Matt Lindland, Chael Sonnen’s coach of 15 years, was one of dozens of
people trying to reach the UFC middleweight contender this past Tuesday,
and like most of them, he was unsuccessful.
When news broke that Sonnen had been suspended by the UFC not long after
his guilty plea to federal charges of money laundering, he rang
Sonnen’s cell phone and got voicemail.
“He honestly did not have the energy to push ‘dial,'” Lindland on
Thursday told MMAjunkie.com. “I’ve been there
before. You feel like, ‘Just let me sit here for a while and figure out
what my next move is going to be.'”