Seagal issue confirmed

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Steven Seagal helped Anderson Silva with KO front kick

By Maggie Hendricks

 

Action film star Steven Seagal accompanied UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva to the Octagon at UFC 126 on Saturday night before Silva knocked Vitor Belfort out with a highlight reel front kick. Seagal was not just there for star power. According to Silva, he learned the kick from Seagal.

"Steven Seagal helped me perfect that kick. That was a kick we were working on before I stepped in," Silva said through a translator at the post-fight press conference. "This was a kick that I trained a lot."

Seagal is known for the movies "Above the Law" and "Out for Justice," but he's also an accomplished martial artist, holding a black belt in aikido, a Japanese martial art, that he earned in Japan. His prowess has helped Silva become Yahoo! Sports' second-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in MMA.

He trains at the elite Black House gym with Silva, UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo and several other high level fighters, and is seen in this Brazilian video teaching Silva and other Blackhouse fighters.

This wasn't his first time at a fight with Silva, as he accompanied him to the cage before Silva's comeback victory at UFC 117. Now, Seagal can add two-time winning corner man to his resume.

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I just have a hard time believing this...

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ttt for angry mma fanboys that are hurt by Seagal teaching a UFC superstar about fighting

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MentaL - What a farce.





haters gonna hate


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 "It wasn't a coincidence that Silva achieved an unconventional result while utilizing an unconventional trainer."



So who gets credit for the elbow that he put Fryklund away with?

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If Anderson Silva thinks somebody is legitimate enough to train and walk out with, then he is fucking legitimate. It is funny that so many mouth breathing, overweight, tapout shirt wearing keyboard warriors think they know better than Anderson Silva about fighting.

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Fedor has JCVD, Silva has Segal, who does GSP secretly have training him, Cynthia Rothrock?

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 wretch Whenever Anderson does something I love he follows it up with something whack... Like the Aikido master perfecting his front kick.

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kinkle - It is funny that so many mouth breathing, overweight, tapout shirt wearing keyboard warriors think they know better than Anderson Silva about fighting.





+ 1,000,000

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Floppy Divac -  "It wasn't a coincidence that Silva achieved an unconventional result while utilizing an unconventional trainer."

So who gets credit for the elbow that he put Fryklund away with?<br type="_moz" />

Eric Roberts

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 I'm officially calling out steven Seagal.



You and me at UFC 127, bub.

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NO, JUST NO.

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kinkle - If Anderson Silva thinks somebody is legitimate enough to train and walk out with, then he is fucking legitimate. It is funny that so many mouth breathing, overweight, tapout shirt wearing keyboard warriors think they know better than Anderson Silva about fighting.


First of all, simply because Anderson Silva is a fighter, that means he is 100% correct? Maybe Seagal is legit, but consider Anderson training with a teacher much better than Seagal... They'll both learn, just one will be more useful.

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this reminds me of the early days of UFC when karate and TMA people were all butthurt over Royce Gracie and BJJ coming onto the scene



now it's mma fanboys who are all butthurt that Seagal was able to teach Silva

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xcouturefan - this reminds me of the early days of UFC when karate and TMA people were all butthurt over Royce Gracie and BJJ coming onto the scene



now it's mma FANBOYS who are all butthurt that Seagal was able to teach Silva


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lol @ Cage Kennylz


because join date is a %100 accurate example of how long a member has been following the sport


mma fanboys are funny

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xcouturefan - lol @ Cage Kennylz


because join date is a %100 accurate example of how long a member has been following the sport


mma fanboys are funny
You're an idiot. Notice how I didn't just quote the join date, but also the post count.

lern2observe

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VectorWega -  Previously, when had you seen an MMA fighter knocked out with that kick?  It wasn't a coincidence that Silva achieved an unconventional result while utilizing an unconventional trainer.


Well here's one in Ultimate Challenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkA_Uw6N2bg

Here's one in K1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoJhMYbrFcU

Here's one or two in muay Thai (1:56) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTuFKqhafM



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JSho - Fedor has JCVD, Silva has Segal, who does GSP secretly have training him, Cynthia Rothrock?
Excellent! A Cynthia Rothrock reference!!!!!!!!!!!

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Haulport - 
JSho - Fedor has JCVD, Silva has Segal, who does GSP secretly have training him, Cynthia Rothrock?
Excellent! A Cynthia Rothrock reference!!!!!!!!!!!



 Negatory; he's got Don "The Dragon" Wilson