UFC 148 Sonnen vs Silva II

[MMA_scientist]

agreed. I thought Tibau outlanded him but Nurm out spazzed him so he won.

I didn't look at how many sites scored it, but all three SD guys scored it 30-27 for Tibau. I really didn't think it was close, I thought it was an obvious win for Tibau.

[trotterz]

I didn't look at how many sites scored it, but all three SD guys scored it 30-27 for Tibau. I really didn't think it was close, I thought it was an obvious win for Tibau.

mmajunkie had it for Nurm. Usually, mmajunkie are better at scoring fights than SD

[MMA_scientist]

[poopoo333]

The full UFC 148 payouts included:

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000

Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)
def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000

Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus)
def. Patrick Cote: $21,000

Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000

Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Cody McKenzie: $10,000

Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Ivan Menjivar: $13,000

Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
def. Fabricio Camoes: $8,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Gleison Tibau: $31,000

Constantinos Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Riki Fukuda: $28,000

Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. John Alessio: $10,000

Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000

[SPX]

Sonnen only got $50K for that fight? WTF?

[SPX]

mmajunkie had it for Nurm. Usually, mmajunkie are better at scoring fights than SD

notsureifsrs

[Luke]

Sonnen only got $50K for that fight? WTF?

Those numbers are so far off we might as well not even post them anymore. I know for a fact Silva got 7 million for the fight and I'd guess Sonnen got AT LEAST 1 million .

[SPX]

How do you know that for a fact?

[SPX]

So . . . how about that Cung Le?

[poopoo333]

Those numbers are so far off we might as well not even post them anymore. I know for a fact Silva got 7 million for the fight and I'd guess Sonnen got AT LEAST 1 million .

Yeah...we knew about the 7 million before the fight was even 100% official

[poopoo333]

So . . . how about that Cung Le?

Who does he fight at UFC on Fuel 6 in China? Does he main event?

[Ludo]

So . . . how about that Cung Le?

I bet on him. Gift line against Cote.

[Ludo]

Who does he fight at UFC on Fuel 6 in China? Does he main event?

Hopefully Chris Leben.

[SPX]

I bet on him. Gift line against Cote.

I didn't understand the perspectives on the SD Roundtable. They all picked against him. Breen in particular thought he was going to get demolished.

Considering the fact that he was a Sanshou and kickboxing prodigy, and that he also had a wrestling background, I've never understood the haters. Is it because he's old? Because he's made movies?

I dunno.

Hopefully Chris Leben.

That would be a good fight.

Or an open weight bout against Tiequan Zhang.

[MMA_scientist]

I personally though he would get beaten by Cote. His wrestling is not that good, and the rest of his ground game is bad. I though Cote would clinch him up and eventually land some power. But he was content to stand right in Le's range and trade. Weird strategy by Cote.