Anderson Silva champion
Prior to becoming "Anderson Silva -- UFC Champion", the Spider was 'Anderson Silva -- Struggling Pride Welterweight". For every big win he'd record, he'd find a way to lose to lesser competition. Perhaps his most famous loss was to Ryo Chonan at PRIDE Shockwave 2004. It would be his final appearance in the Japanese organization and most disappointing career loss.
For the entire first round Silva controlled Chonan with a body triangle, sucking the life out of the Piranha. When on the feet, the two competitors maintained an active pace trading leg kicks and knees. The scissor-take down to heel hook is considered one of the greatest finishes in MMA history. It was also the last time that Anderson Silva truly looked human in his MMA career.
Footage has been released from backstage recently to see the emotions that both Anderson and Chonan were dealing with following the fight. Translation below from the youtube page:
Hirotaka Yokoi: Oh my god that was amazing!
Ryo Chonan: He was f**king strong!
Hirotaka Yokoi: And you won against that.
Ryo Chonan: My legs and loins hurts. My head too!Anderson's trainer: Oh come on, you were just unlucky, you were actually winning the fight. And till today you've won so many so keep your head up and don't cry, you're a fighter!
Anderson's trainer: Is your leg okay?
Anderson Silva: It's painful! Maybe I got an injury?
Ryo Chonan: It hurts, my head hurts. i've never fought a guy like that. His right hook was crazy. With that long reach you can't see his arm, so while his arm isn't in my view, suddenly the punch comes.
Ryo Chonan: Oh I can't drink my sake properly that motherf**ker. Ouch sh*t.
Hirotaka Yokoi: It hurts after you won so that's okay.
Ryo Chonan: It really sucked if i lost.
Hirotaka Yokoi: That was really amazing.
Ryo Chonan: I want to rest.
Ryo Chonan: He (anderson) had so many dried mucus during the fight.
Video after the jump...
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The underrated aspect of Anderson's game
His onslaught of dried mucus
Hashmo - January 10, 2012
dont know if real
but this might be my favorite post, ever.
from this ‘My legs and loins hurts’ to this ‘Oh I can’t drink my sake properly that motherf**ker. Ouch sh*t’ to this ‘Oh I can’t drink my sake properly that motherf**ker. Ouch sh*t’ to the insight on fighting anderson fucking silva, just pure gold.
oh, sonnen has something to say about the last time spider looked human in the cage.
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
I don’t know for the Brazilian but from the little I know the Japanese translation sounds legit.
spectaa - January 10, 2012
Well, I don’t understand a word of japanese, but the portuguese translation is wrong.
The trainer actually said “somebody knew your fott was hurt, man. Somebody knew your foot was hurt.” And then Anderson just moans “My hurt foot!” The translation of what the other trainer was saying wasn’t exact, but that was more or less it.
PlutoCps - January 10, 2012
If you have a better translation please post it...I'll update the post
Matthew Roth - January 10, 2012
This is it. The stuff the other trainer was saying is more or less what appears on the translation. Motivational stuff with lots of repetition and calls to be a man and stop crying. The only real mistake was the injury part. Going by the video the second trainer looks like he’s stating somebody knew about an injury to Anderson’s foot that was there before the fight. Anderson doesn’t really say anything, he just repeats the trainers last words in a moan. He definetely doesn’t say it’s painful and he doesn’t ask a question.
PlutoCps - January 10, 2012
yeah i remember sam sheridan
writing that he was already injured going into the fight in ‘a fighters heart.’
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
I’d never heard about that before. What kind of injury was it, do you know?
PlutoCps - January 10, 2012
book wasnt specific.
just said hurt ankle, i believe. amazing book, btw.
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
excellent book
the 2nd one ‘a fighters mind’ is even better in my opinion
Andy Anderson - January 10, 2012
asked for that for christmas.
never came.
fuck you, santa.
