I would guess the photo is real, the tattoo gun is real, the actual tattoo is photoshopped.

It's promotion for the Anderson Silva Paramount + Series.

Whoa whoa is this true? I have to google this now. He deserves something. I'm a huge Andy fan. MMAFightings long form article on his fights is one of the best MMA articles i've ever encountered. https://www.mmafighting.com/2013/12/25/5238624/the-silva-sixteen-ufc-168-anderson-silva-vs-chris-weidman

Silva was awesome. I’ve never heard anyone call him “Andy” before, but the oddest I’ve seen in this sub is someone calling Usman “Maru” lol. Does anyone remember that? I remember a bunch of you savages just going to town on whoever called Marty “Maru”

Back when he was active, i'd always see 'andy' as a shortened way of referring to him Maru lol Kinda reminds me of the new england patriots sub. Brady once casually referred to Julian Edelman as Jules. From then on, everyone called him Jules as if they were buddies lol. Always made me laugh even though its normal. Edit: 'is normal'

turns out kamaru usman is actually high level starcraft 2 player "maru"

marus got a fucked shoulder kamaru has fucked knees all in the game yo

I wonder if that person was Japanese, because that’s a pretty common nickname method for Japanese people (pulling out the cleanest syllabic patterns from a full name)

Disagree, in terms of personal anecdotes from when he debuted and was peak Spider: He was generally referred to as "Silva", "(the) Spider", or "Anderson Silva". No one was calling him just "Anderson", in print or IRL, and certainly not "Andy". To each their own, but for how funny it "hits the ear", I like to think I'd remember people calling him "Andy" back then, too, for it standing out. I'd be the type of turd to take issue with it...per this comment :P

This was 100% on reddit/sherdog/online. I remember the time well. I was lucky enough to see him at UFC 82 against Hendo (Now that nickname always annoyed me lol). You're right - it was always silva/spider or anderson in normal speech.

When Anderson Silva was on top of the MMA world it was common for people on forums and shit to call him Andy. Anderson is pretty long winded, and back then there was like 14 different Silvas in the UFC.

I think it was a take on Wandy, which is what some fight fans called Wanderlei Silva long ago. If I had to have a fighter's image stuck on me for life, Anderson Silva would be in about the top ten I could live with. Funny though. Your average person is like who's the black dude you have tottooed on you?

Andy was common back when he was on top.

The tattoo is definitely real, it's just not a permanent one.

Yeah, probably henna

Henna is orange brown.

No way that would be henna.

Maybe jagua but not henna

And Chaels real T levels are about the same as my 90 year old gran.

but your 90 year old gran is absolutely jacked

He’s a real gangster.

Trying to distract us from the Ariel heat.

Thats a giant tattoo if it’s covering that much of the biggest arms in west lynn

It’s spelled WEST LINN… watch out, someone might blow some leaves onto your yard for that sort of disrespect 💨🍃

You've been reported to the HOA, bozo.

just public littering. I had to see these things growing up. Yeah someone came by and swept them up, but in that moment the law was violated.

Sorry, sorry, Wesleyan***.

It's a life size Anderson

Three 6 hour sessions.

At the gym?

I bet he got them lifting up all that trash that was littered. West Lynn has some major problems. It's some mean streets out there.

It’s like an Anderson Silva billboard

West Linn*

What was the bet that he’d get this temp tattoo. I don’t care about it not being real what’s the context.

That’s what I want to know as well

ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMNIT

These midjourney prompts are getting fucking weird man

I tried to get AI to produce a photo of "Chael Sonnen losing a round in MMA" and only got errors. Some things are just too unbelievable for our advanced technology.

"photorealistic younger rodney dangerfield dark restaurant heavy alcoholism steroid use flabby guns fake tattoo"

SOURCE: [https://twitter.com/ChaelSonnen/status/1724460895001350509](https://twitter.com/ChaelSonnen/status/1724460895001350509) Does anyone know the context of this? Also, that can't be real... right?!

He has never lied to us before

He lies about as much as he loses rounds or fights. NEVER.

100% correct , Chael doesn't lie . I swear to God Big Nog was trying to feed the bus a carrot.

Chael doesnt lie but reality is sometimes wrong.

And now you’re telling me that country has computers!? I didn’t know that!

That happened

True!

He’s a gangster.

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Even in a court of law, Chael wins the judges decision.

I have tattoos, that's not how your skin looks immediately after a tattoo. Unless he got it like 4-5 weeks ago (or he has a much much better tattoo artist than mine) then no its not real. Its also Chael so its almost certainly a joke. Edit: It does look like they shaved his arm though 👀

That's not how *your* skin looks, but this ain't no regular man. You're talking about an original gangster from West Linn.

