Chael Sonnen almost scored a historical upset against Anderson Silva during their first fight in 2010. “The West Linn Gangster” led through nearly five rounds of action, only to be forced to submission in the last two minutes of the fight.
But there is more to the story according to Sonnen, which he spoke to Burt Watson about on MMA Junkie’s “Legend 2 Legend” YouTube series. One key detail he disclosed was his inexperience in five-round fights up to that point.
“OK, so that was my first time in the fifth round. I had been scheduled for two other fights that were five-round contests in the WEC, we never saw all five rounds, though,” Sonnen explained.