After President Barrack Obama’s health care law and Lebron James’ fallout on his way to the NBA finals, Anderson Silva’s title defense in UFC 112 might be one of the bigger talked-about. The publicity might have been great for Anderson Silva if not all the rage is against him, with a fluke victory over Damian Maia and considered by UFC president Dana White as his biggest embarrassment since coming to UFC ufabet.
Highly disappointed, White pronounced a threat to Silva, “If this ever acts like that again in the ring I will cut him. I don’t care if he’s the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. I don’t care if he’s the middleweight champion. I will cut him, absolutely.”
UFC betting lines are already being filled up as an early anticipation of this great fight. We’ll all see whose trend will be cut – Sonnen’s word war or Anderson’s octagon dance.
And with that he unleashed number 1 middleweight contender Chael Sonnen for the middleweight championship in August at UFC 117. With White watching, another dance from Silva might be his last for the UFC. Although many thinks that Sonnen is the unlikely contender, especially with Vitor Belfort already healthy and ready to fight for the championship, Chael’s own consecutive victories over top class UFC fighters is enough to pit him for the belt.
Other than than Chael Sonnen is skilled in wrestling which is Anderson’s only known weakness, being proficient in many other fighting styles. His high-pressure game will also occupy Silva for the whole fight. Sonnen virtually doesn’t know how to backpedal.
And the challenger already thinks of fighting Silva as a personal goal rather than a step up to his career. This fight is a large part about the title and a large part about him,” Sonnen said in a press release. We’re not going to be friends. He’s not my kind of guy. But this fight is also to prove a point to the rest of the guys in the division. One guy has challenged him in four years and it’s been me.”