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Expect Chael Sonnen to ramp up his trash talk against Wanderlei Silva in the lead-up to their highly anticipated, headlining bout at Bellator 180 on June 24.
'The American Gangster' kicked things off on Saturday by calling out 'The Axe Murderer' in a series of poetic tweets, claiming that 'Wandy can't fight'.
Red is the rose
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
And Tebow throws
but everyone knows
That WANDERLEI BLOWS
Day follows night
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
Sometimes dogs bite
Yetis are white
Wandy can't fight
Peru had the Incas
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
Hafta turn? Use ya blinkas
Need smarts? Hire thinkas
Wanderlei's a
STINKA
Hanks played Gump
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
Ppl voted Trump
I'm gonna put Lumps
On that dumb Chump
Lennon had
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
YOKO
Haram has
BOKO
Rogan likes to
SMOKE, yo
Wanderlei's my
JOKE, bro
Kim married Yeezy
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
Chris Brown's called Breezy
Pizza's rather cheezy
Beatin' Wanderlei's Eazy
He'll bleed like Padre Pio
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
A bear ate Leo
He'll be screamin' like DIO
On the flight back to Rio
Y'can give snowboards to
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
Hawaiians
Reincanate the Mayans
But don't bother tryin'
Stoppin' Wanderlei's cryin'
Tools go in the shed
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
And ducks like bread
My fists are aimed dead
At his lumpy old head
The former three-time UFC title challenger also took a dig at Tito Ortiz, who he claims verbally tapped in their light heavyweight bout at Bellator 170.
Like a mouse, when trapped
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) May 6, 2017
Like a coastline gets mapped
Like bad mobsters get slapped
Tito
Yelled
"TAP"
Sonnen did, in fact, lose to Ortiz in his Bellator debut, succumbing to a rear-naked choke in the very first round.
The 40-year-old has a rivalry with Silva dating back to 2013, when both men coached opposite one another on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3. Sonnen and Silva were expected to lock horns under the UFC banner, but the grudge match was cancelled after Silva refused to undergo a random drug drug test and Sonnen tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Sonnen vs. Silva will now headline the blockbuster Bellator 180 pay-per-view, which also features a co-main event between heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione. The event marks Bellator's debut at Madison Square Garden in New York and is set to take place on June 24.
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