I found this link on another site and had to read it. Now I never cared for Chael and I do respect his hard work but he really grinds my gears! (Thank you Peter Griffin) This interview starts with Chael putting Anderson Silva on blast and then continues on with his unofficial man-crush on Nate Marquardt. The whole time sounding full of himself.
Let me know what you think. Maybe im overreacting.
I like Sonnen more after those interviews. Very outspoken and an abundance of potential. Seems to have a clear head about the business of MMA. He says what he needs to say and that's it. Like Snoop Dog said "Tell me like it is, and not like it was".
^^ agree with eldiablo... i like a guy who says it like it is and doesnt bend the truth to make himself feel vetter. i like chael and wish him well
He's a politician guys and he's doing what politicians do best wich is talk. So good for him Im glad He's outspoken the only thing that realy grinds me is how innacurate he is with some things. Like "who has he beaten thats top ten"? Hmmm maybe Griffin who was top 3 Lhw when they fought maybe Hendo who was even a top P4P guy when they fought. Nate was top ten MW when they fought. Franklin was top 5 both times.
True dat carls. I was kind of wonder the same thing.
Notice in this fight's hype there's talk about top 10 numbers than usual. I wonder whose top 10 list they're reading...
I think its all been said.
Sonnen is a wannabe-politician, and a businessman, who understands the sport and the coin connected to it.
And as a wannabe politician and businessman he mixes truth with bullsh!t and tries to sell you both for half of what its worth, and for twice what you're willing to pay.
Consider that some have said that Sonnen is a rare survivor of charisma-bypass surgery, which is one of the reasons the UFC's support for him as been tepid at best, so if like some of the talk-radio guys struggling for ratings he decides to "shoot from the hip", so be it.
At least he NOW has a personality, even if he comes off a bit Glenn Beck-ish, who is an acquired taste to put it politely.
Plus some of the stuff Sonnen has said has the added value of being true.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one thats getting tired of Anderson Silva's transformation from consummate sportsman to borderline smackboy.
I'm also glad to see and hear Sonnen verbally scrape away some of the hype and bullsh!t associated with the 185 weightclass, which is long overdue.
Also, the rumor is that Mark Coleman has never been a savage guy in training camp, so who better than a Team Quest'er to comment on it?
Wrestlers know each other pretty well, and with Sonnen's cred he feels justified in having his say.
If Coleman tracks him down in the dressing room and jacks him up for talking sh!t on him, well then he had it coming, but at least Sonnen is handling his business like a man.
And no he's not going to beat Marquardt, he's not going to last the full 15 minutes against Marquardt, and the closest Sonnen is going to get to a 185 title match is if Dana comps him some tickets when Marqaurdt fights the Silva-Belfort winner, who I hope to God is Belfort.
Nonetheless Sonnen is selling himself in the UFC as a sh!t-talker.
And why not?
Guys like Ortiz, Lesnar, Mir, Hardy, Penn, etc have made themselves rich men in the UFC by "playing the heel", as the pro wrestling folks call it, so why not Sonnen, a man who strikes me as someone in search of a personality, until now...
^^I dont think thats "all been said" or at least not that well, but then again you are the wizard of words Jcohl.;)
I think he sounds like a d0uche, "I didn’t see that. Did he fight Nate?" B FRIGGIN S of course he saw that fight and if he didnt hes just bad at his job!
@ElDiablo I assume they got ahold of the infamous king trolls ratings ;)
And I think that Chael Sonnen made his point, no?
Maybe I'm misremembering this, but wasn't it Mark Coleman a few years back who commented [I think] on a sherdogsh!t interview that he "wished he could have fought so and so [I'm going to say Fujita] in PRIDE", and had actually fought the guy years earlier?
Apologies if I have that wrong...
Yea but dont you think he watched tape on Nate to prepare for their fight?
After his comments, i have to say that i respect the guy more and like him more. Seriously, i can see why his comments and his straight forward attitude could be interperted as him being a "****" or full of himself.
He actually made me laugh and is a breath of fresh air. He doesn't sugar coat anything, he's not afraid of anderson silva at all and he's just a confident dude who's funny and doesn't even know it. "sissies" "lazy mma fighters" "read a book, watch a news program more than once a year"...lol **** dude i thought it was funny. "he wants to watch himself as much as he can on tv" hhahaha wow, he's hilarious dude! I like him more especially because he owned nate!
fair enuf, obviously whatever hes doin is workin
Frank Mir once told me at a fan fest in Hawaii that a pro cage fighter sheds his skin and becomes like a whole new fighter every 3 fights or so, and what a guy did 5 or 10 fights ago isn't really that relevent when preparing for a fight, so maybe thats why Sonnen seemed a little out of touch regarding Marquardt, if he were to subscribe to a similiar mindset...
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