<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5" align="center">UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" align="center">MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV </td><td colspan="3" align="center">7 July 2012 </td><td colspan="1" align="center">7.00pm ET (Facebook.com), 8.00pm ET (FX), 10.00pm ET (PPV) </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Anderson The Spider Silva (c) </td><td></td><td>185-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Chael The People's Champion Sonnen </td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="5">UFC Middleweight Championship of the World </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Forrest Griffin </td><td></td><td>205-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">The Huntington Beach Bad Boy Tito Ortiz </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Patrick The Predator Côté </td><td></td><td>185-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Cung Le </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Dong Hyun The Stun Gun Kim </td><td></td><td>170-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Demian Maia </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Ivan The Pride of El Salvador Menjivar </td><td></td><td>135-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Mike The Beast Easton </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Chad Money Mendes </td><td></td><td>145-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Cody The AK Kid McKenzie </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Gleison Tibau </td><td></td><td>155-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Khabib The Eagle Nurmagomedov </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Melvin The Young Assassin Guillard </td><td></td><td>155-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Fabrício Morango Camões </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Constantinos Costa Philippou </td><td></td><td>185-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Riki Killer Bee Fukuda リキ福田 </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">John The Natural Alessio </td><td></td><td>155-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Shane Roller </td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Rafaello Tractor Oliveira </td><td></td><td>155-lbs.</td><td></td><td align="left" width="300">Yoislandy Cuba Izquierdo </td></tr></tbody></table>
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) Anderson Silva has a minor knee injury, supposedly, revealed today at a seminar. He says it's okay.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) Filthy Tom Lawlor is the first fighter to volunteer to face Cung Le. I'm sure he won't be the last. Le is a big name on the main card of a PPV, and Le is kind of vulnerable. A lot of guys will be sniping for this fight.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) Pat Cote in to face Cung Le. Competitive fight. Tough way for Cote to return to the UFC but a big opportunity for the Quebecer.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) [video=youtube;cUOk7lrUM6Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUOk7lrUM6Q&feature=g-u-u[/video]
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) This event is huge, any predictions from anyone? speeds? RUN? Anyone?
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) [video=youtube;MbtTDsYczZ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtTDsYczZ0&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) Has Anderson ever been this animated before a fight? This could either be one hell of a dismantling of Sonnen or Sonnen could use this to his advantage and for once, get Anderson out of his element and make him uncomfortable.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) Dunno. Everyone is expecting Silva to run through Sonnen. Guess we'll see if the rib injury was legit.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) Griffin over Ortiz by decision, Le over Cote by decision, Maia over Kim by decision, Mendes over McKenzie by decision, and Menjivar/Easton is a toss-up but I'd lean towards Easton by, you guessed it, Frank Stallone. I mean decision.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) C'mon speeds, give up the goods, give me a prediction on the main event? Anderson via TKO, Griffin decision, Cote via TKO, Kim via decision, Mendes via uber-decision,
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) I think Andy keeps Chael at a distance and goes five rounds, growing more impatient with him as the fight goes on, as he did with Maia.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) [video=youtube;2rRJm9g3vmc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rRJm9g3vmc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) For some odd reason Anderson Silva denies whispering anything to Sonnen during the stare-down. Sonnen says he won't repeat it. Sonnen has toned-down his trash talking (he has?) in recent weeks following a phone call from Renzo Gracie advising him not to take the gilding off the lily of his own potential championship turn.
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view) Champ Anderson Silva (184) vs. Chael Sonnen (185) Forrest Griffin (204) vs. Tito Ortiz (204) Patrick Cote (185) vs. Cung Le (185) Dong Hyun Kim (170) vs. Demian Maia (170) Chad Mendes (146) vs. Cody McKenzie (145) Mike Easton (135) vs. Ivan Menjivar (136) PRELIMINARY CARD (FX) Fabricio Camoes (156) vs. Melvin Guillard (155) Khabib Nurmagomedov (155) vs. Gleison Tibau (155) Riki Fukuda (185) vs. Constantinos Philippou (186) John Alessio (156) vs. Shane Roller (155) PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook) Yoislandy Izquierdo (156) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (156)
Re: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 (Jul/7) [video=youtube;4reaV_95VKQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4reaV_95VKQ[/video]