Rumor: Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen possible for UFC 153 main event | UFC News
By: Chris Taylor
News broke yesterday that UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo had sustained an injury and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Frankie Edgar at UFC 153.
As if that news wasn’t enough to panic UFC officials, the organization also had to scrap the co-main event set for 153 between Quinton Jackson and Glover Teixeira, as “Rampage” suffered a shoulder injury.
So, like a bad case of deja vu, the UFC is once again scrambling for a replacement main event. While the other main card fights set for UFC 153 are good (especially in comparison to UFC 151), they aren’t main event worthy. However, a possible new main event could be in the works between Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen at a catchweight of 195lbs.
via Fighters Only:
A fight between Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen is a possible replacement main event for UFC 153 on October 13.
Silva has publicly voiced willingness to meet Sonnen if the UFC officially offers the match and sources say that the bout is under consideration. It would take place at a catchweight of 195lbs – between middleweight and light-heavy – to reflect the short-notice nature of the bout.
Wanderlei Silva also commented on the subject during an interview with Portal do Vale Tudo today, expressing his interest in both fighting Chael Sonnen and competing in Rio.
“I accept to fight any one and with him it would be tasteful. It would be a bout that people would like to see. I wasn’t offered it yet, but if the boss needs me and I can contribute to make the fans happy, I would feel so glad.”
For now, Chael Sonnen is still scheduled to face Forrest Griffin at UFC 155 and has yet to make any comments in the media about possibly fighting in Rio. That said, the UFC is in desperate need of a main event and with Sonnen and Wanderlei already having a history of trash-talking one another, it may be a desirable enough match-up for the UFC to entertain putting together.
Stay tuned to bjpenn.com for all your UFC 153 updates.
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Wandy is awesome !
Kaboom!
Easy match up for Chael obviously.
looks like Chael will be able to knock someone out for once lol
At least now we know up front Wandy won’t get knocked out.
Not happening!
I think machida vs glover
Machida And Teixeira are both blackhouse
Would be kind of sad to see ol Wandy lose back to back fights at home in front of his countrymen (even though I thought the Franklin fight should have been stopped near the end of the 2nd rd).
Wandy should load up with steroids, knock chael sonnens head off, throw it in the crowd so they can kick it around like a soccer ball.
Chaels manager has already come out some time ago to say this fight wont happen, this website seriously needs to keep up!
it better be a rumor; because I am not watching that Shit!!!!!!!!!! wanderlei Silva vs chael SoNen? Must be kidding right?
chaels manager has already come out to say this fight wont happen, this website seriously needs to keep up!
This rumor has already been debunked. Chael Sonnen won’t be main eventing 153.
So a guy who can’t take a punch versus a guy who can’t really throw punches? An older striker who is two steps slow against a guy who gets beat by guys capitalizing on small mistakes? I’ll just predict a decision for Chael by shoulder humping now.
C’mon guys. Way too easy of a fight for Chael. Def way easier than Forest.
Hell no. Forrest sucks. All he does is throw one twos and leg kicks.
Everybody knows this fight is not happening.come on now…..
Man,u guys are a tough crowd on this website.i luv bj so imma stick it with it.
Die slow bitch!
Rashad vs chael for the main event.frankie vs Korean zombie as co main event.
xanido or whatever other fag name you have you are such a little dick. Wandy has done more than your roid boy will ever. The fact is that Chael is scared to fight Wandy…..you dick
747 or whatever plaincrash you are, I was talking about Sonnen’s pillow fists. But thnx anyway.
*planecrash
Chael wouldn’t survive in brazil.
This can go either way for sure, the build ups going to be crazy
I think this will be a great fight. I could see Wandy knocking him out.
stylistically, this can actually be quite FOTN esque! let’s do it!!! btw is it me or those two dudes next to Wanderlei look alike?!?! wtf… haha jk
haha. yeah, that’s what I was thinking.
XANIHOE LEARN HOW TO WRITE. HA HA STUPID
English is not my first language so I might make a little mistake once in a while, what’s your excuse for not being able to read comprehensively?
zanido or fagado or whatever your gay ass name is you don’t know shit and you take the bait evertime. F#$%^&* dummy
And yet here you are still replying to my comments, who’s taking the bait now?…Crash n Burn.
Wow you two stop with the bashing please. You would probably have some good input if you would stop smashing each other. Xanido I have to say that your comebacks aren’t very good but your mma input could be.