Everyone who somehow cannot figure Sonnen out should watch this post-fight interview on youtube. How much of this is in jest is pretty obvious to me because of interviews like this one. Note the expression on his face when he is asked about “the belt” he has been carrying around. I had sent an interview to CP a while ago that he gave regarding international wrestling and the US team. They did not post it of course because some of you might have to reconsider if he is crazy or not! Watch this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f8C5n5sbko&feature=related

Skywalker, give your mom back her laptop and get ready for school.
Yes I think Bisping is a dick, from the TUF shows. But he was classy in defeat and that is something I appreciate. Sonnen may trash talk but he said nothing but good things about Bisping. There is a difference from being a genuine dick and from lipping off for some harmless entertainment. I think it’s around grade 3 that you can tell the difference.. another year and you won’t be so pissed off about somebodies post on an internet forum.

This post fight interview just piqued the interest of several hundred thousand rednecks and teenagers watching this on Fox. (maybe more). They may just stick around now to watch his next fight on PPV. Those types aren’t reading news boards like this, but they do make up a large part of the population who own TV sets. Cheesy to many, but non cheesy and possibly taking seriously by that many more. A subscriber is a subscriber. Dana will be happy.

FBF is ..da MAN!

@ SKyWalker, Is this where you wanna be when Jesus comes back, picking on poor little Joe Dirt?

Rocky Blunt = Moron. Douche bag. Waste of space.

Joe Dirt you are a FUCKING moron you 3 faced hypocritical poo pusher. You praise Chael`s embarrassing behavior yet have the nerve to say, you appreciate Bisping now because he showed “class”? Stop being a cherry picking douche bag you fucking ape.

@ 2dogs, amen my brother, amen

Oyeah, well FBF says
I’m gonna stomp a mudhole in yer ass and walk it dry
and THATS THE BOTTOM LINE
Cause FBF SAID SO
(and cue, beercans in the ring,FBF scullin brews and flippin the bird from all four ringposts)
Drano looks back from the top of the ramp, cocks the DRANO eyebrow, runs back to ring MAYHEM ensues, REX13 in special guest commentary is screamin for security, fade to promo featuring next weeks PPV feature bout
FBF v DRANO for title of greatest MAN ON THE PLANET

The DRANO says he gonna take your little speech
Dust it off
Turn it sideways
And stick it straight up your Candyass!

If you smellllllllllllllllll…..
what the DRANO is cooking!!

Anyone here EVER watched Muhammid Ali drop down some lines, Cheal is just probably started reading his book, what most peaple dont get is Ali was the greatest…Chael…we will see….

Who cares where he stole it? I LOVED IT.
fuck off haters.

@Onan, apart from your first sentence, I agree100%
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@google thanks for clearing that up, I near fell of my chair!
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And whether or not I just dont get it, or have sand in my vagine, IMO Sonnen is an overrated clown.

Quit taking this crap so seriously. These guys, for all their skill, devotion, practice and study are doing something very simple: fighting. There’s a place for all kinds of characters in a sport so simple. There’s a place for honorbale and stoic champions, cerebral cockasses, and total shitty heels. Chael Sonnen is simply being entertaining, and having fun. He’s a whole lot easier to listen to than Bones, stumbling over 1 sylable words. I like the fact that he knows the whole world knows that he is a POS. He seems to embrace it. No need in hiding it.

chael’s post speech was the most entertaining thing of the whole night… whats with the hate cagepotato? not only did chael school bisping.. he schooled billy graham on how to speak

Ya Chael’s promos hurts the UFC growth as much as Nick Diaz being an Asshole to everyone out there !!!!

I thought Sonnen’s post fight speech was hilarious!

So it’s ok when Josh Barnett rips off wrestling promos and does also fake wrassle over in Japan but Heel Sonnen doesn’t get a pass. Got it.

@google he isnt dead???
i could have swore he was…hmm.
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there’s always randy savage’s corpse i guess…..OOOOHHH YEEAAHHHH. SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!!!
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His trash talk was already stupid enough, now he’s not even coming up with it on his own. What a dumb ass. What’s next? Oiling up, wearing feather boas, and starting every sentence with ” let me tell ya something mean gene”.

