Source: Fightline
Brian Stann is coming off two victories via his excellent punching power, having TKO’d Chris Leben in the first round of his UFC 125 bout and KO’d Jorge Santiago at UFC 130. Yet, Stann is a prominent (+225) underdog to Chael Sonnen for this weekend’s UFC 136. Sonnen is best known for his wrestling prowess, specifically as a Greco-Roman wrestling champion while Stann’s pointed MMA flaw is decisively his wrestling, which he professes to have targeted in his training regime over the past two years. But Stann doesn’t seem to think his two years of wrestling will be his key to victory this Saturday night and instead reminded us that he can punch. Stann said:
“I think sometimes when oddsmakers and people keep telling me about this fight and how big a longshot I am, I think people forget – I even went back to my bout agreement and checked – but I can punch in this fight. So, I feel good.”
It’s good for Stann to have that kind of confidence…and humor; however, getting knocked out isn’t exactly one of Sonnen’s weaknesses. In fact in his entire pro-career, Sonnen has only lost a fight via TKO twice and the last time that happened was in 2004 (to Terry Martin at XFO 4). So, yeah, keep your hands ready to fire Stann, but maybe look to armbar Sonnen, as well. In Chael Sonnen’s (25-11-1) career he has lost via armbar 4 times (the most recent being his Triangle Armbar loss to Anderson Silva in the 5th round of that spectacular (though possibly steroid induced UFC 117) Middleweight title-fight. He’s also been choked out 3 times… This goes to show you that although Sonnen is a member of a top known grappling team like Team Quest, you can still use his very strengths to overpower him, which is actually a great essence to Martial Arts… the ability to use an opponent’s energy to leverage against him.
So keep that in mind Brian Stann and if anything, both you guys, please just give us one hell of a clean [meaning steroid free 
] fight. I cannot wait for this one.