Sonnen provokes Belfort, who responds on Twitter

Scheduled to return to the Octagon at UFC 139, an event that takes place on November 19th, Vitor belfort was forced to leave the fight program due to an injury acquired in training. As in recent weeks the Brazilian fighter asked for a fight against Chael Sonnen, the North American didn't miss the opportunity and got back at it on Wednesday night.

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“Hey, Vitor, take my name out of your mouth until you appear in at least half of the fights you cancel,” Sonnen provoked on Twitter, remembering that Belfort canceled three fights since returning to the UFC in 2009, all due to injuries.

Without wasting time, Vitor also used the microblog to respond to Chael's provocations: “Sonnen will fight on October 8th (against Brian Stann). I want him to win so I can catch him in December. Let’s ask for this fight together with me”, called on the Brazilian athlete.

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Chael Sonnen He is known worldwide for promoting his fights, often with harsh provocations. After his fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 117, where the American dominated the Brazilian athlete, but ended up submitting in the last round, Sonnen abused insults against Brazilian athletes such as: Rodrigo Minotauro, Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Pezão, Lyoto Machida e Vitor belfort.

But last week, in an interview with the Sensei Sportv program, on the Globosat channel, Belfort stated that Sonnen creates controversies just for marketing and “doesn't knock anyone out”, in addition to having a character that “speaks for itself”, remembering the process suffered by the American athlete for money laundering.

Belfort returned to the UFC in September 2009, but accumulated injuries that kept him away from duels over time. He first walked away from his title shot at UFC 112 when he was replaced by Demian Maia. After Vitor left the duel against Yushin Okami, at UFC 122, when he was replaced by Nate Marquardt. Ultimately, the “Phenomenon”, as it is known, was forced to not face Cung le at UFC 139.

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