*Golf Clap CP, long golf clap*

First, it’s a stretch. Second, if Chael rips something off, go ahead and assume it’s on purpose and he’s referencing something tangible and important. He’s smarter than you, trust me.

@intercept440

You scared me there for a minute, had to look it up, but mean gene is still alive.

btw Micheal Bisping should probably go up the standings for this loss.

pure gold, nothing but rectum, no not net but rectum

*golf clap*
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great now all we need is stone cold steve austins music to cue while chael is talking and have him storm down to the ring and give him a stunner then have the crowd throw beers at him to drink…
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maybe the’ll replace buffer with mean gene’s corpse next.

the ban on ammo & knifes is an early shoot over the wall to take sports out of entertainment. it’s a harbinger if you will.

so i guess andersons silvas real name is “bruno san martino” the entire time…chael….you crazy! i see your insane plan..and raise you one outawack-act, good sir

@get off me- Great points and even though I am not a nick diaz fan i do agree that he is a very entertaining fighter. Solid outlook and I will continue to read your posts on here now.

Whoever caught the redux by SunShine, good catch!
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Some sports acumen to say the least.

Part of me hopes that Chael actually beats Anderson next time so that we can see the UFC for the shined-up WWE that is truly is..or is becoming.

Chael Sonnen is having a huge laugh, not at his haters expense but his supporters. He’s taken everything you say you value about a fighter, become the complete opposite and you still love him.

You say you value guys who finish fights. Chael has finished one fight in 4 years (Stann). Both GSP and Fitch have a better fight finishing percentage than Sonnen

You say you value integrity in a fighter. This guy is a cheater in the ring and a liar and cheater in life.

You say you don’t want MMA to be anything like WWE yet this guy does promos in ring and walks around with a lame fake championship belt and you still love him.

Say what you want about Anderson, but the guy has had 7 decision in 31 career victories, hasn’t lost a fight in 6 years and most guys who fight him either end the match asking what happened or vigorously tapping their hand asking the ref to end it for them.

Chael Sonnen, the people’s champ. The champion you asked for. The champion you deserve.

Huh, guess I don’t know how to separate paragraphs in this format. My bad.

Chael can be funny, for sure. But his pre-fight and post-fight interviews on Saturday were corny. Not meta-corny, just corny. Who cares where (or if) he stole it from somewhere? It was just lame.

I also question the good that can come out of it. All I see it doing is building interest in Chael, but as a character rather than a fighter. The Ultimate Warrior is YouTube gold, but has that increased attendance at his events/speeches or motivated more people to check out pro wrestling because its hilarious? Highly doubtful.

The UFC is trying to get its image to the level of the NFL, NBA, and MLB, not to the level of pro wrestling (even in its prime). Having fighters who “play characters” is not going to help that. Yes, there may be “heels” or “good guys,” which is fine as long as those people are genuinely like that. Look at T.O. or Ochocinco. They are basically heels of the NFL, but that’s because they are just ridiculous people. Chael could legitimately be that absurd, but I’m going to assume that he is not. I’m all for him continuing to play himself up, but only to an extent. Saturday night saw him overplaying his image to a fault.

TL;DR: Chael was too fake on Saturday. Needs to tone it down for sake of self and UFC, which needs to separate itself from any possible connection to pro wrestling. The Ultimate Warrior is hilarious.

Next thing he will develop a finishing move, the Chael Sonnen Stunner. If you smell what Sonnen got cookin’!

I love it. I think it is hillarious. Get the fuck over yourselves. This whole place is starting to sound like a bunch of nerd fanboys trying to explain how Jar-Jar Binks ruined the Star Wars Franchise (which he did, I’m just sayin’).

I could do without the “shitty smirk, lean into the mike, slow rotation to the camera” business. But whatever it’s funny, I’ll take it.

Chael is the man. Clearly some people take him more serious than he takes himself. He’s just being entertaining and I personally hope he keeps winning. I normally call Bisping a douche but he handled himself with class after beating Mayhem and losing to Sonnen… so.. props I guess.

i like chael but couldn’t agree more that his speech was cringeworthy especially considering the nature of his win and the venue on fox. i think he is very smart, but it seems not smart enough to know when he should can the goofy speech he came prepared with.
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BY THE WAY CAGEPOTATO WEB DEVS. CAN WE GET SOME FUCKING ABILITY TO EDIT OUR POSTS, PARAGRAPH SPACING, AND AN END TO THESE GODDAMN CAPTCHAS YET? THIS SITE IS A FUCKING EMBARRASSMENT.

