With today’s announcement that due to an injury to UFC middleweight Mark Munoz, that his opponent Chael Sonnen would be take on Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping, the MMA world was a-buzz with anticipation of the trash talking these two fighters would be spewing out at one another.
Both fighters, in fact were targeted for the coaching positions for “The Ultimate Fighter” season 14, but Sonnen was unable to acquire his Nevada license in time.
If Sonnen had gotten his license, “TUF” fans would have been treated to months of great trash talk, not that Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller didn’t do a good job, but Sonnen is just so much better at it.
UFC officials gave us a taste of what these two middleweights have to say to one another via Twitter (@ufc) on Tuesday evening.
– Bisping: “Chael Sonnen’s best weapon is his mouth, and that’s something that’s going to be absolutely useless in this fight…”
– Bisping cont…. “I see a very bright future for Chael Sonnen as a used car salesman very soon.” See, that didn’t take long at all!!
– Chael: “I am going to knock the teeth out of this snot nosed Brit who calls himself royalty, who calls himself a Count….”
– Chael cont…. “I am MMA royalty and America will tune into the Chael Sonnen show next Saturday on FOX.”
– Bisping: “He’s been kicked out of politics, kicked out of real estate, and I am going to kick him out of the middleweight division.”
The two fighters are set to meet in a No. 1 contenders bout on January 28, 2012 in the co-main event of UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.