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Chael Sonnen talks about the MMA World….. www.fightingpolitics.com
@liyon316 ….part 2….the reason why wrestling can let anyone tryout is because wrestlers are not paid athletes. This is the same reason why strikeforce also cannot test Fedor against all other fighters. Fedor will want money to fight.
@liyon316 ……true, but you are also missing the other part of what Chael is saying. The UFC MUST turn a profit. If the UFC were to just let anyone and EVERYONE tryout, how could the UFC turn a profit by signing 300 new heavyweights? It’s much cheaper for the UFC to offer Mussasi or Fedor a large contract rather than signing 300 nobodies and HOPE there is another Fedor or Mussasi.
Some people here know whats up with the ufc great analogy.
Yeah. That one was my fave, as well. Chael pretty much jacked Nate’s game and he couldn’t adjust to get the victory. Sonnen deserved the win.
This guy is so right. What Dana did with Andrei, he’s now doing with Anderson Silva. Don’t get me wrong that Silva’s not good, but please he hasn’t beaten anyone that great to be considered P4P number one.
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that was the fight of the night for me.. a lot of people founf it boring but i was amazed chael won and that he even did well at all. I thought for sure chael would get knocked out or submitted
Fucking awesome i love it! finally a fighter reveals the UFC brainwashing technique!
i just want a nice guy to go on a date with me
By being the #1 promotion and with their marketing muscle and with Joe Rogan’s theatrics, the “fans” just assume the UFC has the best, b/c that’s what their marketing machine drills into our heads.
Sure, Chael was kind of knocking Arlovski, but the same situation can be applied to the Brocks, the Carwins, the Cains, etc..
People don’t think a fighter is great unless he fights in the UFC and that’s what they want you to believe. Not b/c of contract disputes, rights issues, etc..
You’re missing the entire point of what Chael just said. The UFC has the best fighters not b/c they are truly the best fighters necessarily, but b/c they have the marketing muscle of being the biggest MMA promotion in the world.
Take the heavyweight division for example. Even if you discounted Fedor’s Pride reign, he’s still the #1 HWY fighter of the past 3 years based on competition, not Brock, not Carwin, not Cain, etc… but the UFC doesn’t want you to know this.
so when this documentary coming out?
history has proven him right.
Sonnen is a disrespectful prick for calling Rizzo, Sylvia and Ricco Rodriguez for bums. They might be considered “bums” these days, but not back then.
Still, he’s pretty much spot on with everything else he said in this interview. UFC and MMA organizations in general is all about business. Or else they wouldn’t have guys like Kimbo fighting on their card, or have old washed up fighters in a main event
UFC has taken a lot of traits from the WWE. We are now hearing terms like ‘heel’ (bad guy) being used by Mir etc.
Mir actually has learnt to enjoy the role. Fighters who want to be a big draw, and be main event will now have to be good on the mic, have charisma, good body frame, exciting fight style and trash talk.
Chael is smart enough to realise this.
vegas took a big win off sonnens victory thats for sure.. huge upset… lol.. wow really sonnen manhandle nate the great.. ufc smells phishy, machida v.s shogun , did machida not kick his ass and lost to judges scores. phishy..
Chael did really well tonight but any fighter that puts together a good win streak will get a title not regardless if they are “drawable” or not that’s horseshit chael
@d3rfliw PWNED lol
Where is the rest of the interview? I heard Fedor…
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the problem is the organizations, they keep the bargaining power from fighters,camps and fans.
The only thing keeping the best fighters from fighting eachother is seperate organizations.The best fighters in the UFC do fight eachother and the majority of the best fighters fight in the UFC.Saying if your good you might not ever get into the UFC is bullshit.If you’re good enough you’ll eventully be picked up. Chael is the best example of the UFC having the two best guys fight regardless of marketability, because Chael isn’t a fan favourite yet he’s in the co main event as he’s a top fighter.
lol…..Chael, good luck beating Nate and getting a title shot by talking shit about the UFC
Chael is hilarious
y’all getting trolled
Chael is right but his point is irrelevant because business can take an over hyped fighter like Kimbo Slice and turn him into a cash cow. Yeah, some of the best fighters in MMA will probably never reach the level of Chuck Liddell in terms of popularity but at least Chuck, unlike Slice, was THE best at the time in a HOT LHW division. Business grow because of fighters marketability. This is why Fedor and A. Silva have yet to reach the height of popularity others have, though both are legends.