After hinting that he might move up from middleweight to light heavyweight following his loss to Anderson Silva in July, Chael Sonnen has announced the move – and his opponent.
Sonnen will make the climb to 205 pounds and will face Forrest Griffin at the UFC’s Dec. 29 show. Griffin beat Sonnen with a first-round submission nearly nine years ago. Sonnen made the announcement on Tuesday’s edition of “UFC Tonight” on FUEL TV.
The card, though not yet announced by the promotion, is likely to be UFC 155.