UFC 148 Conference Call Musings

What can I say? I was highly entertained by the UFC 148 conference call. I've been mulling over this thing all day and here's what I've got:

First things first: Let's hope for Sliva's sake that he didn't just expend all his energy on this conference call. He's always been pretty reserved, and today, completely unleashed on Chael. I'm just not buying his temper tantrum. I think it's all part of playing Chael's game. I don't think this is any different that how he acts for any other fight. He always plays games, this one, however, is just verbal.

I'll be honest, I've never been an Anderson Silva fan. Never drank that kool aid. Just the same as I've never been a fan of Greg Jackson's coaching style. If you call running away and making your opponent chase you down fighting, then I've got it all wrong. Call it a defensive style, call it whatever you want, I still don't buy it. Running away from the action then taunting your opponents after they run a marathon to try to bring the fight to you is, well, disengaging, not fighting.

Has Anderson Silva come forward to fight: yes. Is Anderson Silva the current UFC Middleweight champ: yes. While I don't dispute those facts, I still think his fighting style is not so much a fighting style at all. Riding the Steven Segall wagon, and those types of charades are cute, and they attract attention. Just the same, I think Silva and GSP have one thing in common; they're the nicest a-holes in the game. They always sound so nice in interviews, but if you read between the lines, their interviews are laced with insults and badmouthing of other fighters. That, to me, is more disrespectful than outright smack talking. If you're gonna talk trash, have the balls to do it. Don't mask it.

The fact that he came out and had this rant during the press conference plays wonderfully to the media. Everyone will eat it up... and they have. He knows how to get attention, he's one of the best at it. I see through it. I don't believe a word of the hype.

With UFC 148 just a couple weeks away, I look forward to this fight. I look forward to Chael sticking it to Anderson just like he did the last time, only Sonnen's hand will be raised at the finish.

Not to be over-shadowed, but I'm definitely looking forward to Ortiz/Griffin II. I expect the same outcome, a Griffin victory. God only knows how bad Forrest needs a boost. He's not been himself since the Silva embarrassment.

Onward and upward.