Chael Sonnen, who is finally done serving his suspension from the California State Athletic Commission, has torn into fellow middleweight Wanderlei Silva recently.
“The Axe Murderer,” who is set to fight Chris Leben in what promises to be a slugfest at UFC 132, has responded back to Uncle Chael.
In an interview with MMA Fighting, Silva told Ariel Helwani:
“Sonnen… I kill him. I kill him fast. This guy talks a lot of bull—-, he talks s— about a lot of fighters,” Silva remarked.
The former Pride stand out continued with: “Don’t talk it about me because that’s dangerous, one day we’ll see each other again. I’m gonna want to know why you just hide behind a computer.”
Sonnen has went off on Wanderlei via his Twitter account, insinuating that Pride was a fake fight league where wins were insignificant, comparing it to the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Silva, who has also been called out by Vitor Belfort during his 16 month absence from the cage, made it clear that he has no problem fighting either Sonnen or Belfort in the future.
In response to whether or not he’d accept a fight with Sonnen, Belfort responded:
“Of course, I’ll have him and I’ll have Belfort. Two good names. I’ll fight both. I’d fight Brian Stann but not right now. I don’t like Sonnen or Belfort—it’s better for me.”
Belfort is currently set to fight Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133, after suffering an embarrassing knockout defeat to middleweight champion Anderson Silva in February.
Meanwhile, Sonnen, despite almost a full year of inactivity, is still considered by many the No. 2 fighter in the world at 185 pounds.
While the beef between Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva has been brewing for several years now, a fight between the two never really made much sense.
However, if Silva were to take out Chris “The Crippler” Leben at UFC 132 and Sonnen is able to resume his fight career as planned, a fight between Silva and Sonnen all of a sudden becomes a very real possibility.
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