Sonnen gets the rematch

[The Show Off]

Originally Posted by Rectal Pertruder If not for his performance against Silva, he deserves it for selling the living shit out of that fight and backing up every single word. I cant wait for him to sell this one.

No doubt he sold the PPV. He somehow made Anderson Silva a sympathetic character in many people's eyes by making himself look like a total douche bag. He was the draw for that PPV because so many people wanted to see him get destroyed. That's great classic promotion right there, Sonnen is no idiot. He dominated Silva for 22 minutes and that cannot be ignored.

That all being said he didn't back up every single word. He backed up half of his words. He put Anderson in a fight and he put him on the ground. But Sonnen said he'd win the title, he said he was the best in the world, and he said he would retire Anderson Silva... not one of those are true. Anderson tapped him and that's the bottom line. Anderson was and is the better fighter because he won the fight and finished his opponent.

That's not to say that Vitor Belfort "earned" a shot either, because he didn't. That's why I thought it made absolute sense to do Belfort/Sonnen in November or December to set up a match against Silva next year.

Hell, when Rampage lost to Forrest Griffin in a controversial decision he didn't get an immediate rematch. He actually never got another shot at the championship after winning like 3 straight or something.