Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen are facing backlash following their lackluster five-round clash in Sao Paulo.
More than a dozen years removed from their final encounter inside the Octagon, Sonnen and ‘The Spider’ stepped inside the squared circle for a long-awaited trilogy bout under the Spaten Fight Night banner in Silva’s native Brazil. Unfortunately, the fight failed to live up to the hype, even though there was very little of it to begin with.
Speaking with the media shortly after the fight, Silva was asked about the online criticism.
“It was an exhibition match, and as an exhibition match, it wasn’t allowed knockouts, it was a match with no [winner],” Silva said.