{"id":198750,"date":"2016-07-13T02:55:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198750"},"modified":"2016-07-13T02:55:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T09:55:01","slug":"video-anderson-silva-fought-daniel-cormier-6-million-ufc-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/video-anderson-silva-fought-daniel-cormier-6-million-ufc-200\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Anderson Silva fought Daniel Cormier for $6 million at UFC 200?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fighter and The Kid - Episode 166: Chael Sonnen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pWJP0rI31ms?start=6132&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former middleweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-states-case-rematch-michael-bisping\/\">Anderson Silva<\/a> stepped in on two days notice to help save a huge fight from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-vs-daniel-cormier-off-ufc-200-brock-lesnar-vs-mark-hunt-new-main-event\/\">being cut from UFC 200<\/a> and took one of the toughest tasks of his career, going up against UFC light heavyweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-visibly-broken-daniel-cormier-reacts-jon-jones-pulled-ufc-200\/\">Daniel Cormier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Silva said he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-says-hasnt-trained-months-ahead-ufc-200-fight-daniel-cormier\/\">took the fight to challenge himself<\/a> and took the challenge going up a weight class against the reigning champion.<\/p>\n<p>While Silva may have wanted the challenge to test his skills as a martial artist, getting paid a huge sum of money may have also helped him make the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC title contender and MMA analyst <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-chael-sonnen-tells-joe-rogan-insane-rumored-story-jon-jones-usada-incident\/\">Chael Sonnen<\/a> mentioned on &#8220;The Fighter and the Kid&#8221; podcast that Silva had a price tag of $6 million dollars to fight Cormier on two days notice (at 1:42:30 of the video)<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Sonnen&#8217;s comment is true? 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