Shogun reveals that Sonnen's attacks on Wanderlei Silva bother him

M.Shogun (photo) faces Sonnen at UFC on FOX Sports 1. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Even with Shogun trying hard to stay focused and forget about all the promotion done with provocations by Chael Sonnen, the loudmouth may have hit a sensitive point in the Brazilian and motivated him even more to fight. This Thursday (15), during the UFC Fight Night 26 press conference in Boston (USA), Shogun revealed that the North American's words against Wanderlei Silva and Brazil bore him.

“I think he spoke very badly about Wanderlei (Silva), who is a good friend of mine, and my country, that is certainly a motivation. But I try not to worry about things like that, focus on training, to get to 100% fight. This certainly bothers me, him talking about my country and the Wanderlei Silva”, said the Brazilian, in the third question about how he deals with Sonnen’s fallacy.

Mauritius Shogun e Chael Sonnen face each other in the main fight of UFC Fight Night 26, this Saturday (17). The event takes place at TD Garden, in Boston (USA). In addition to Shogun, two other Brazilians will also be on the fight night card: Yuri Marajó, which faces Urijah faber, and Diego Brandao, which faces Daniel Pineda.