While former Strikeforce middleweight contender and Bully Beatdown host Jason “Mayhem” Miller will no doubt be fighting for his job at UFC146, that didn’t stop him from calling out one of the top 185-pound fighters in the world.
Mayhem took a shot at Chael Sonnen early Monday morning regarding a tweet “Uncle Chael” wrote about UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem failing a drug test prior to UFC 146 last week:
Chael berating someone on their test level is like me making fun of someone’s bad haircut.
— Jason Mayhem Miller (@mayhemmiller) April 9, 2012
Always one to engage in a war of words, the former All-American collegiate wrestler spit venom when he tweeted:
MayHem: Due to time constraints I am currently confining my Twitter wars to active, relevant, fighters ONLY. Buy a T-shirt on your way out.
— chael sonnen (@sonnench) April 9, 2012
Ouch. While the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt wasn’t one to take the insult lying down, Miller’s comeback was much tamer in comparison:
. @sonnench don’t worry-you’re a beatdown away from obscurity. I’ll be happy to beat your head in-that’s if it’s not still on a pike in Rio.
— Jason Mayhem Miller (@mayhemmiller) April 9, 2012
A fun fact here is that Sonnen and Miller actually fought very early in their careers under the Hitman Fighting Productions’ “Rumble on the Reservation” card in March 2002.
Sonnen put on a takedown clinic and soundly defeated Mayhem by unanimous decision in the bout.
Mayhem looks for his first win under the UFC banner in May when he takes on C.B. Dollaway, while Sonnen has earned his rematch with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 147 in June.
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