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Filho's next opponent named
By Kevin Iole
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007 2:07 am EST
The WEC has finally found a suitable opponent for its new middleweight champion, Paulo Filho.
Matchmaker Scott Adams said that UFC veteran Chael Sonnen has signed to take on Filho in one of three title matches on a WEC card on Dec. 12 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
Sonnen, who has a 14-8-1 mixed martial arts record, was 1-2 in the UFC. He won a unanimous decision over Trevor Prangley at UFC Fight Night 4 on April 6, 2006, but lost via submissions to Babalu Sobral at UFC 55 and Jeremy Horn at UFC 60.
"Chael matches well with Paulo Filho, who is a tough guy for us to get opponents for," Adams said. "He was a Division I wrestler and he finished high in the Olympic Trials and I think he matches very, very well with Paulo. He's got a lot of wins against a lot of top guys, but this is really his kind of breakthrough chance, which I believe he realizes."
He'll make perhaps his biggest step when he takes on the highly regarded Filho, who is 15-0 in MMA and won the WEC title in his last outing when he stopped Joe Doerksen in the first round.
There are some who feel that it's Filho, and not his friend and countryman, Anderson Silva, who is truly the world's best middleweight.
We want to hear what you think. Do you give Sonnen a shot to beat Filho? And do you think Filho deserves to be considered alongside Silva as the best 185-pounders in the world?
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