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Wanderlei Silva fires back at Chael Sonnen, wants to punch him in the face

Chael Sonnen claims that he saved TUF Brazil 3 by showing Wanderlei Silva his bank account, and the Brazilian veteran quickly denied his story.

Sonnen told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that Silva decided to continue taping the reality show in 2014 after seeing how much money he made with fighting, and "The Axe Murderer" posted a video on his Facebook saying that his coach Rafael Cordeiro was the one that convinced him to return to the TUF gym.

"There was a report this week about my archrival Sonnen telling stories from TUF, telling lies.