How GOOD was Chael Sonnen Actually?
Jun 01, 2021Trash talking has been a staple in combat sports and the man who revolutionized that in the sport of MMA was Chael Sonnen, but as entertaining as Chell was, he was never able to win a belt in a major promotion, so my question is how
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it was.actually
hey guys I'm Keon and today I want to talk about former UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen, before we saw Conor McGregor captivate the world with his trash talk we had Chael Sonnen who I would consider the godfather in art, but how about? Chael Sonnen was a fighter capable of backing up what he said: he would begin his MMA career in 1997, but then he took a five-year hiatus and returned in 2002, in his second fight he would defeat Jason Mayhem Miller by decision in the division 1 of the NCAA.The American fighter and Chael Sonnen would keep fights close by taking the clinch and taking down their opponents. His grappling skills tired his opponents, as he did very well at maintaining top control and throwing ground and pound, although he was not
actually
a striker, he did train. In boxing since 1996, Sundin began his MMA career with a six-no record and won the Dangerzone light heavyweight championship, but in 2003 he lost his first fight to Trevor Prangley by armbar and then drew with Akihiro Gono afterward. to obtain a victory by decision. Against Babalu Sobral he would fight Forrest Griffin, where he had early success with wrestling him, but would eventually take advantage of Griffin's triangle choke.He would close out the year with three straight wins and one of those wins earned him the Gladiator Challenge Light Heavyweight Championship. in 2004 he would find mixed results after finishing 3rd and 7th and this time he also made his WEC debut by winning a unanimous decision against Alex Typing, but this fight here is Chael against Keiichiro Yama Mia who he was absolutely beating during the fight with the ground . -y-pound, but Yama Mia would find his own success and end up winning by majority decision in 2005 after the chair defeated Adam Ryan and Tim Williams by technical knockout.
He made his UFC debut in October. His opponent was Babalu Sobral, a man he beat two. years earlier, after a first round in which Bablu was the aggressor and nearly secured the heel hook, he would secure the triangle choke in the second that forced Shell to tap out in his second fight with the UFC tail, he fought the first man to defeat him, Trevor Prangley, but he found success in this fight with his wrestling and would eventually win the decision, he would then fight Jeremy Horn for the third time and lose by armbar after this loss, UFC released the chill and signed with MMA to promote bow dog fighting.
Chael would win. in his debut against Tim Crater after dominating Tim with his grappling and ultimately finishing the fight with ground in pound, he would then win the decision against Alexei Olynyk after controlling him for three rounds on the ground. He began 2007 by defeating Tim Mackenzie in 13 seconds by securing a Darce choke, he would continue the momentum by defeating Marsala Web with punches via Monte Crucifix and KCU Scola by TKO in his hometown of Oregon. Chill would then return to the WEC to fight middleweight champion Paulo Figlio. Chill was dominant throughout the first round. By imposing his fight on Figlio, who at that time was 50 nano and was considered one of the best middleweights in the world, in the second he would knock Figlio down and attack him with ground and punches, but while he was down, Paolo swung his legs towards above. and secured an armbar forcing the referee to stop the fight, but there was controversy as Chael said he never tapped, but the rest stood firm on the stoppage as Chill screamed as Figlio continued to twist the submission and took it as a verbal submission, but anyway.
Chill was so impressive in this pre-top fight that he was scheduled for an immediate rematch, but instead he fought top contender Brian Baker. After Paulo entered rehab, he would defeat Baker by unanimous decision and in November of that same year the rematch with Figlio would take place. down, but this time it wasn't for the middleweight champion as Figlio missed the wait for the vote and the fight itself was super lackluster as Paulo constantly dropped guard while the chair was kept away at risk of being submitted. , but after three rounds, Chill won. the decision and handed Figlio his first loss after this fight, the WBC merged with the UFC and he found himself back in the promotion that released him years ago, he fought Demian Maia on his return but was unsuccessful as Damian would take down Chael and subjecting him to a triangle choke, but he would bounce back from this loss by earning a decision win against Dan Miller, who we fought on 22 days notice and had to lose 36 pounds in that time, in this fight he dominated Dan with his fight and that's what he did with his next opponent, you should know, call me, it was another solid performance that earned him the unanimous decision, this gave Child the opportunity to fight Nate Marquardt in the title eliminator fight and it was another spectacular performance from Chael, who floored Marquardt on numerous occasions.
