Earlier today, UFC 160 took a bit of a hit, when the…. shall we say reasonably highly anticipated (but probably about four years too late) rematch between Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua and Antonio Rogerio ‘Minotoro’ Nogueira was scuppered following an injury to ‘L’il Nog’.
Enter the man with the biggest arms and the biggest charms. From Chael Sonnen’s twitter:
@ShogunRua I HEAR BRAZILIAN CHICKEN IS OFF THE MENU. AMERICAN GANGSTER IS STILL AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR WAITRESS OVER.
Sure enough, just over three hours later Bloody Elbow reported that Sonnen would step in to square off against the former UFC heavyweight champion in little over a month.
This changes everything for Shogun. He would have been anticipating a stand-up war with L’il Nog, and now he’s going to have to contend with an all-american wrestler. Furthermore, he’s only got five weeks to prepare.
After last months thrashing from Jon Jones, I think most educated MMA fans thought Sonnen had probably reached the end of the road in this division. However, he has talked himself into another fight you could certainly argue he doesn’t deserve on merit, and he’s matched up against a top 10 opponent.
The fight is winnable, and he could be clambering his way into the mix with the division’s elite a lot quicker than we had ever thought possible.
Let the vitriol begin!
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