It’s hard to believe that Stephan Bonnar, the dude that with the pugilistic help of Forrest Griffin, helped put the UFC on the mainstream map, could be facing the axe if he loses to Krzysztof Soszynski this Saturday night.
Now, don’t get us wrong, no one here wants to see a UFC without Bonnar, a guy that not only has a ton of heart, but is also capable of throwing out the occasional sarcastic zinger. The reality is, however, that Bonnar has dropped back-to-back bouts to Jon Jones and Mark Coleman, with his last win coming over Eric Schafer in 2007. Despite all this, Bonnar has told Sherdog, that he’s approaching this Saturday’s bout with Soszynski the same as always.
“It’s just as important as my last fight and probably just as important as all the ones that are yet to come,” Bonnar said. “It’s do-or-die. That’s how it feels, but that’s how it feels every time I go out there.”
Alrighty, but to be fair, when Bonnar rolled into his 2006 bout with Rashad Evans while riding a three fight winning streak, it’s unlikely that many people were associating the words ‘do or die’ with the bout’s result. But we understand where Bonnar’s coming from. All this talk could be for not, however, Soszynski’s a bad ass dude, and frankly, the scariest looking fighter we’ve ever seen, but he’s not known for his wrestling like Coleman or ‘WTF was that’ moves like Jones. Bonnar could end the losing skid.
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