{"id":229198,"date":"2017-03-22T11:16:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T18:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=229198"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:39:15","slug":"wanderlei-silva-releases-statement-chael-sonnen-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/wanderlei-silva-releases-statement-chael-sonnen-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva releases statement on Chael Sonnen fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva was set to fight UFC veteran Chael Sonnen nearly three years ago<\/a> at the TUF Brazil 3 Finale in 2014. Unfortunately, due to a brawl that occurred mid-season, which resulted in Silva injuring his hand<\/a>, the fight was postponed. Silva then refused to take a random drug test, and was pulled from the fight, leading to a very public dispute with the UFC.<\/p>\n

Sonnen was then booked to fight Vitor Belfort, who was stepping in for Silva<\/a>. Sonnen then failed a random out-of-competition drug test, and was pulled from the fight as well. Subsequently, he then announced his retirement from MMA on an episode of UFC Tonight.<\/p>\n

\"Chael<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that the fight fell through, Sonnen and Silva both held strong distaste for one another, infrequently taking shots at one another on social media.<\/p>\n

Now, with the pair set to fight at Bellator 180, Silva is vowing to beat Sonnen up.<\/p>\n

He released a statement through his official Facebook page:<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wanderlei<\/p>\n

“It’s a pleasure to tell you guys that my fight against Chael Sonnen at Bellator 180 is a done deal. It’s an old rivalry that will finally be settled. I have 49 fights and I really wanted to have my fight number 50. Even more than that, it had to be against him. I was supposed to face Cro Cop in the end of 2016, but I wasn’t able to heal. But I really wanted to have my 50th fight against Sonnen and it will be. And I’ll beat him up.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Sonnen is coming off a loss to Tito Ortiz in his most recent fight, Silva hasn’t fought since 2013, when he picked up a 2nd round KO win over Brian Stann in arguably one of the most exciting fights in UFC history.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/22\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva was set to fight UFC veteran Chael Sonnen nearly three years ago at the TUF Brazil 3 Finale in 2014. Unfortunately, due to a brawl that occurred mid-season, which resulted in Silva injuring his hand, the fight was postponed. 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