UFC president Dana White confirmed that the winner of Mark Munoz (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) vs. Chael Sonnen (26-11-1 MMA, 5-4 UFC) will fight against middleweight champ Anderson Silva, and the winner of Rashad Evans (16-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) vs. Phil Davis (9-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will face the winner of this weekend's light-heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida. Also, it was confirmed that the winner of the Michael Bisping (22-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) vs. Demian Maia (15-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) fight will be second in line for a title shot.
Even with all the business swirling about and news of Georges St. Pierre's blown ACL making the rounds, the day still belonged to Chael Sonnen's who continued his vitriolic attacks of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, who he claims is ducking competition.
"... Anderson's not going to fight me in America, in Brazil, in Antarctica, in his kitchen while I'm trying to get a decent Brazilian steak. He is not going to fight me, and don't fall for the hype that he is."
The steak was a reference to an early joke he'd made about asking Silva's wife cook him a steak.
Sonnen, a 1999 NCAA All-American at the University of Oregon, also answered questions about his fight upcoming fight with middleweight contender and former Oklahoma State standout Mark Munoz, answering Munoz's earlier statements that in their one collegiate matchup Sonnen used an illegal knee bar.
"I can assure you it was a calculated and premeditated event, and I offer no apology," Sonnen said. "I assure you on Jan. 28, I will be ready. It will be one more in the win column, one more above the mantle, and one more for the bad guy.
"I think everybody up here is grateful to be on FOX. They'd probably say, 'FOX, thanks.' Everybody but me. I would say, 'FOX, you're welcome. You've been telling everybody for years you've got the American Idol, and now you finally do.'"
Trying not to be outclassed by the wit and charm of Sonnen's quips, Davis and Evans also exchanged barbs at the end of the presser, with Evans referencing the Jerry Sandusky child rape accusations.
"I guarantee you'll be the first one to take a shot," he said. "Guarantee. Because I'm going to put my hands on you worse than that dude did them other kids at Penn State."
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