My profession ‘a depressing fail’ if I lose to Anderson Silva

Chael Sonnen is taking his boxing match with Anderson Silva very critically.

Sonnen faces former rival and ex-UFC champ Silva in a 216-pound boxing match Saturday in São Paulo, Brazil.

Sonnen will look to avenge one of the heartbreaking moments of his MMA profession – a late submission loss to Silva of their middleweight title battle at UFC 117 in August 2010. Sonnen was up 4 rounds on all three judges’ scorecards, though he would later check optimistic for elevated ranges of testosterone. Sonnen misplaced their title-fight rematch at UFC 148 by second-round TKO.

“There may be nothing about this the place I am going, ‘Boxing isn’t fairly my type,’” Sonnen mentioned on his ESPN present “Good Man/Unhealthy Man” with Daniel Cormier. “I’m going on the market to beat this man, to repair my life, or I’m going to go the remainder of my days taking a look at my profession as a depressing fail.”

Sonnen and Silva engaged in one of the heated rivalries in UFC historical past. Their first title battle will be a part of the UFC Corridor of Fame later in June.

Though Sonnen is flattered to be Silva’s farewell battle, “The Unhealthy Man” will put respect apart once they lace up the gloves.

“To be the one to get to log off and shut out his profession, there’s a sure appreciation,” Sonnen mentioned. “However, earlier than I am going too good man, on you, the principles, beginning with No. 1, is we injury one another. I do know folks prefer to be pleasant and prefer to say we made up. They love to make use of the phrase ‘respect.’

“I’ll adhere to it, too as a result of it looks like the gentlemanly factor to do, however I’m going to go injury him, which is what I’ve agreed to do. I’m going to place my physique in there as a result of he requested. He may have gotten any opponent he needed. He apparently nonetheless desires to do injury to me. So, to behave like all the things is behind us would simply be insincere.”