{"id":117627,"date":"2014-11-03T08:49:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T16:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=117627"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:12:37","slug":"sonnen-responds-to-wanderleis-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/sonnen-responds-to-wanderleis-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonnen Responds To Wanderlei&#8217;s Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_116071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116071\" style=\"width: 551px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/chael-sonnen-wants-to-regain-the-trust-and-the-respect-of-the-public\/chael-sonnen-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116071\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Chael-Sonnen.jpg\" alt=\"Chael Sonnen\" width=\"551\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Chael-Sonnen.jpg 551w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Chael-Sonnen-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Chael-Sonnen-362x250.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chael Sonnen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday we reported that XFC was targeting a matchup in Brazil between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva, and that Silva had already accepted the matchup (Read about that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/xfc-interested-in-doing-silva-vs-sonnen-in-brazil-wanderlei-accepts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The MMA world sat on the edge of it&#8217;s seat while we eagerly waited for &#8216;The American Gangster&#8217; to answer Silva&#8217;s challenge, and we have an answer, unfortunately not the one many fans hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2014\/11\/3\/7148629\/ufc-chael-sonnen-declines-offer-to-fight-wanderlei-silva-brazil-open-to-metamoris-match-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania <\/a> about Silva&#8217;s callout, declining the challenge, but offering to meet Silva on the mat at a future Metamoris event.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen explained that he wants to honor his suspension handed down by the NSAC earlier this year that suspended him for 2-years from MMA competition after failing two drug tests.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think PENNation? Do you want to see Sonnen vs. Silva at a Metamoris match in the future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we reported that XFC was targeting a matchup in Brazil between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva, and that Silva had already accepted the matchup (Read about that HERE). The MMA world sat on the edge of it&#8217;s seat while we eagerly waited for &#8216;The American Gangster&#8217; to answer Silva&#8217;s challenge, and we have an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":116071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[8536,199,9,8458,5137,11,764,15,1063,1085],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sonnen Responds To Wanderlei&#039;s Challenge | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/sonnen-responds-to-wanderleis-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sonnen Responds To Wanderlei&#039;s Challenge | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday we reported that XFC was targeting a matchup in Brazil between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva, and that Silva had already accepted the matchup (Read about that HERE). 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