Chael Sonnen says UFC 148 meeting with champ Silva the biggest fight of the year

Before he followed Anderson Silva’s lead and disappeared from a media call for UFC 148, Chael Sonnen was in full promotion mode.

He got shown up by the man he had claimed to carry for two years in the hype game, but before Silva uncharacteristically …

Before he followed Anderson Silva’s lead and disappeared from a media call for UFC 148, Chael Sonnen was in full promotion mode.

He got shown up by the man he had claimed to carry for two years in the hype game, but before Silva uncharacteristically threatened him (and then was disconnected from the call), Sonnen made a claim that was characteristically as bold as it was doubtful.

“This is the biggest sporting event of the summer, and for a reason,” Sonnen said.