Chael Sonnen Calls Silva a Tattletale, Tells Him to Surrender UFC Title or Else

Chael Sonnen may sound like a broken record at times, but the song won’t stop playing until Anderson Silva steps up and accepts the proposed rematch.

The former middleweight title contender spoke with Karyn Bryant of MMA H.E.A.T. about Silva ducking and Vitor Belfort’s challenge.

Coming off a submission win over Brian Stann at UFC 136, Sonnen has turned up the heat in his verbal warfare with Silva. The talk is an attempt to rile Silva and get him fired about a possible rematch of the memorable UFC 117 clash, where Sonnen was submitted in the final round after dominating the entire bout.

“I know he’s ducking and running,” Sonnen said. “I call him out, he stays in his seat. Look, he’s not from a culture that does that. You challenge a Brazilian to a fight, you’re going to be fighting him. It’s much like me. You challenge me to a fight, you’re not going to do it twice because we will be fighting right now.”

“I call him out, and he covers his mouth like a little fancy boy. I mean what is that? If Joe Rogan hadn’t taken the mic out of my hand, what I would’ve said is, ‘Anderson, I want your answer. If you accept my terms, I’ll wait until February, and if you don’t, I’m going to whip your ass right here in Houston right now.'”

Silva will face Sonnen, but he feels he shouldn’t have to fight someone so “disrespectful.” He even had a discussion about Sonnen’s antics with UFC President Dana White, who basically suggested the middleweight champion get in the cage and do something about it.

“I say stuff about Anderson in an attempt to pick a fight, and he goes and tattles on me! He calls Dana and tattles on me and says, ‘This is what Chael just said. Can you believe it?’ I think Dana is in the same spot as me going, ‘Well Anderson, we can do something about that. If you’ve got a problem with this guy, as it turns out in this industry, I can help you do something about that,'” Sonnen said.

“He called out Michael Bisping. When you’re the champion, you don’t call people out. You get called out. When you’re the champion, you take on all comers. You don’t point your finger like this is a Don King promotion, and we’re trying to protect guys.”

With the Silva fight up in the air, Belfort has called out Sonnen for a potential middleweight showdown to ultimately prove the rightful No. 1 contender for the UFC title. The possibility of this fight going down is currently dead in the water with Belfort accepting a UFC 142 bout against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson.

Still, Sonnen is definitely up for the challenge if Belfort wants to meet somewhere down the line.

“Unlike Anderson, I will fight you Vitor,” Sonnen said. “If you want a piece of me, it’s as simple as just say my name. I’m like Destiny’s Child. Say my name baby, just say my name. I’ll be there.”