sonnen got the shot because the fight btwn him and marquardt was a #1 contender bout......vitor is still injured and out till next fall around october....so they cant wait around for him...IMO vitor didnt deserve the title shot anyways...he never fought anyone at middleweight to earn it...he beat franklin at catchweight...u should at least have to fight someone in the weight class to get the shot...vitor is a striker...but who's fucking w/ a. silva's strike game....dude is so accurate and got some fluid movements...and i wouldnt completely sleep on sonnen... if he can actually take the fight to the ground and use that GNP on em he might be able to ground out a 5 round decision...but then again look how much damage nate did to sonnen from bottom position and sonnen was dominating that fight...idk...ground game fighters seem to be andersons weakness if he even has one...look at the travis lutter fight for example...he had silva in a bad spot in round 1...until he caught that upkick into a triangle choke then got blasted w/ those elbows to the dome piece...damn...a. silva is just too nice...