UFC 117 – Chael Sonnen on Anderson Silva: “He fought a one-legged Canadian and a math teach from Ohio”

UFC middleweight number one contender, Chael Sonnen has made it perfectly clear that he’s not impressed by the list of names current 185 pound champion, Anderson Silva has knocked off in his term since joining the promotion, describing Patrick Cote as a “one legged Canadian” and Rich Franklin as nothing more than a “maths teacher from Ohio”.

Spekaing via UFC.com, Sonnen said:

“I’m here because I beat up everybody who got in my way. I beat every champion there’s ever been except one and I’ve stuck my finger in his chest for four years and he wouldn’t fight me. He fought a one-legged Canadian, a math teacher from Ohio and a bunch of guys who weren’t even good enough to hold their spot in the company. His running is done, his 15 minutes of fame are up and I’m gonna bring it to an abrupt halt. Anderson Silva’s hurt a lot of people. A couple of those guys are my friends — and I don’t have a lot of friends. That bothers me a lot. It’s a payback thing, absolutely. Let’s get rid of this guy. Anderson Silva’s really the nuisance, he’s truly the problem, we’ve all had it with him. There’s one guy that wants to fight him and there’s one guy with the skills to beat him.”

Sonnen is riding a string of impressive wins since he struggled to find his feet early on inside the octagon. With victories over the likes of Dan Miller, Yushin Okami and Nate Marquardt, the outspoken Team Quest star has certainly proved he’s got what it takes to be a contender at 185 pounds.

By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)

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