UFC on Fox 2 Build-Up - Has Bisping Woken a Sleeping Giant?

In the build up to this Saturdays UFC on Fox 2 event, the main event competitors have been unusually quiet regarding their opponents. Light heavyweights Rashad Evans and Phil Davis are headlining, and after their heated words at press conferences announcing the event it was expected that we would see a campaign almost as personal as the ongoing feud between Evans and champ Jon Jones. Both have been quiet however, but last I heard they had come to a stalemate on threats and agreed it would be settled in the Octagon, so perhaps they are now prepared to let their plentiful skills speak for them on Saturday. That's fine with me, as nobody fighting on the same card as Chael Sonnen can expect to get trash talking headlines ahead of him.

Speaking of Chael Sonnen however, the master of the MMA one liner has been oddly silent since it was announced that he would be fighting Michael Bisping on the Fox card, rather than now injured Mark Munoz. In interviews he has insisted he doesn't have a problem with Bisping, but this has never seemed to hold him back before, and I would have expected him to use some of the plentiful ammo at his disposal. Bisping is one of the few fighters people dislike as much as Chael, and possibly even more so. While it could have been a novelty to see Sonnen cheered going into a fight, maybe the self proclaimed "bad guy" feels more motivated by boos than cheers. Or maybe, he is just saving his A game for the press events leading up to the fight.

Bisping seems to be having no problem expressing how he feels about Chael, however. On an Inside MMA segment this week, he sent some trash talking Sonnen's way, including telling the panel that Chael only has one testicle, due to past steroid use. Here is the clip below, and I can't wait to hear how Chael reacts later this week.