The 'sources close' to Anderson Silva apparently never told him ...
by MMAmania.com on Apr 28, 2009 9:30 AM EDT
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... that he would help prepare former two-time foe, Rich Franklin, for his upcoming fight against his old Chute Boxe training partner, Wanderlei Silva, at UFC 99: "The Comeback" on June 13, according to Tatame.com:
"He didn’t said any word to me about it, but he’s gonna face a Brazilian, so it’s hard that something will happen. I don’t have anything against Franklin either Wanderlei, both are great fighters. In other situation, I’d train with him, for sure. My gym is open for everyone. Whoever goes there can have classes and I won’t have any problems if he decides to go there, that’s the sports’ globalization."
That was fast. It's not an outright denial, but his way of answering the question is interesting. Either the "Spider" is playing dumb to try and distance himself from training an American for a fight against a popular Brazilian fighter, performing damage control so his feud with the "Axe Murder" doesn't hit Defcon 1 or there really are no concrete plans for "Ace" to enlist his services. The plot thickens ... you decide.
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Big News boys!!!!!!!!*
I doubt you will find this news anywhere on the internet yet, but my buddy from Vegas that trains at extreme couture just called me to tell me that Andersdon will fight Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 in Philadelphia!
THiago Silva is not HURT! Instead the UFC have simply decided to switch Griffins opponent and that is why he has been preparing to face a southpaw over the past week at Xtreme Couture.
This news comes from the smae guy at extreme Couture that told me that Couture was fighting Brock weeks before the fight was EVER announced on any internet site, so I honestly believe this guy!
Lets hope I am right once again!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 9:33 AM EDT reply actions
word!
thanks for the inside scoop player~
by stinky~fingers on Apr 28, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I pray I am right about this one stink! Not to mention i will be sitting in the Luxury Box at UFC 101 so I really need this news to be true!
Like I said, this came from the same guy that Leaked the Couture/Brock fight to me at least 10 days before any site on the internet knew about it….so IMO, this is true…..Hopefully I am right once again!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
John, why are you getting everyone’s hopes up?
by RedDog on Apr 28, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Dude, Im not JOking! I got the text message from my buddy in Vegas 15 minutes ago…he has proved to be reliable in the past, so I figured I would share it….in the future would you prefer I just keep news like this to myself until its proven to be true?
by john on Apr 28, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
No, I was just razzin’ you a bit. Way to go with the inside info.
by RedDog on Apr 28, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Text…I cant accept phone calls while I am in class….does it really matter.
NO worries RedDog….like I said, I dont know if its true or not, I know the source has been very reliable in the past….I dont want to get anyone’s hopes up for nothing, but I just couldnt post on here all day, and keep it to myself. I had to blab about it to someone…. If this doesnt turn out to be true, I appologize for getting everyone’s hopes up, but I figured some of you guys would want to hear the rumor even if it ends up just being a rumor…I know I owuld!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
At least it wasn’t a tweet. WTF is up with this twitter BS. I don’t give a shit what any of you are doing minute by minute.
by Punch You in the Ovaries on Apr 28, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I wish you would punch every tweeter in the ovaries… taking a poo haha!
by Cogito Ergo Sum on Apr 28, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
That is great news JOHN …besides your post, i can really give a crap where Rich trains for his fight…he better start training soon thought and not with Gurgel!
by robbyc on Apr 28, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
hahahaha I agree. Rich needs to leave his “cabana boy” GUrgel at home for this training camp!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
you don’t train with a bjj guy in striking, it don’t make sense to me either..
if rich would train with anderson he could very well be a champion again
by randy murders on Apr 28, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
hey john..feeling good about yourself this morning arent ya
by newfie-mma-fan on Apr 28, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean anywhere except Facebook or MMABay.uk?
by Jesse Holland on Apr 28, 2009 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
havent been on facebook yet buddy, and I dont even know what mmabay.uk is….so maybe it is on the internet already….Instead of hating on me Jesse, go do your damn job and find out if this is really true or not!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I already have the bloodhounds following the scent. And there is a difference between hating and keeping it real.
by Jesse Holland on Apr 28, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
…what the F do you want? I didnt say it was true, I said it was a rumor I heard via text….that I am praying turns out to be true and it happens to come from a friend that I found to be very reliable.
I appreciate a good rumor as much as a good fight announcement when it comes to blogging, so I passed it along. NO need to flame me for it!
u didnt keep it real, u hated! I dont know what mmabay is, and check facebook,. I havent been on it yet today….so how is that keeping it real!
Happy to hear that you are trying to find out if its true or not.
