Chael Sonnen‘s career in the ring has been as brash and tumultuous as his words and opinions outside the sport. This year has had a far more peaceful tone for the fighter heading into UFC 167. He is coming off of a big win and is entering the initial throes of marriage to his lovely wife, Brittany Smith.
The last year has featured a rather wonderful collection of moments peppered in for the UFC star. He has a book entitled The Voice of Reason: A V.I.P. Pass to Enlightenment that came out last year, and he took down Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in August’s UFC Fight Night.
Sure, there have been the unbelievably unfortunate and imbecilic comments along the way, such as those thoughts uttered that Fox Sports eventually apologized for. (These sorts of things happen with a guy who runs his mouth as much as Sonnen.)
Still, the happiest moment must have been this past summer when Sonnen married his girlfriend, Smith.
Cage Potato chronicled the relationship and marriage with some images as well as word that Sonnen sort of sprung the entire ceremony on his mother.
While we can’t confirm the veracity of the comments at the Reddit posting, there are some who state Sonnen only told his mother about the big news as they were about to board a plane.
We can only believe such a wild story because of the fighter featured in it. Thankfully, Smith made sure to chronicle a portion of the proceedings as well as some happy moments in her Twitter feed.
— Brittany Sonnen (@SSBrittanyA) July 1, 2013
There is also the AXE video below that features Sonnen‘s explanation of how he met his beautiful wife.
Sonnen understands persistence goes a long way. Though, we wouldn’t recommend using the same phone tactic he endorses, because something tells me this was the rare time such a brash move would work.
Now the 36-year-old is set to carve another chapter in his career at UFC 167 on Nov. 16. If his wife is in the audience, he won’t have to worry about chasing her through two stories to grab a date.
That’s a good thing, because their first encounter sounds exhausting.
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