Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva targeted for 2017 Bellator event

Before that, Sonnen likely faces Ortiz, Silva faces Cro Cop.

That's a big money for them. Wand is going to have his hands full for a while it seems. He was even talked about as a possible opponent for Fedor for a while.

This is a better fight than Sonnen/Ortiz since one is a greco roman and the other is a muay thai brawler,I seen this being favorable for Wanderlei I just can't
him being smothered against the cage by Chael so I think this gives Wanderlei a
real good chance of pulling off a nice win over a good name and also makes Bellator look good.

Finally! Really looking forward to this one.

m1challengefan wrote:This is a better fight than Sonnen/Ortiz since one is a greco roman and the other is a muay thai brawler,I seen this being favorable for Wanderlei I just can't
him being smothered against the cage by Chael so I think this gives Wanderlei a
real good chance of pulling off a nice win over a good name and also makes Bellator look good.

Yup, way better than Chael/Ortiz

I will be watching this lol

Coker talks to FLO Combat:

"Since Bellator contracted Chael Sonnen, believe me, we've been getting texts and calls from Wanderlei saying that he wants that fight. So, I think you'll see that fight some time in 2017 for Bellator. Wanderlei is still pissed about what happened between them and he wants that fight. It's something personal for him. Honestly, I don't really know what happened to make him that compelled to fight Chael, but I can tell you that he is not happy with what happened between them. That's going to be a fight where everybody stops whatever they're doing to turn on the TV to see the fight. As we all know, that fight has been building for a number of years and they couldn't work it out, but now I feel the timing is perfect."

MR.WILLIE wrote:Coker talks to FLO Combat:

"Since Bellator contracted Chael Sonnen, believe me, we've been getting texts and calls from Wanderlei saying that he wants that fight. So, I think you'll see that fight some time in 2017 for Bellator. Wanderlei is still pissed about what happened between them and he wants that fight. It's something personal for him. Honestly, I don't really know what happened to make him that compelled to fight Chael, but I can tell you that he is not happy with what happened between them. That's going to be a fight where everybody stops whatever they're doing to turn on the TV to see the fight. As we all know, that fight has been building for a number of years and they couldn't work it out, but now I feel the timing is perfect."

This is great to hear.