(Further proof that Chael Sonnen is a direct descendant of Prometheus.)
One of the most well known Bible verses is Matthew 6:10, which in the King James version reads: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Although scholars believe that the verse was/is a plea for all of mankind to obey the will of God, recent evidence indicates that it was clearly describing the will of Chael P. Sonnen. For ye, whenever the “American Gangster” speaketh, so the UFC shall maketh it a reality.
Two days ago, we reported that the mushroom cloud of anger that Wanderlei Silva has become would have to wait until next year to rearrange Sonnen’s butt face (and to think, he coulda been in the NFL if it weren’t for his bum back). Being that Chael loves fighting more than Jack Donaghy loves negotiation, he figured he might as well keep busy while his (next) Brazilian nemesis recuperated by calling out his UFC Tonight co-worker Rashad Evans in “The Axe Murderer’s” place.
Which brings us to today’s announcement: The Oregonian will indeed be facing Evans at UFC 167, because shit happens when you were one half of the highest selling UFC PPV of all time. The event will mark the UFC’s 20th anniversary and will transpire at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 16th.
After dropping back-to-back contests against two guys you’ve probably never heard of, Sonnen got back in the win column with a decisive and dominant first round submission over Mauricio Rua in August. Evans, on the other hand, is coming off a much less decisive split decision victory over Dan Henderson at UFC 161. The trash-talking alert for this matchup has already reached threat level double rainbow.
Does anyone see Sonnen making it two straight at light heavyweight, or will he end up licking Rashad’s boot once again?