Chael Sonnen: "I stopped hitting Silva out of mercy and boredom."
by Mike Williams on February 11, 2011

Chael Sonnen is at it again. This time, in an interview with paullazenby.com, Sonnen fired some more shots at reigning UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva.

"Here's a little something for you "pocket protector/number cruncher" types: I hit Anderson Silva with more unanswered, undefended strikes than any fighter has landed on an opponent in the history of combat sports. Go count 'em up, Poindexters."

When you catch your breath from laughing at that, he continues the act.

"I struck him more times than Quasimodo struck the church bell at Notre Dame. I hit him so many times that I stopped fighting because my fists bouncing off his melon were ringing so loudly that it sounded like a bell, and I thought that the round, and the fight, were over. Actually, that's not true--I actually stopped out of mercy and boredom.

God knows, if he hit me with a TENTH of the undefended shots I hit him with, the ref would have pulled him off me faster than a meth-head pulls the foil off a dozen shoplifted Dristan tablets. I hit him enough to have the fight stopped FIVE TIMES, in FIVE separate rounds.

Therefore, I consider myself 5-1 against him, even allowing for his tainted triangle which only came after I thought the fight was over, and I had already turned the side of his head into a bowl of porridge with my fists."

After Silva's front-kick knockout over Vitor Belfort, many are debating whether the most successful champ in UFC history is the greatest mixed artist of all time. Sonnen doesn't seem particularly impressed.

 |  (14) Comments mike5k: I had to put this piece out. This guy is just too entertaining to ignore. JujitsWho: He's a freakin liar!!!! it never gets boring hitting Silva.......At least I never get bored watching it anyway :p D_V: He is funny. I wonder who the hell he's going to fight. EverlastingSpringtime: he's a troll :) Wandering_Minstrel: Oh Chael... life would be boring and meaningless without you. xxxFishxxx: from what I remember, he stopped hitting Silva because he was too busy getting choked out....its sad when someone doesn't know their 15 minutes are up. I picture Sonnen becoming the older brother on the movie "the fighter". He will be a sad old man, still bragging about the time he ALMOST beat a world champion. GO HARD: i just hope UFC gives him BJJ wizzards his whole career. q; ) i have a love /hate relationship with his trash talk. it does ammuse me. q; D but i dont like him. Marker28: He's just laying the foundation for a return match-up since Vitor got ko'd. The Hitman: Gotta love Sonnen nygiant: Jeebus...this guy is full of himself. Sonnen...if you have to much "mercy" for your opponents you probably shouldn't be in the octagon.
WHO WINS THE MAIN EVENT AT UFC 162 BETWEEN ANDERSON SILVA AND CHRIS WEIDMAN?
Silva via Decision
Silva via TKO/KO
Silva via Submission
Weidman via Decision
Weidman via TKO/KO
Weidman via Submission
TAKE ANOTHER POLL!