Easy for him to step up because he's got more to gain. He's done at 185 as long as Anderson isn't retired. You lose two fights to the champ, no one will ever want a third. He got forced onto rich franklin territory.
He knows it. He has no more big paydays at 185. He's provably too old and on too much testosterone replacement therapy to drop to 170 to trash talk his way to that title so he's jumping on the opportunity to go up. It's a smart move and it worked but everyone knows he's gonna get obliterated. It's an absolute joke he gets a crack at Jones. Coming off a loss, no contention fights at 205, jumps right in line to the front. Complete BS from a sport stand point. But from a business stand point, he has some drawing power and will bring ratings to the TUF show. I expect full blown troll sonnen that season
Btw, funny how the discussion was about gsp and silva and you turned it into sonnen. Lol
