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Dana White: Jon Jones vs. Anderson Silva Will 'Absolutely' Happen

I said it in Brazil and I'll say it again: Hell yes, they will. I guarantee you that fight will absolutely happen.

I know this, the Georges St-Pierre fight is a big fight. I think the Jon Jones fight is a big fight. And I know my man says, 'no, no, no,' but the amount of money that would be offered for that fight, I guarantee you, I will make Anderson Silva say, ‘yes, yes, yes.'

Anderson the Spider

Breaking down Silva vs Sonnen 2 with Stats

UFC 148

Main card
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen
Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Middleweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le
Welterweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Preliminary card
Bantamweight bout: Renan Barão vs. Ivan Menjivar
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Middleweight bout: Constantinos Philippou vs. Riki Fukuda
Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Fabrício Camões

Dana White had to convince Silva to fight in Vegas

It took UFC President White 75 minutes to convince Silva to fight Sonnen in Vegas instead of Rio de Janeiro. Silva wanted the bout to happen in Rio. Silva thought Sonnen was disrespectful with him, his family and the Brazilian fans and told "He deserves to taught a lesson here, I owe this to my people". Dana declined saying "If there is no way how to make the event in a stadium, it has to be in Las Vegas" and promised Silva a good share of the PPV buys.

UFC 148 Silva vs. Sonnen Poster

Silva vs. Sonnen II moved to UFC 148 in Vegas

Fight Card
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le
Demian Maia vs. Dong Huyn Kim
Renan Barao vs. Ivan Menjivar
Melvin Guillard vs. Fabricio Camoes
Constantinos Philippou vs. Riki Fukuda
Gleison Tibau vs. Khabib Murmagomedov

Chael's demand for when he fights in Brazil

The audience must be silent when he walks out or he'll leave the arena without fighting.

Brian Stann predicts Silva vs Sonnen II

“I think that Chael Sonnen takes it. There are a lot of factors that are going to play into that. Just similar to when I fought Chael, I think he’s particularly a very, very difficult match up for Anderson Silva. Just due to the years and years of difference in grappling and how physical Chael is when he’s on top. We’re going to have to see some new techniques from Anderson that he wasn’t able to showcase in his first fight. But, if Chael performs the way he did against Bisping, he could be in for a long night against Anderson.”
On his performance against Chael Sonnen: “ I don’t feel like I performed my best. Just when I started to get my timing down against Chael, I made a very big tactical error. Some of the techniques we were working on for that fight, they were still a little bit out of my comfort zone.”

Frank Mir Thinks That Fighting in Brazil Is Probably a Bad Idea

Frank Mir: The only reason why I at first said, ‘hmmm, maybe not a good idea’ (was) when I found out he wanted to fight in June in Brazil. I was like, ‘Ah, I don’t know if that would be such a great idea, I don’t know if I’m gonna be that well received there.’

I’d have to go there for a whole week with my family, my wife and my children … I don’t think I’m in (Chael Sonnen’s) boat yet. But at the same time if I go to a restaurant and someone is a Nogueira fan, what are they gonna do to my food? Brazilian fans, fans in general, can be kinda crazy … I’ve received quite a few crazy Emails … Google translate is a phenomenal thing but it kind of makes you cringe a little bit when you see what people wanna say.

Silva vs. Sonnen II (UFC 147) to be at Stadium!!!

Event : UFC 147

Location: Engenhao Stadium, Rio, Brazil

Stadium Capacity : 60000

Dana White : "This will be the biggest sporting event of the year. Bigger than the NFL, the NBA, you name it - UFC 147 will be the biggest. The whole world wants to see this fight between Silva and Sonnen. We are broadcast in over 150 countries in 22 languages in half a billion homes. Wherever those fans are, they are going to be watching this fight."

Silva vs. Sonnen 2 Announced for Soccer Stadium Show in Rio

80000 people are going to watch the event live !

Anderson Silva Training

Anderson Silva's Iron Chin

Anderson Silva thinks Chael Sonnen doesn't deserve second title shot

"What does Chael Sonnen represent for my career? Nothing! He’s possessed by a demon. That’s the truth. He’s an athlete that failed the drug test, I fought him while injured, and he had problems with the American Justice system. He respects nothing and he didn’t respect our country. What does he represent? Nothing… I respect the opinions and the positions of the promoters of the fight and the owners of the event, but in my opinion he shouldn’t get the chance to fight me again. But that’s not something that I can decide. I will get ready for the fight just as I would with any other… He disrespected our idols that made history in the world of sports, such as Lance Armstrong. This guy is complicated, he’s got personal issues. The attention that the Brazilian media gives him, the attention that Palmeiras gave him, it’s very bad. If any Brazilian would be in the position that he finds himself in, if they would talk about the US and he does about Brazil, and the American idols, we wouldn’t even have the same opportunities of going in their country or talking to the American media. I think that Brazilians should be more patriotic, like the Americans."

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