During Dana White’s press conference in Calgary, he said
that the much anticipated bout between self proclaimed “People’s Champ” Sonnen
versus the always dangerous Anderson Silva will take place in Rio de Janeiro. They could not have the event in Sao Paulo
because of some local ordinances. The soccer
stadium will be open for upto 80000 fans!
If they sell out the show, it has got to be the biggest show in UFC
history. Win or lose for Silva, it has
got to be crazy in terms of atmosphere in that building during that night.
Rich Franklin and Cung Le will be going toe to toe at UFC
148. Rich has been out of action for a
while since the loss to Forrest Griffin, where he was taken down several times
by Griffin and controlled from the top. He
did however get a nice win against Chuck Liddell, while losing a decision to
Dan Henderson. Cung Le, on the other hand
last lost to the legendary Chute Boxe product, Wanderlei Silva. Cung had his moments in the fight, but got
clipped by Wanderlei and ate some brutal knees that dropped him and got
finished on the ground. Although both
fighters might be too old to make a title run, they like to trade punches, so
it might be a great gift to the fans in the era of Greg Jackson game plans
(GSP, Carlos Condit).
The quiet Samoan fighter, Mark Hunt is facing Stefan Struve
at UFC 146. Unless Struve manages take
the super Samoan down and submit him, I doubt he has the power to put him
away. Hunt ate a high kick of Mirko
Crocop in his prime and kept fighting, so Struve better land some knees or
submit him, otherwise, it is Hunt by KO or TKO!
On the same night, Frank Mir will be fighting Cain Velasquez and Antonio
Silva fighting Roy Nelson.
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