Anderson Silva took care of two years of business last night with his victory over Chael Sonnen. With this win, Silva has defeated his biggest nemesis who trash-talked him at every single turn.
Now that the fight between these two is over, Sonnen has been brutally sent down the ladder once again.
There are many other middleweights waiting for a shot at Silva, and I don’t think Sonnen will climb his way back up to title contention again.
A large part of him getting this fight with Silva in the first place was his trash talk and promotion of this fight. Yes, he did submit Brian Stann, and he did win a controversial decision against Michael Bisping, but he got this fight largely because he’s the best hype man in the business.
I believe that there are too many other middleweights waiting for a shot at Silva for Sonnen to be able to climb his way back to the top.
Silva is getting older, and no one is sure when he’ll walk away from the sport. Sonnen is in his mid-30s as well, so the chances of both of them continuing to win and finally meeting again are very slim.
That being said, however, Dan Henderson has a title fight coming up. He’s 41 years old.
Age is just a number for some fighters. But I don’t believe that Anderson Silva will ever fight Chael Sonnen again. There would need to be a miracle.
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