Sonnen has a chance to back up his Silva bashing
The verbal battery that Chael Sonnen has hurled at Anderson Silva has almost become something of folklore in MMA recently….
The verbal battery that Chael Sonnen has hurled at Anderson Silva has almost become something of folklore in MMA recently. The Team Quest fighter has taken shot after shot at Silva, and he’s going to have the chance to back up all those words at UFC 117 in August when he squares off with the champion in Oakland.
What many people wonder is if Sonnen is seriously that irritated with Anderson Silva?
Ed Soares, Silva’s manager, who has also come under scrutiny from Sonnen, believes there is a method behind the madness.
“No, I think it’s funny what he’s saying. He’s a true politician,” Soares joked when speaking with MMAWeekly Radio about Sonnen. “Chael’s always been a super nice guy to me, but I think he does have a bit of arrogance about him. I don’t ever really see it first hand, but he does have an arrogance about him, maybe that’s what he had to talk himself into to really believe he’s going to win this fight is by believing some of the things he’s saying.”
Sonnen has unleashed on Silva in virtually every interview and public appearance he’s made over the last several months. Soares says it doesn’t matter much what Sonnen tells himself, because ultimately he’s got to back it up in the Octagon.
“He can believe it all he wants, but we’ll see. A lot of people have talked (expletive) about Anderson Silva. A lot of people said what they’re going to do to Anderson Silva when they get in the Octagon. For some reason it’s a different story when the Octagon door closes and they’re standing across from him,” Soares stated.