I actually text my good friend and fellow blogger PhilQny to tell him about this rumor since he is one of the guys who is coming on our UFC 101 trip and apparently he already knew about this. He said he texted me about this last thuirsday, but I never got it. In the end I dont give 2 craps about who gets credit for what news…I just want it to be true! is that too much to ask? Damn! In the end, I obviously heard about it from somebody else…its not like I have Dana white’s office bugged!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
not at all! It must be fun Jesse and Mania to take shots at people and then not have the ballz to post their rebuttals! hahaha. Flea ass Mofo’s! hahahaha LMAO, lol
by john on Apr 28, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Jesse and Mania are funny….guys come out of hiding everyonec in a while to talk crap, and then crawl back into hiding and just stop responding….its the equivalent of when you are young and you beat someone in Basketball and the kid gets mad, takes his ball, and doesnt let anyone play with it…..ahahaha
by john on Apr 28, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Even worse is the fact that they then go on a power trip and refuse to post your rebuttals…..thats fine, take your ball, go home, and dont let anyone play with it…
by john on Apr 28, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
u can t5alk all the trash you want, but at least have the decency/balls to post what I spent time writing…There is nothing worse on this site then spending time writing something and then it never appearing on the computer screen! Power tripping MOfo’s! hahahaha
At the end of the day, you can talk all the trash you want to me….all i ask is you put your so called “bloodhounds” to work and find out ASAP, if this is true or not….is that really to much to ask?
by john on Apr 28, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
And now john is left on the court with nothing to do and no one to play with. Bring your own ball next time.
lol just picking buddy!
by Synyster on Apr 28, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Post my rebuttal! I dare you!… oh you posted all 6 of them? haha alright you win. LOL Mania your always playing games. BTW maybe it’d be fair if you had a daily side thread where the latest news could be posted by the bloggers? I never see you give credit to anyone for finding this news for you so does that mean that nobody is trying to send this stuff to you to be fact checked first? Either way I’ll get over it but don’t take your ball and leave, its just not fair!
by Cogito Ergo Sum on Apr 28, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
john ur right all the time am seriouslu thinking of putting money on those locks u were talking about
by ruan-fiy on Apr 28, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks John…Looking good for 101 kids, can’t wait! to be honest both guys really can’t lose
if Anderson wins than Forrest will just say he got beat by best fighter in the world, if Forrest wins Anderson can say it’s not my weight class….
by Robert(1) on Apr 28, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
chill….so far, its just a rumor…lets not get ahead of ourselves and start analyzing the match up….thats how we end up disappointed!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I know John…. nothing on intill May 26th..I’m bored… and Sliva is just as good a fight anyway…..
by Robert(1) on Apr 28, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Geez, that sounds like a BJ Penn strategy. If you win, “I’m the king”, if you lose its “it wasn’t my weight class.”
I think any fighter should STFU, if they accept a fight, accept the result no matter what. Don’t have fabricated safety blanket excuses already prepared.
On that note, lets hope Silva fights Griffin and actually gets challenged so we can see a good fight.
by UFC Champ on Apr 28, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
thats exactly what i was thinking yesterday when i herd that rumor.
andy didnt even like the fact that he had to fight thales..
andy will not be training frank~
by stinky~fingers on Apr 28, 2009 9:38 AM EDT reply actions
The Brazilians like to stick together, I think this would get all of them angry at him.
by DSmith on Apr 28, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
yo John, the only way i see this happening is if Thiago is hurt. why else would they set the bad precedent of screwing over Thiago? i don’t know man, something smells fishy about it.
that said, if Thiago is in fact hurt, this could be a great fight. i’ve said it since the Cote fight: Anderson will lose in 2009. i figured it’d be Maia, but you never know.
by wagnerav on Apr 28, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions
the last thing I want to do is getting someone’s hopes up. I have to admit it sounds fishy especially when you consider the fact that bout agreements have been signed alreday for the Forrest/THiago fight….The only reason, I passed this not easy to believe rumor along is because of who told me it….all I know for certain is that the guy trains at extreme couture and I found him to be reliable in the past when it comes to extreme Couture related news.
When he told me about the Brock/Couture match up, he said that Randy was in talks to bring in all these Huge, strong wrestlers to mimick Brock.
When he text me about this fight, he also told me that for the past couple of days Forrest has switched his training and is preparing for a south paw…..Is THiago a southpaw?
THats is EVERYTHING I know….Im not holding anything back…right now I am taking this as a rumor I pray ends up being true!
by john on Apr 28, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Wandy hasn’t used knees effectively in over 3 years, sad.
by Robert(1) on Apr 28, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
I will Destroy Forrest Griffin. Actually I will destroy any white boy who steps in front of me. That is why I didn’t hurt Thales because he was Brazilian.
by Anderson Silva on Apr 28, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions
I think fans are inventing stories to build hype. It’s interesting that fighters are often the last people to hear the news reports concerning their careers.
MMAJunkie did report that Franklin’s camp offered no comment. Expect Wanderlei respond base off this misinformation. I guess the coming months will be entertaining.
by Vee on Apr 28, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
Seriously though, if the rumors are true fighting Forrest will lead to other more interesting fights. Although Forrest only has a slight chance of winning he will fight and won’t give up. If true this could lead to more interesting fights in the future. We can only pray.
by Anderson Silva on Apr 28, 2009 12:56 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t get what the big deal is? Franklin wants to become even a better fighter, so let him? As for Wandy, I don’t think Franklin even needs to use Anderson as a partner, go train with them boys at Wolfslair *sp. Rampage will teach you how to knock Wandy out in the first couple minutes lol
by It'sJustMe on Apr 28, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
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