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Just when you thought UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva couldn’t get any stranger than his bizarre UFC 112 performance against Demian Maia in Abu Dhabi, "The Spider" goes and ups the ante and…
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Just when you thought UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva couldn’t get any stranger than his bizarre UFC 112 performance against Demian Maia in Abu Dhabi, "The Spider" goes and ups the ante and brings in washed up silver screen tough guy Steven Seagal to help him train in the deadly art of Aikido for his upcoming UFC 117 fight with Chael Sonnen in August.
Any regular reader of MMA Fix knows that we’ve taken great steps (not really, as nothing we’ve ever done could be categorized as ‘’great’) to cover Chael Sonnen’s amazing gift for entertaining / infuriating gab. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that he’s about to fight middleweight champ Anderson Silva, so naturally, that many more microphones […]
Any regular reader of MMA Fix knows that we’ve taken great steps (not really, as nothing we’ve ever done could be categorized as ‘’great’) to cover Chael Sonnen’s amazing gift for entertaining / infuriating gab. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that he’s about to fight middleweight champ Anderson Silva, so naturally, that many more microphones have been heading his way.
Now, like him or hate him, Sonnen has been involved in a wee bit of controversy lately, due to the fact that a writer from the Huffington Post, didn’t exactly care for a ‘tweet’’ that appeared on what was believed to be the wrestler’s Twitter account (calling the comments, which were directed at Silva’s manager Ed Soares, “racist and xenophobic”). Sonnen was running for the Oregon State Senate, and although there seems to be quite a bit of evidence to the contrary, the fighter and his campaign announced soon after that the Twitter account was a fake.
Well, Fight Magazine is reporting today that Sonnen has withdrawn from the senate race, and no, it apparently has nothing to do with ‘Tweetgate.’ According to the story, which includes a statement from Sonnen himself, he has dropped out of the race due to “a real estate case that requires a ruling. If the ruling is adverse, I would be disqualified from running for office until 2011” (In addition to ‘ultimate fighting’, Sonnen is also a real estate agent).
Huh. Well, as Sonnen also conceded, looks like he’ll have plenty of time to prepare for his August 7th throw down with Silva now. Should be a good one.
Filed under: UFC, News Chael Sonnen plans to withdraw from the Oregon senate race, according to statements made Tuesday and reported by FIGHT! Magazine.
Running unopposed last month, Sonnen won the Republican primaries in Oregon’s House District 37, e…
Chael Sonnen plans to withdraw from the Oregon senate race, according to statements made Tuesday and reported by FIGHT! Magazine.
Running unopposed last month, Sonnen won the Republican primaries in Oregon’s House District 37, earning him a bid for an Oregon House of Representatives seat against Democratic nominee Will Rasmussen in the general elections this November.
According to Sonnen, the resignation was not due to his his preparations for a title shot against Anderson Silva at UFC 117 in August, nor was it because of recent controversy stemming from his “fake” Twitter account, but instead, a “legal issue.”
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, VideosAt a recent question-and-answer session in Vancouver, B.C., middleweight contender Chael Sonnen took a few more shots at his UFC 117 opponent, Anderson Silva. Sonnen explained how he believes he single-handedly saved…
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At a recent question-and-answer session in Vancouver, B.C., middleweight contender Chael Sonnen took a few more shots at his UFC 117 opponent, Anderson Silva. Sonnen explained how he believes he single-handedly saved Silva’s job and how he plans on taking Silva’s belt on Aug. 7.
The Team Quest member also criticized the Nogueira brothers and Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, while denying, once again, that he doesn’t have a Twitter account, despite the fact that he’s already admitted to having one.
Check out the video below.
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, VideosAt a recent question-and-answer session in Vancouver, B.C., middleweight contender Chael Sonnen took a few more shots at his UFC 117 opponent, Anderson Silva. Sonnen explained how he believes he single-handedly saved…
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Videos
At a recent question-and-answer session in Vancouver, B.C., middleweight contender Chael Sonnen took a few more shots at his UFC 117 opponent, Anderson Silva. Sonnen explained how he believes he single-handedly saved Silva’s job and how he plans on taking Silva’s belt on Aug. 7.
The Team Quest member also criticized the Nogueira brothers and Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, while denying, once again, that he doesn’t have a Twitter account, despite the fact that he’s already admitted to having one.
Check out the video below.
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It’s one thing to deny responsibility for your own Twitter page when your creative insults start to draw attention on mainstream news outlets — particularly when you’re trying to lead a double-life as a shit-stirring heel and…
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It’s one thing to deny responsibility for your own Twitter page when your creative insults start to draw attention on mainstream news outlets — particularly when you’re trying to lead a double-life as a shit-stirring heel and a respectable business owner and candidate for the Oregon State Legislature. Sure, it’s a lie that’s easily disproven, but at least we understand the motivation. What we can’t understand is the way Chael Sonnen constantly lies about everything. His record, his opponents, general details about things that happen to him in his daily life, you name it. Obvious, shameless lies. My God, they just keep coming.
So far, I’ve been a fan of Sonnen’s verbal abuse of Anderson Silva, because Silva kind of deserves it, and nobody else has had the stones to disrespect the Spider the way Sonnen has. But watching the above MMA Connected clip this morning, I couldn’t help but feel that Sonnen’s schtick has officially jumped the shark — and that he might not even be in control of himself anymore. Let’s run down this interview appearance, point-by-point…