Christ, the gnashing of teeth on this site is recockulous. This concern for how x post-fight speech or y judging decision ‘makes the sport look’ is fucking stupid. Stop acting like a bunch of sophomore girls who are worried you won’t get a prom date and enjoy this shit for what it is. In Sonnen’s case, his promo was absolutely hilarious.
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If you want to see “real fighting” with none of the performative excess of professional wrestling, go find some underground kumite shit. Until then, accept that sports have nothing to do with the real world.

@Fletch
I define entertaining fighter as what is delivered inside the cage w/o mic. Tom Lawlor has entertaining entrances, Chael has entertaining verbal skills. Nick Diaz is an entertaining fighter.
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I have issue with Chael’s trash talk being the reason people want to see him fight as well. In reality, he did not trash talk Stann and due to time constraints, not Bisping either. The only fighter he really laid into was Silva and Silva is the champ who draws numbers any time he fights regardless.
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What Sonnen did do, was give Anderson the toughest fight he has had by far, but again I am not too sure that the stars did not align for Sonnen that night, testosterone shots mixed with Anderson’s rib and a referee that allowed Sonnen to stay inside Silva’s guard for long periods of time throughout the fight.
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If Sonnen is banking on lay n pray in Brazil, he may very well find himself in the same position Johnson found himself in against Vitor.
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Chael better trash talk the shit outta this fight and play the heel, otherwise his whole schtick will be shot and if he loses nobody will care to hear what he has to say.

@BoJimbo Spice – Holy, shit, is that you DS? If so, I’m a friend.

@ Get off me – For the most part I agree. His fights with Anderson and Stann were the two most entertaining fights. However, this all depends on what your definition of “entertaining fighter” is. He is entertaining before fights and after fights and people want to see him fight because of his entertainment outside of the octagon.

Chael’s heel character?
Heel’s get booed, Chael gets a mixed bag anywhere other than Brazil.
As I said before, he is a rip off artist, heel that can’t draw heat at best.
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I understand the act, but to call this guy the most entertaining fighter is a disgrace to entertaining fighters. The Brian Stann fight aside, Chael’s performances are rather bland in terms of entertainment.

I think it’s hilarious. You purists can complain all you want, I love this shit. I don’t think it’s a rip off as much as an homage.

I like Chael’s shit talking – but this over the top “wrasslin’ heel” persona is blurring the line between MMA & wrasslin’ a bit too much for me. (I hate that wrasslin’ shit and I havent watched it since I was a kid around Wrestlemania II)

Low Blow JON FITCH –
Leave Wilfred outta this.

Kind of a stretch really. If he is going to promote himself as one of the best, no matter how much you change the words it will be similar to SBG’s interview. But to say he stole it and used it? I completely disagree. I remember watching an episode of CSI way back when a reporter was asking a vegas performer questions regarding his law breaking, and he answered with a somewhat similar line of words too.

You are clearly a big WWE fan so everything you hear is going to sound like something you have heard before in wrestling promos. Give the crazy guy Sonnen some props for at least adding something interesting to what would otherwise be boring reiterated interviews.

You broke my heart Chael. You broke my heart.

Oh wait. I ripped that off too.

Chael said himself that he is interested in setting records. Being in fights that will be watched for years to come. He seems interested in being an MMA superstar and bringing the sport along with him.

Hilarious. He straight up stole it from Chael… LOL, Kidding.

I think Chael is being asked to keep acting like this. It will only bring over more casual fans that like Wrasslin. Dana White doesn’t care what fans he brings over as long as fans are being brought over.

He was funny for a while but he is a little too WWE now.

I must admit though, him being as delusional as he is, it is rather entertaining.

Ok, Ben, fine, i stand corrected — it wasn’t Curt Hennig.

Blow darts? Is that racist?

If pillow hands hit him harder than he’s ever been hit, he must have gotten real lucky against some of the heavy handed fighters he’s faced!

What a joke. I hate Anderson Silva, but I’m starting to want him to “Griffin” Sonnen.