“No way that DC believes it”- Chael Sonnen jumps in on ‘Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva’ G.O.A.T debate
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Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva
Israel Adesanya is currently one of the biggest names on the UFC roster. The Middleweight champion is considered as one of the most entertaining as well as dominant fighters in the current generation. Izzy is well known for his dynamic striking and flamboyant style. Stylebender’ joined UFC in 2018 and was undefeated for eight consecutive fights. He won the Middleweight title by defeating Robert Whittaker at UFC 243. Since then the fighter has defended that title thrice.
Izzy also fought Silva at UFC 234 which was a massive event for the fans. Adesanya has always been a fan of ‘The Spider’ and that fight was a dream bout for him. After 5 rounds, Adesanya was declared the winner of the fight via unanimous decision. In the recent installment of his podcast, DC & RC, someone suggested that Israel is the G.O.A.T of the middleweight division.
DC refuted the claim by throwing in Anderson Silva’s name in the mix, he said, “Anderson Silva existed. Like I don’t get this recency bias that fans have. The word GOAT gets thrown around way too much in fight sports. The only person that doesn’t get passed is Muhammad Ali and there have been really impressive fighters but people recognize what Muhammad Ali was. Anderson Silva was to MMA what Muhammad Ali was to boxing. No, Izzy has some work to do to catch Anderson,” said DC.
Chael Sonnen believes Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva are the right people for the G.O.A.T conversation
Chael Sonnen took notice of DC’s comment, and he discussed this issue in his recent video, he said, “What the fu*k is Daniel Cormier talking about?! There is nothing on that, that is accurate. There is no way that Daniel believes it, except Daniel fought Anderson Silva and would like to pad his own resume so he wants to have beaten the greatest of all time, is all I can think. Or, he just didn’t have enough time to think about the question – there is zero truth to it.”
He added, “Look, if we are at least down to Adesanya and Anderson we have done a good job as a community. Because those are the two. I’ll tell you this: they fought, and it was a good fight. Adesanya won, two rounds to one, everyone saw it the same way as the judges. Adesanya won one and three, Anderson won number two, it was a valiant effort by Anderson. It was closer than any of us thought it was going to be, it was a great fight. But that still answers the question, if you’re being fair.”
Also read – Robert Whittaker vows to take ‘everything away’ from Israel Adesanya in their rematch at UFC 271
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