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
um hate to break it to you
but santa isn’t real…
Andy Anderson - January 10, 2012
lies
merryprankster - January 10, 2012 via mobile
wtf at spoilers with no warning
James Brady - January 10, 2012
what can i say?
i am a jerk
Andy Anderson - January 10, 2012
I want to read it some time, but there’s such a backlog already I daren’t buy yet another book…
PlutoCps - January 10, 2012
"My hurt foot!"
nicey - January 10, 2012
he mentions that in a few interviews regarding the fight
that he had a pre-injury, but most people just took it as Anderson being Anderson. this is good proof.
Orcus - January 10, 2012
Chael made him look human for a while
cletusvandam - January 10, 2012
Yup, all fair and square like.
wait…
Kid Kimura - January 10, 2012
Don't tell me
You are one of the many that doesn’t understand why Chael was suspended?
nicey - January 10, 2012
wat?
Body Triangle - January 10, 2012
in case this is a reply to me
I do understand why Sonnen was suspended but extra testosterone or not, Anderson looked human
cletusvandam - January 10, 2012
So human that he set up the submission that broke Chael's heart?
or what about not actually looking that damaged considering the volume of time spent in losing that fi- oh, right.
jthin - January 10, 2012
I apologize
you’re right he was unstoppable
cletusvandam - January 10, 2012
apology accepted
jthin - January 10, 2012
Human as in
He wasn’t the unstoppable force that ran through Chael like everyone assumed he would.
Genki Sudo's Choreographer - January 11, 2012
The fuck?
Chris Barton - January 10, 2012
Ryo Chonan's Twitter is great for a laugh.
Watching this video, Chonan must just spend all day putting together the most baffling sentences in human history.
https://twitter.com/#!/madchonan
M.Sphinx - January 10, 2012
That wasn't a great translation. He actually said "shit" not "fuck"
Ikuhisa Quinoa - January 10, 2012
Your translation is just as bad.
He actually said “shittake”. I think he’s hungry.
nicey - January 10, 2012
it's "shitake"
Ikuhisa Quinoa - January 11, 2012
I'll proudly make this green
Like all the dried mucus.
Charles Awad - January 10, 2012
He ain't "mad" for nothing.
Chris Barton - January 10, 2012
ah i remember when he tweeted this, I was i stiches
Rob Young - January 10, 2012
Mistranslation
“Dried mucus” is a mistranslation. He actually said “boogers.”
/green
thetakeover - January 10, 2012
I imagine that’s exactly how he would have pronounced that
yellopanda - January 10, 2012
Again before anyone questions my translation
They were on the youtube page. I’m literally just copying them. I have no idea what dried mucus is.
Matthew Roth - January 10, 2012
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
THE DOUBLE WHAMMY!
DRIED MUCUS AND SLEEPING ON TRAINS!
Matthew Roth - January 10, 2012
shit, you really did sleep on trains
recognized that shit instantly.
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
did roth just get greened?
its 2012, bitches!
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
If you GIS search matt roth
nicey - January 10, 2012
oh shit.
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
Except
don’t search search. Just search. /facepalm
nicey - January 10, 2012
.
Charles Awad - January 10, 2012
gold
Orcus - January 10, 2012 via Android app
He’s got slobber all over his shoulder too.
“That’s not a nap, THIS is a nap.” /snoreslobber
DirtyML - January 10, 2012
GOD!!!!
WHY MAN! DAMN YOU! FUCKING YUCK!
SentientAndroid - January 10, 2012
you too good for homeless boogers, jakob volkmann?
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
I am
that is just gross man haha.
SentientAndroid - January 11, 2012
Brett Rogers is that you?
It was all good just a week ago
RECE ROCK - January 10, 2012 via mobile
It took me too long to realize it wasn't King Mo
WheelieMonkey - January 11, 2012
wow... I do see the resemblence.
RECE ROCK - January 11, 2012
Black people all look the same to you, huh?
Racist.
Triangled - January 11, 2012
This is an awesome post. Thank you.
kick_puncher - January 10, 2012
hahaha
DirtyML - January 10, 2012
Eh. I’m a tard but what’s up with this waking up in trainyards meme?
