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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
In a video interview this week, Wanderlei Silva referenced a training session he had with Chael Sonnen at Xtreme Couture this year, where he said he "killed" him in training. It was in the context of thinking that fight would be a good option for him in 2011 when he returns from injury.
As should be expected, Sonnen didn't take too kindly to the comments, and went on a bit of a verbal rampage of his own on Twitter on Monday night.
"You killed who? I was taking it easy on you," Sonnen wrote. "[You] looked like Tammy Faye Baker. I went easy so that new face of yours wouldn't fall off."
But that was just the beginning. Sonnen's comments continued to escalate through the night in a series of tweets.
"More guys have worked on your face than it took to build the Pyramids," wrote Sonnen. "You look like Lisa Rinna w/a Leprechaun beard, you fool. You are a walking punchline. Go fight what's left of [Kazushi] Sakuraba in an alley behind a sushi place in Tokyo for 10 Yen apiece. If it wasn't for me, you would be thrashing around the jungle [with a] blowgun trying to catch breakfast."
"So a word to the UNWISE. DON'T TALK ABOUT ME. You don't have the words, I DO. You just got burried (sic). Now run along or I'll do worse tomorrow."
While the final comment seems to be a good closing point, Sonnen finished the night with one more jab at "The Axe Murderer."
"You're lucky your brother Joe's the matchmaker or you'd be sellin' barbecued monkey on the street in Manaus."
Penick's Analysis: Well, it didn't take long for Sonnen to get back to normal once his silence was broken during the CSAC hearing earlier this month. He's gone back to his xenophobic insults aimed at Brazilians with his jungle and blowgun statement, much like calling Ed Soares a pygmy and a savage prior to the Anderson Silva fight in August. I think the UFC will ultimately put this fight together as the talking is sure to heat up between both fighters in the coming months, though I'd still prefer a Silva-Chris Leben bout.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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