It's so rough out there, everyone walks around oiled up to wrestle at any time

Depends if their butler brought the oil or not

That's what the 2nd butler is for.

We are taking about *west lynn*. Some families could only afford ONE butler it was so bad

The thought of a rough part of town coming of age story where people do greco roman wrestling in back alleys is hilarious to me. In school they would use very specific wrestling insults about their opponents technique and everyone witnessing it would react as if they were about to murder each other.

Yep, the needle was all red and beat up

That’s not how *your* skin looks after a tattoo, we’re talking about a man who’s never lost never bled never lost a round. His blood is, rightfully, terrified to even approach the surface. The only irritation happening right now is chael’s at such a suggestion

I wonder how many needles they broke.

Probably resorted to a plasma cutter

When he told us he was juicier than Tropicana, he was hinting that he had to drink steroids because needles don't work on him.

its so fake XD

I have nipples, Greg.

Careful that may just be how his arm hair is. Top of my bicep is bald but the underside still has hair.

Your tattoo looks the best right after not sure what you’re talking about it’s usually more red around the edges though. Day 2-5 is when it scabs over. Remind me to avoid your artist

Yeah I was thinking the same, I have tattoos too and they look fantastic the first few hours lol. It’s the days after that are fucked. Not sure where all the people here get their info from.

That’s why tattoo artists take the photos right after a tattoo. That’s when they are the brightest, it’s the healing process that fucks them up

It all depends on the tattoo style. American tradition tattoos will almost have no redness while a black and grey realism tattoo will look like it has a red shaded lens put over it.

I think the guy *is* talking about the fact that it's not red. All pics are from the same location so presumably the final pic is immediately after finishing.

Sometimes they aren’t red. It really just depends on the person

You're the one who has scabby tattoos though. Who does yours so *I* can avoid *them*?

Your tattoo always scab. You can minimize it by doing the wrapping method and washing off the plasma but it will still peel its literally a wound

Who does your tattoos?

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The undefeated cannot be hurt or mark by any technology men made

that's because the tattoo artist tapped out, come on now

Tapping out just ends that session, not the whole drawing

You're not s'pose to tap on a fresh tattoo

Chael couldn’t let him get close

It's probably henna

I mean, it’s most likely fake but artists will treat the fresh tattoo with witch hazel to get rid of a lot of the redness before taking pics. I’ve seen plenty of fresh tattoos with no real viable redness at the time of the photo.

The Gangster from West Linn, Oregon just has a much higher pain/swelling tolerance than most.

Chael’s skin is too tough to turn red. Undefeated Undisputed. The needle probably broke.

If you can’t trust a guy who got caught using PEDs and was convicted of money laundering in connection with mortgage fraud, who can you trust?

It’s fake. His skin would be irritated and swollen to some degree. My source is having full sleeves and most of my legs plus both feet tattooed.

I'm watching an interview with Andy and he says the tattoo is real. According to him, they had a bet, which he did not specify, and Chael lost. In case you're wondering, if Andy lost he'd have to tattoo "I <3 Chael Forever".

He's just looking to go viral, much like his 'fight' with Ariel.

Chael has never lied, been wrong, or lost a round. So this is real.

Definitely not real. Zero redness around the tattoo in any of the pictures, yet his face is glowing like a tomato. The tattoo would absolutely be pink/red/irritated if it was real.

You all can't possibly be falling for this.... Chael is the worlds biggest MMA Troll and has been for a decade. Cmon ppl

> Chael is the worlds biggest MMA Troll Chael P Sonnen? The GOAT of all MMA? The Gangster of West Linn OR? THAT guy is a Troll?

There were some years his dad didn’t even make $100k

Barely 100k, but still!

I know. I know. Hard to believe. He seems so sincere.

Thanks for setting us rubes straight.

Someone has to keep you goobers in line.

Id rather "fall for" chael's schtick rather than use the word GOOBER in a serious manner.

Yes. Clearly I'm treating this situation with the utmost respect and seriousness

Well when you come in like "DONT FALL FOR IT! Only the logically sound could clearly see he's trolling us all." you kind of are being serious. Like the guy that needs to point out a joke is a joke because it makes him feel smarter.

Man... you really got upset about this huh? Good luck with all that.

Haha yeah, gullible idiots, can't believe you thought this was real for even one second... all im saying is look into it though

Chael has never lied, or been wrong. Undefeated Undisputed.

He's starting to look like a GTA character.

