Christmas comes early for Chael Sonnen, who has been dragging Anderson Silva‘s name through the mud to get another middleweight title shot.
UFC president Dana White made a guest appearance on The Jim Rome Show to deliver the news both Sonnen and fans all over the world have waited for months to hear.
“It’s a fight that everybody wants to see. People want to see Chael versus Anderson. Anderson is in this position where he feels like this guy is so disrespectful he doesn’t want to give him a shot, but Anderson will end up fighting Chael Sonnen,” White confirmed on Wednesday. “The answer is yes.”
The rumor mill was already buzzing about a possible agreement going down for the blockbuster rematch after Sonnen confirmed a face-to-face meeting with Silva on Twitter.
“The bug got to Anaheim today, I get in tomorrow. We are having a meeting, and I AIN’T BRINGING FLOWERS….,” Sonnen posted on Tuesday. “As Champion, I need nothing except my list of demands. Fighting on the date I’VE selected is my right for being better than you, Yes YOU.”
Sonnen was hoping to face Silva on the UFC card slated for Super Bowl weekend, but while White confirmed the bout, he has yet to confirm an actual date.
Silva is still recovering from a shoulder injury sustained in his UFC 134 bout against Yushin Okami.
Looking towards 2012, the rematch between Silva and Sonnen is one of the most highly anticipated bouts in recent memory.
No one will ever forget their dramatic UFC 117 battle, where Silva latched on a triangle choke to finish Sonnen in the waning moments of the final round after being dominated throughout the fight.
Since that fight, Sonnen has taken verbal jabs at Silva, his wife and the entire country of Brazil. It doesn’t get any more personal than this.
Can “Uncle Chael” back up his words by dethroning the proposed pound-for-pound kingpin?
The time for talking will soon come to an end, and “The Spider” will either get squashed or feast on a “gangster from Oregon.”
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