By Chris Howie
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer

Stephan Bonnar will try to defy the odds this weekend when he faces Anderson Silva at UFC 153 in Brazil and although he is a huge underdog, one man who knows him well feels he will surprise a lot of fans.

Forrest Griffin spoke about Bonnar this week and gave his thoughts on the match up:

“I actually think Stephan’s going to surprise some people. I don’t know if he’ll win, but he’ll do well. He’s a big guy, he’s never been, I’ve never seen him be hurt by a punch, let alone knocked out.

I don’t think Anderson’s going to want to get too close because Stephan’s a big guy with good jiu jitsu, you don’t want to be under him, you know. He’s been working his wrestling a lot the last couple years, you’ve seen that in his fights. He’s kind of evolved as a fighter so, I think it’ll be a better fight than people think.”

Props: MMA Fight Corner

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