{"id":72855,"date":"2013-11-04T10:06:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T18:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=72855"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:37:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:37:38","slug":"wanderlei-silva-ill-make-chael-sonnen-pay-in-the-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/wanderlei-silva-ill-make-chael-sonnen-pay-in-the-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva: I&#8217;ll make Chael Sonnen pay in the Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49442\" title=\"wanderlei silva\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>The feud between Chael Sonnen and former Pride FC champion Wanderlei Silva continues. Sonnen and Silva have exchanged words over Twitter and through various media sources over the last several months, with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-chael-sonnen-and-wanderlei-silva-scuffle-at-mr-olympia-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their most recent confrontation taking place when Silva confronted Sonnen at a Mr. Olympia event<\/a> in September. (<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-chael-sonnen-and-wanderlei-silva-scuffle-at-mr-olympia-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see video here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Now the two light-heavyweight fighters are slated to coach opposite one another on the upcoming season of TUF Brazil, the UFC&#8217;s 3rd time visiting Brazil for the TUF tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Silva is not looking forward to spending six weeks with Sonnen, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It will be tough. He\u2019s a douche bag, but that\u2019s part of the deal,&#8221; <\/em>he said.<em> &#8220;I\u2019m here to work. We do what we have to do. But it won\u2019t be easy to live with him. Whatever I need to say, I\u2019ll say right to his face.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However Silva says in the end it will be worth it when he gets the opportunity to fight Sonnen.<\/p>\n<p><em>I know that, in the end, I\u2019ll make him pay inside the Octagon for everything he says. I expect a great win, and I want a knockout.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No word yet on when or where Sonnen and Silva will face off after the show is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis The feud between Chael Sonnen and former Pride FC champion Wanderlei Silva continues. Sonnen and Silva have exchanged words over Twitter and through various media sources over the last several months, with their most recent confrontation taking place when Silva confronted Sonnen at a Mr. Olympia event in September. 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