Chael Sonnen is like the unruly kid in school that Dana White has to keep his eye on all the time. Even though Phil Davis and Rashad Evans are the main event Sonnen and Michael Bisping have all the buzz. Ever since Mark Munoz dropped out the whole world has been talking about Sonnen and Bisping. The winner will face Anderson Silva in Brazil this summer.

CM Punk was in talks to walk out with Chael Sonnen tomorrow night in Chicago at UFC on Fox 2. Punk is from Chicago and was worried he would overshadow the fights with his presence. Punk is the WWE champ and has a huge fanbase in the Windy City.

Sonnen is facing Michael Bisping for a shot at Anderson Silva’s middleweight title. He has risen to the top of the UFC ranks due to not only his fighting skills but his trash talk that came from pro wrestling.

Hackers Anonymous attacked the UFC website and have been going back and forth with Dana White on Twitter the past few days. Now the group has released a video on hacking their website and said that stage 1 was complete. That means that more attacks are coming.

Dana White has a hard time keeping his mouth shut and the guys from Anonymous are someone you don’t want to piss off. They can shut your site down and mess up anything you have going online.

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Ronda Rousey is on the rise and will face Miesha Tate in March for Tate’s Strikeforce title. Rousey is an Olympian who has transitioned well into MMA but her big mouth may get her in trouble with the Zuffa brass. You don’t talk about the squeeky clean welterweight champ without repercussions.

According to Rousey,

I think that fighters that just try to win by points and come away with a win are actually bad for the sport. If you never saw MMA before, and you walked in and you saw GSP and Koscheck, and all this jabbing out the whole time, it looks like a boring boxing match. And I don’t think you gain any fans with a fight like that.

And so I really hope that Nick Diaz beats the crap out of him, because Nick Diaz is entertaining, and he’s an entertaining character in general. He might not be popular but I mean I can’t but watch every video he puts out youtube. I think it’s funny as Hell. And every single one of his fights is a brawl. It’s not like a pitter pat match where afterwards he goes “Were friends, were all friends” and then okay let’s go home. I think that’s boring.

GSP was good for the sport for a while. He brought in some big sponsors like Gatorade and UnderArmor. But I think he’s done everything he can in a positive way and he needs to step aside and let Nick Diaz kick his ass.

by: Vicky Jackson - Jasper, Alabama

Chael Sonnen bashes Kenny Rice from Inside MMA in this interview from Ariel Helwani. Sonnen is set to face Michael Bisping in a fight that will determine the #1 contender in the middleweight division. Sonnen told the world last week that Anderson Silva wouldn’t fight him but Dana White said it will indeed happen should Sonnen won.

If there is one guy in the UFC who knows politics it’s Chael Sonnen. Sonnen actually ran for the House of Representatives in Oregon several years ago before pulling out of the race. in this interview Sonnen says he isn’t a fan of Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s foreign policy and wouldn’t vote for him. Instead he would write in Brian Stann, a former opponent who served in the Army.

Last night on HDNet’s “Inside MMA,” the always colorful Michael Bisping told Kenny and Bas that Chael Sonnen will need more than just one of these things to beat him - and, he called Chael’s fact-checking into question:

And, “King Mo” called in to explain to Kenny and Bas what his next steps are in appealing his impending suspension for a failed drug test:

http://www.hd.net/blogs/king-mo-responds-to-steroid-accusations-inside-mma/

Finally, Michael Munoz, the man who lost his shot at Sonnen due to an elbow injury, gives the panel an update on his return - and some new uses for bone chips:

http://www.hd.net/blogs/mark-munoz-on-his-injury-and-his-return-inside-mma/

“Inside MMA” airs live every Monday night at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT with encore presentations airing on Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT and late night Friday at2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 p.m. PT.