In another attempt to provoke UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen has reached out to an unlikely source.
After repeatedly criticizing and mocking the Brazilian’s homeland, Sonnen has asked fans of Palmeiras, a Sao Paulo-based soccer team, to support the middleweight in his quest to capture the UFC middleweight title. Palmeiras is a rival club of Corinthians, and Silva is one of the latter club’s supporters.
“It will be champion versus champion. It will be Palmeiras versus Corinthians. It will be the end of Anderson Silva,” Sonnen said in an exclusive promo for his upcoming bout with Mark Munoz at UFC on FOX 2 on January 14th.
Despite no longer taking an interest in a potential bout with the Brazilian, Sonnen appears to using a marketing ploy to attract as many fans as possible while also luring Silva into a rematch.
Silva is expected to make a return to the Octagon sometime in mid-2012, where he is slated to make his next title defense against the winner of Sonnen and Munoz.
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