Hendo_One-Shot - January 10, 2012
I explained why I left Maxim magazine
It had to do with waking up in trainyards.
Matthew Roth - January 10, 2012
got a link? :)
Hendo_One-Shot - January 10, 2012
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/22/2655602/thank-you-jonathan-snowden#86422064
Our Bovine Public - January 10, 2012
I didn’t know it was a meme, I just thought it was a fact of life.
spectaa - January 10, 2012
WAY of life, spectaa
It’s a way of life.
Charles Awad - January 10, 2012
I also recall Anderson losing by triangle by another Japanese guy in PRIDE and it being a massive upset. Seems like only his Chonan heel hook loss ever gets referenced though.
jpayne - January 10, 2012
I mean it was a freaking flying scissor heel hook
Much more fun to reference than Takase’s triangle
MemphisMike - January 10, 2012
The fact that this was Chonan's only submission win in 33 pro fights makes this even more awesome
blutspender - January 10, 2012
Silva after loss to Takase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iufihed-r4
starts at 3:53
lots of swearing in Portuguese, lots of mierdas y putos
merryprankster - January 10, 2012
thats good too, thanks!
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
Anderson (to himself)....
“Damnit, Anderson, what was that, man? You trained it so much, man… Damn, dude… Fuck it! Holy fuck…” the second time he appears he’s saying: “I trained more than 100 times how to escape this triangle of hell, but I couldn’t escape from this shit… Fuck it… Motherfucker…”
sklart - January 10, 2012
Something you’ll never see again Anderson silva losing
psychoblack - January 10, 2012 via mobile
i hope youre right psychoblack,
i hope youre right.
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
Until he gets KOed by Sonnen.
Warbreezy - January 10, 2012
:/
You’re a horrible, horrible person.
SentientAndroid - January 10, 2012
So, never then.
MicahtheCynic - January 10, 2012
Slap yoself
psychoblack - January 10, 2012
there it is!
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
HA!
SanFranpsycho - January 10, 2012
Yesss he did it
Pyrgz Krum - January 10, 2012
until this june when he fights chael
Rob Young - January 10, 2012
I made a thread on the ug full of pride backstage videos
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=forum.posts&thread=1896985&page=1
DamnSevern - January 10, 2012
nice!
gspmademegay - January 10, 2012
I love this YouTube channel.
The aleks, fedor, Cro cop scenes are great. These are a must see for any pride fans and there are alot of great guest appearances like in one where fedor (I believe after Fujita fight) walks into a room backstage and is met by two starry eyed men who congratulate him and ask for photos. Those men….. Allistair overeem and Anderson Silva and if u look close enough you can see werdum In the same room clearly admiring fedor. Great stuff. The one where cro cop goes to say hi to aleks emilienenko 6 months after there fight and aleks gives cro cop and the camera a sustained look of pure evil for a few seconds, the same video shows fedor watching the Cro cop/ aleks fight live on a monitor backstage wich is interesting bc it is the only time ive ever seen fedor show any anger or any emotion at all when cro cop knocks out his brother.
bert44 - January 10, 2012 via mobile
Link?
warren305 - January 10, 2012
sounds like a good BE name
Anderson Silva’s dried mucus
Tats16 - January 10, 2012
Team name for the next season of BECW
GreyedOut - January 10, 2012
I love boogers!
Dried mucus for the win… There’s just so much win & dried mucus.
RECE ROCK - January 10, 2012 via mobile
When Anderson finally does lose do you think he handles it with grace and dignity or do you think he throws a complete fit?
Fatal_Conceit - January 10, 2012
I think he will cry… And those tears shall moisten the ton of dry mucous he has… Gotta get those boogers out.
RECE ROCK - January 10, 2012 via mobile
Seeing anderson cry makes me like him even more.
He’s just a sensitive guy with heat-seeking missiles attached at the end of his limbs.
peckawood - January 10, 2012
It makes me see his passion and dedication. I bet he’s one of the hardest training fighters in the UFC, and it shows.
SentientAndroid - January 11, 2012
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