GSG Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Dana White: Chael Sonnen rematch up next for UFC champ Anderson Silva MMAjunkie.com Staff, MMAjunkie.com Aug 24, 10:31 pm EDT Despite his loss at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen has earned an immediate rematch with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. UFC president Dana White, who's busy with a final media blitz for this week's UFC 118 event in Boston, today confirmed the plans while on ESPN's "SportsCenter," though a date has not been determined for the rematch. Sonnen dominated four and a half rounds of the Aug. 7 fight before Silva scored a come-from-behind triangle-choke victory in the fifth and final round. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported immediately after the Oakland, Calif. fight, White acknowledged fans' desire for the rematch, but initially he was noncommittal about Silva (27-4 MMA, 12-0 UFC) vs. Sonnen (25-11-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) II. "It's definitely a rematch I think people are going to want to see," White said after the event "Looking at Twitter, everybody is saying, 'Rematch. Rematch.' We'll see what happens. Vitor is waiting to fight right now, too. We could do the rematch with Chael, but we'll see what happens. We'll see how it goes." White's initial reluctance may have been in part due to Vitor Belfort, who was slated to fight Silva until an injury opened the door for Sonnen. Belfort is expected to fight in November, but he's no longer fighting for a title. Sonnen, of course, heavily hyped the UFC 117 bout with an endless stream of trash-talk. Many fans snickered at Sonnen's bold predictions of victory - Silva, after all, had soundly defeated the 11 previous opponents the UFC put before him - but according to CompuStrike, Sonnen scored 51 strikes to Silva's two in the first round. And through three rounds, he had opened a 218-to-11 gap. Sonnen continued the lopsided beatdown until the fifth round, when Silva capitalized on one of his opponent's few mistakes and secured a fight-ending triangle choke at the 3:10 mark of the final round. The rematch is now expected to take place later this year or in early 2011. For more on the UFC's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AiNm9MPqOEENljt9c.Aoqps9Eo14?slug=mmajunkie-Chael_Sonnen_rematch_Anderson_Silva Quote Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Dana White: Chael Sonnen rematch up next for UFC champ Anderson Silva MMAjunkie.com Staff, MMAjunkie.com Aug 24, 10:31 pm EDT Despite his loss at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen has earned an immediate rematch with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. UFC president Dana White, who's busy with a final media blitz for this week's UFC 118 event in Boston, today confirmed the plans while on ESPN's "SportsCenter," though a date has not been determined for the rematch. Sonnen dominated four and a half rounds of the Aug. 7 fight before Silva scored a come-from-behind triangle-choke victory in the fifth and final round. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported immediately after the Oakland, Calif. fight, White acknowledged fans' desire for the rematch, but initially he was noncommittal about Silva (27-4 MMA, 12-0 UFC) vs. Sonnen (25-11-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) II. "It's definitely a rematch I think people are going to want to see," White said after the event "Looking at Twitter, everybody is saying, 'Rematch. Rematch.' We'll see what happens. Vitor is waiting to fight right now, too. We could do the rematch with Chael, but we'll see what happens. We'll see how it goes." White's initial reluctance may have been in part due to Vitor Belfort, who was slated to fight Silva until an injury opened the door for Sonnen. Belfort is expected to fight in November, but he's no longer fighting for a title. Sonnen, of course, heavily hyped the UFC 117 bout with an endless stream of trash-talk. Many fans snickered at Sonnen's bold predictions of victory - Silva, after all, had soundly defeated the 11 previous opponents the UFC put before him - but according to CompuStrike, Sonnen scored 51 strikes to Silva's two in the first round. And through three rounds, he had opened a 218-to-11 gap. Sonnen continued the lopsided beatdown until the fifth round, when Silva capitalized on one of his opponent's few mistakes and secured a fight-ending triangle choke at the 3:10 mark of the final round. The rematch is now expected to take place later this year or in early 2011. For more on the UFC's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AiNm9MPqOEENljt9c.Aoqps9Eo14?slug=mmajunkie-Chael_Sonnen_rematch_Anderson_Silva Sucks for Belfort! Had a title shot, got injured, had another title shot lined up for winner of Sonnen/Silva, finds out Sonnen gets a rematch now, now if he loses his next fight he will not get a title shot for a long time. Anyways, hope Chael can win this time around! Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 It does suck for vitor but it was well earned by Sonnen noone has controlled Anderson Silva like that, even guys who are better wrestlers, like Hendo, interesting to see I would like to see Belfort in the hunt for it. It's a very stacked divison thought with Marquart, Belfort, Sonnen, Mia, Silva, and Jake Shileds, who will probaly fight welter weight but can fight at 185 makes it tough to determain the contenders Quote Link to comment
KansasHusker Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 It will be fun to see the rematch while Vitor has to fight again before his title shot. Wonder who Belfort will fight? Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 It will be fun to see the rematch while Vitor has to fight again before his title shot. Wonder who Belfort will fight? Answer: Yushin Okami Belfort vs. Okami Quote Link to comment
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