Throughout the fight and he escaped the guillotines, he also earned the decision victory and went on to fight middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Now this is where things got really interesting in Chael Sonnen's career. Anderson Silva at the time was one of the best in the sport. He was so dominant in his fights that people almost didn't care who he fought, they just wanted to see how Anderson was going to win, but Chael Sonnen stood out from Anderson's previous opponents because of the amount of trash talk Chell had to say. Before their fight at UFC 117, Chell not only insulted one of the most respected men in MMA, but he was also very
good
at it as he was witty with what he had to say and this led to some of the more quotable statements. and memorable lines in MMA history, so of course this made the fight that much more exciting as Anderson was not happy with Chale's disrespect.I really see that my chair was holding a stake right in front of a tiger and that tiger was going to give the attack of its life, but Shale backed up all his trash talk in the first round of the fight when he shook Anderson Silva and knocked him down to the ground, while in the top chair he tired Anderson with heavy ground and punches, most likely the first round Silva lost. in the UFC and he would lose three more rounds since he had no answers for the tail fight. Going into the fifth round, it looked like we were going to have a new middleweight champion, especially when Chell knocked Anderson down early in the fifth and since he was ahead on the scorecards, all he would have had to do was lay down on Anderson for the rest of that round, but with two minutes left in the fight, Anderson would get his legs up and lock in the triangle choke that forced Chael Sonnen to head this fight.
It was wild and although Chell lost, her stock grew more than some champions, so of course the media rematch was set between the two, but those plans would come to an end when the State Athletic Commission of California suspended Chill for one year following his post-fight test. The results showed that his testosterone levels were really high. He would also receive a $2,500 fine. On top of all this, he pleaded guilty to money laundering in connection with mortgage fraud. This whole situation was complicated, but calm returned in October 2011. Fighting Bryan Stan after dominating Bryan on the ground during the first round would secure the arm triangle choke in the second, but what was even more memorable was when he called out Anderson Silva, who was in the crowd watching the fights, but after this victory he would go on to fight Mi
chael
Bisping in a title eliminator fight, the fight was close as both men exchanged shots on the feet.Chael was able to score a few takedowns in this fight, but Bisping would quickly get up and continue attacking at the end. Given the unanimous decision that meant me/son in the second part and at that time this was the most anticipated fight in MMA, Anderson Silva, who was considered the goat, really had an enemy that was a serious threat to his belt, of course The buildup was huge and many people were picking Chael Sonnen to emerge victorious and it really looked like that was going to happen after a dominant first round where he controlled Silva on the ground and landed some big shots, but in the second round failed. knock Silva down, he would proceed to throw a back fist which missed and this would lead to his demise.
Anderson would connect with the need for chills and eventually end the fight on the ground with strikes. It was a sad ending for Chell as he came so close to not only winning the championship but also beating the excellent Anderson Silva, which honestly would have been huge for his career, but somehow after this loss Chell would get another chance. for the title, but this time as a light heavyweight against the pound-for-pound great John Jones. Shell received the title shot after he originally agreed to fight John Jones on short notice at UFC 151 after John's original opponent, Dan Henderson, withdrew due to injury.
John would refuse to fight Joe on short notice, canceling the event entirely, but the promotion still went ahead with the showdown at UFC 159, on top of this, Jill was the most popular charlatan in all of MMA and many expected to see that. with John Jones, but the two had hardly any animosity toward each other and when the fight developed. John was dominant and did so by pulling a Chael Sonnen, he would keep the shell in the clinch and take it to the ground where he would eventually end the fight with strikes before the end of the first in the post fight interview, it was revealed.