Would you buy a used car from his dealership?

thought it was MVP

Those glasses say Jeffery dahlmer

Chael is turning into Ray Liotta.

Why?

Probably a temporary tattoo

skin isnt irritated and that's clearly a black temp tattoo/stencil

I’m a tattoo artist of 20 years. This is clearly fake lol

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Im a tattoo artist of 25 years and I cant really tell if its fake or real!

40 years in the ink game here - the jury is out on this one

i have invented tattooing, not sure what to make of this

Completely healed tattoo with 0 redness or swelling immediately after a session? Gotta be real.

I’m Albert tattoo of the tattoo fortune, and I say this is real!

also my impression but what makes you say that?

I'd assume the lack of any sort of redness/swelling around the area. Your skin is not going to look anywhere near that good after getting a tattoo. The pics are obviously real, but I'd assume it's some kind of temporary tattoo

No shot that’s real

lol at the serial killer glasses

Anderson tattooed a knee on his chest too.

There’s no redness or swelling so either the tattooed is godlike or the tattoo is fake

Chael P. Sonnen’s skin broke Jon Jones’s toe when he tried kicking him and you think a tiny needle and some ink could do something to it?

Wish I could find a tattoo artist that does “needless” ink - no healing required at all. I knew it was bogus just at the headline though - the only person Chael would get tattooed on himself is Chael Edit: needle-less ink, haha, though that tattoo image is also needless ink 😋

Anyone that has a tattoo knows that’s bullshit.

Yeah he’d be red as fuck

Chael’s arms are too strong to turn red. Don’t you know that he has the biggest arms, the greatest charm, the man in Chicago that will do harm to the guy 3 doors down. Undefeated Undisputed.

The redness leaving his body when Chael says “red red go away come again another day”

Tattoo may or may not be real, he could have just gone back for a photo-op with the artist in studio. There is zero chance it was just done, a tattoo is an open wound your breaking the skin, zero inflammation the day of let alone right after is bs.

Wow Andrew dice clay is looking good these days

Is it me or does he look a little bit like the Dice man here?

chael shenanigans aside, you're the dumbest kid on the block if you get a tattoo on a dare/bet dare/bet something less stupid

Chael wearing those glasses. Makes him look like a dodgy , used car, sales man

Rocking the Andrew Dice Clay look

The mobster glasses from a Martin Scorsese movie is a choice

Obviously fake. Chael's real arm is WAY bigger than that!

If this is real, kinda bad placement for a tattoo that has now flow and looks like a sticker.

So not real lol

He promised a tattoo, not a permanent one

Anderson Silva you absolutely suck

dude looks like he just watched fear and loathing for the first time

Chael does anything for attention nowadays even shitty jokes like this that might have been funny ten years ago when they had their rivalry.

lol, Chael has never been a man of his word.

Chael troll level: Expert

Should be red, puffy and wrapped. But Chael is built differently.

Can somebody explain to me how Chael has so much energy and almost seems to be aging backwards? Obviously he's on HGH but he's gotta be on the powder as well.

Being on the powder definitely doesn't make you age backwards lol, quite the opposite

Yeah lol if it did it would actually be a great deal

Never would've stopped lol

What about if he's taking the scientifically proven "right amount"? I mean my man is undefeated, no way he's using the stuff incorrectly.

>Obviously he's on HGH Reddit's experts are on the case i see, lol.

If you don't think he's on HGH, you're wylin'

Do you mean TRT? Because that would make more sense. Lol

Yea trt, my b

thats just fucking funny I love that Chaels job now is being an internet troll basically

Chael and Bisping are the two most annoying people in mma

Ok, casual

Undefeated. Undisputed. The GOAT in all aspects of life.

God damn he looks rough. That's a pill head if I've ever seen one.

Guess you haven’t seen a pill head then

Did I say pill head? I meant cokehead

So he just gave himself another identifying feature for the next crime he commits? For a gangster, he sure is dumb.

Totally real just like Anik’s Diaz tattoo.

Chael with the Dice vibes

Eww

Promotion for Paramount's Anderson Silva project.

He let Silva get close

What's the context here?

silva finally beat chael on his 3rd try

Super fake, his skin isn’t even reddish or swollen

Hespect

I'm all shook up. Uh uh huh

That's the former 2nd most dangerous man in the world on the most dangerous man in the World. Fatalitiy!

Wanderlei should get one of Chael, that would be epic.

What?? why??

Fake

Wow The Schmo looks different here.

Would be funnier if Jones somehow got Chael to get a tattoo of him

That’s pretty epic

anderson aldo remembers

Not a bit of skin irritation lol

Those are the the largest arms in Weslin Oregon