Post by The Rocketmen on Apr 15, 2014 5:44:32 GMT -5
I was reading through this today, and I have yet to actually see the clip, but this write-up seemed pretty damn interesting:
mmajunkie.com/2014/04/the-strangely-sincere-moment-in-the-sonnen-silva-brawl-on-tuf-brazil/
TL;DR
mmajunkie.com/2014/04/the-strangely-sincere-moment-in-the-sonnen-silva-brawl-on-tuf-brazil/
TL;DR
Then something kind of remarkable happens. As Silva is getting in Sonnen’s face, miming the threat of an attack in order to get Sonnen to flinch, junior high school-style, the veneer slips.
“Please stop,” Sonnen tells Silva, and there’s something in his voice that seems different. It’s as if he’s just now realizing that this guy isn’t in on the joke, that he’s about to go off-script. Rather than wait around to see exactly what that will look like, Sonnen shoves Silva out of sucker-punching range.
“I can’t let you get close,” Sonnen explains as he puts up his dukes. It hits the viewer like a sudden spasm of honesty. He’s not acting anymore. He’s actually a little worried. Something is really going to happen here.
“Please stop,” Sonnen tells Silva, and there’s something in his voice that seems different. It’s as if he’s just now realizing that this guy isn’t in on the joke, that he’s about to go off-script. Rather than wait around to see exactly what that will look like, Sonnen shoves Silva out of sucker-punching range.
“I can’t let you get close,” Sonnen explains as he puts up his dukes. It hits the viewer like a sudden spasm of honesty. He’s not acting anymore. He’s actually a little worried. Something is really going to happen here.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!