That John injured his toe was serious enough to warrant a medical stoppage if the fight had not ended in the first round. She, Sonnen, literally could have been the light heavyweight champion if he had survived 27 more seconds. Anyway, Sonnen returned four months later to fight. Mauricio Shogun, who he fought before finishing in the first round by guillotine. Following this victory, he would fight Prasad Evans at UFC 167, where Rashad successfully outboxed Chill and would end the fight on the ground with strikes after losing. Chael Sonnen became a coach on Ultimate Fighter Brazil against Wanderlei Silva, who absolutely despised the cold and that was one of the best moments in the history of the show.
The fight was supposed to take place at UFC 175, but both men would fail their random drug tests before the fight. This would only cancel the fight, but shortly after Chill announced his retirement from the sport, after this announcement, he would prescribe another medication, due to this, the Nevada State Athletic Commission would suspend jail for two years, UFC and Fox Sports, for whom I was also making comments. cut ties with him, it really seemed like this was the end of his career, but in 2016, Jail signed with Bellator and made his debut against He Dougherty, that light heavyweight title would beat Shell in the first round by securing a rear-naked choke. naked.
To fight Wanderlei Silva five months later in New York, he would dominate the fight with his wrestling, giving him the unanimous decision victory. He then made his heavyweight debut by entering the Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix, where he defeated Rampage Jackson unanimously. decision, but in the semifinals he would lose to Phaidor Emelianenko by technical knockout in the first round. In June 2019 he dropped back down to light heavyweight to fight Lyoto Machida, who threw a flying neon sun at him before finishing him on the ground with punches in the One second after this fight, Chill announced that he would retire from MMA to always and I believe him as he found success outside of wrestling as a podcaster and basically anything that involves him talking because like I said he definitely set the standards early on for what elite level trash talking sounded like, but when we look at his record of 31 wins, 17 losses in a draw, where he was as close as you can get to being a champion without being one, my question is how good was Chael Sonnen, actually, I would definitely say he is on the list of the best fighters who never won a belt.
I understand that he lost 17 times, but even in most of these losses he remained very competitive, he relied heavily on his high level wrestling and, for the most part, he found it a lot. of success, especially when it came to his biggest test in Anderson Silva, where he bested the champion before losing and that was the problem with Chael. His game plan for these fights worked well, but he made small mistakes. He would get him into trouble and ultimately cost him. For him, the spine-tingling race for victory was surrounded by so many hypothetical situations that it could have potentially led to achampionship and although he was never able to win a belt in any major promotion, he built a legacy much more unique than that, in my opinion, because regardless of what his record was or if he was coming off a win or a loss, you wanted to tune in because you knew that the The buildup was going to be fun Chael, his bad boy nickname, but people still couldn't help but like him, which makes me consider how big of a cringe it could have been if he had wanted certain fights.
We looked at Conor McGregor, who was known today as the king of trash, but I don't think he was any better with his words in jail, he just backed it all up with better words. Octagon Performances If Chael Sonnen defeated Anderson Silva to become the middleweight champion mix that with his personality and he would have been one of the biggest stars in the sport without a doubt, but even though that didn't happen, it still created a large number of followers. and what is even more impressive is that he did this as a wrestler who is not considered a fan favorite compared to the strikers, so I would say that Chell as a wrestler was very good and although his legacy will not be remembered for the championships, we I will never forget how Chael Sonnen took entertainment and MMA to another level.
My name is Kiana and this is my opinion on how good Chael Sonnen was. Do you agree to disagree or how to add something else? Please put it in the comments below because I would love to read it if you like this video. Please like and subscribe to my channel for more content like this but that is already available for now so see you in the next.
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