Wanderlei Silva
UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has not made himself very popular with Brazilian fans, or Brazilian fighters, and you can include former PRIDE champion Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva (34-11-1, 1NC) among them.
Silva was a guest on Wednesday’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo“ to talk about his upcoming rematch with Rich Franklin at UFC 147 and his coaching stint on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.” Instead, Silva went off on the current top contender.
“He fights with his mouth. He’s not a top guy. He creates that style and looks for guys to give attention to him. But face to face, he’s like a kid. He’ll cry like a baby, man. I don’t know what kind of man can say something bad about you then say, ‘Hey Wanderlei, let’s shake hands.’ F** you man. You talked some bad things. I’m old school. You’re talking some bulls*** about me, don’t shake my hand. This guy lost respect from me. Not one fighter respects him. I don’t like his style and I hope Anderson Silva kicks his ass. I think Anderson will be knock out Chael in the third round.”
Silva meets Franklin on June 23, 2012 in the main event of UFC 147 in a 190-lbs catchweight bout at the Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Also featured on the Podcast are UFC lightweight Sam Stout, former UFC and Strikeforce champion Frank Shamrock, and UFC VP of Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner.