The beggining of the 5th round in the Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen fight. Anderson had lost on the score, meaning that he had to finish Sonnen to win. Both his eyes were closed from the brutal gound-and-pound he took on the preceding 4 rounds. The entire audience cheering for Sonnen and yelling "USA! USA!"
Anderson's situation was desperate and yet at the beggining of the 5th round he clapped and cheered
himself on to the boos of the audience. Both his eyes were closed and his odds of winning the fight were almost zero, and yet he refused to give up and clapped for himself and cheered on. Just absurd will power and strength of character. Unbelieavable, you know? I will never forget that scene, and it will be with me until the day I die. Anderson showed the heart of a champion that day like I never saw before.
Even though Anderson is a striker, and even though I prefer strikers over ground fighters, I am not a fan of his. There is something about his Muay Thai that is unappealing to me. Maybe because it is so similar to Jon Jones', and I hate Jon Jones so much. However, even though I am not a fan of Anderson Silva the fighter, I became a huge fan of Anderson Silva, the man. You want an alpha male to admire? His name is Anderson Silva. When he got that submission with 1:50 seconds of the 5th round left, on pure instinct as he could barely see, even the American audience who was booing him stood on their feet to aplaud him......
Anderson Silva is inhuman.
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