Chael Sonnen says Anderson Silva is as Phony as Mike Tyson

It didn’t take long for Chael Sonnen to get started on the Anderson Silva topic again. This time around speaking with the Las Vegas Weekly, Sonnen claims that Silva is “as phoney as Mike Tyson” for not taking his challenge for a rematch.

Anderson says he wants to get rid of me, and this is his chance. I knew Anderson Silva was a coward. I’m privy to what goes on behind the scenes. I’ve watched him duck and dodge and choose his opponents. He’s as phony as Mike Tyson was. But in a million years, I never thought he would publicly let it be known. I thought if I called him out in the ring and put everything on the line that he would stand up and give me a thumbs up or a nod or he’d send one of his handlers in the back to say he accepted my challenge. In a million years, I never thought he would cower publicly. That’s not his culture. What an insult to the entire heritage of the Brazilian people that Anderson did not accept a challenge. That is not the Brazilian way. I was shocked. I was shocked he sat there and covered his mouth like a little fancy boy instead of standing up and saying, Let’s do this.

Chael’s little tirade didn’t stop there. He will be co-hosting this Wednesday’s Fighters Only World MMA Awards and when asked about who should win the Ring Card Girl award, he had some choice words for Arianny Celeste.

We only had one and that was Chandella [Powell]. The other was the IQ card girl. Arianny [Celeste] kind of walks around and holds up her latest test score. One time when there was a title fight, she got all the way up to five and we were very proud of her.

Fighters Only World MMA Awards will take place on Wednesday, November 30th at 8PM PST. Visit the official MMA Awards website here.