UFC President Dana White announced today, while on "Jim Rome Is Burning", that middleweight champion Anderson Silva's next opponent with be Chael Sonnen. This comes as a surprise to many MMA fans who had hoped Vitor Belfort would be the champs next challenge.
After Silva's recent lackuster bout at UFC 112 Chael was quoted saying, "There's people out there that need (to be) beaten up – he's one of them. And I have a moral obligation to society to beat him up."
According to Dana, this match up is likely targeted for UFC 117.
Quotes from the fans:
McBride61 on Sherdog says: Well... .... .... I wont be buying that PPV unless it is stacked otherwise.
D_S_A on The Underground says: It'll be funny if sonnen just humps him for 5 rounds and the crowd boos louder than ever.
Merlinmhc on youtube says: Silva redeems himself at Chael's cost then..
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