about Anderson Silva. A lot of people talk about what they’re going to do to him. This isn’t the first time, and I’m sure it’s not going to be the last time people say what they’re going to do to Anderson Silva once they get in the ring. That’s great. Before the fight, everyone has a mouth, and you can say what you want. But for some strange reason, when the octagon door closes, and you’re standing across from Anderson Silva, a lot of those things that you’re saying kind of go right out the door.”
“Maybe Chael’s got a different strategy or something different, but I think it’s going to end up like the rest of the people who have talked about it. Chael said he’s going to put him on his back – [Anderson] has never fought a fighter like that. Well, maybe he hasn’t fought an exact fighter like Chael, but he’s fought some great wrestlers such as Dan Henderson, and he submitted him.”
“The truth of the matter is I can guarantee you that Chael has never fought a guy like Anderson Silva. Never. Not even close. He can talk all he wants. Let’s just keep promoting this fight, and on Aug. 7, we’ll see who walks out with the belt.”
“To be honest with you, I actually like Chael. He’s always been really cool, but he’s taking this thing really personal. That’s OK. Whatever he’s got to do to get in his mind to motivate him to really want to fight Anderson.”
“Hey, a fight’s a fight, and anything can happen. Good luck to Chael. I like Chael. He’s not a bad guy. He’s promoting the fight. If he’s got to make this personal to get him motivated to fight, I want to see Chael.”
“I want Chael to be the best Chael he’s ever been because I know Anderson is going to be, and that way there’s no excuses. May the best man win.”