Derek Brunson expected ‘lesser name’ than Anderson Silva following Robert Whittaker loss

Many were surprised when the announcement came down late last week that Derek Brunson would face Anderson Silva in a late addition to UFC 208.
Brunson, for his part, was surprised as well when the call came in asking if he wanted the fight.
“I was expecting a little lesser name,” Brunson said on a recent edition of The MMA Hour. ”But a fight is a fight.”
Of course, it’s not that Brunson doesn’t consider himself worthy of a matchup with Silva. In fact, he&rsquo