Chael Sonnen: I wanted an easy fight against Lyoto Machida, but not a tough one against Brian Stann
Posted on July 9, 2011, 08:13 AM by Anton Gurevich"I don't want to move back to 205; I just wanted an easy fight, and I thought I could trick everybody into giving me one. I thought I had them all fooled into doing it, but they caught on and now I have to go do a real fight. I was trying to get an easy one. I was trying to get Wanderlei or Anderson or "Bigfoot" or just some Silva in general would have been really nice. When I saw that that was starting to get less likely, I called out `The Karate Kid.' They've thwarted my plans here, and now I've got to go and do a real match.
Rewind to Brian Stann's match with Chris Leben. I really would have lost whatever they would let me bet; I would have lost it all. I thought Leben would beat him. I think Stann's an awesome guy. Nobody has dominated Chris Leben like that — ever — in his entire career. That was kind of like an "Oh Wow" moment when I saw that in my living room. That was a special performance." - for full interview, please visit Heavy.com.
"Uncle" Chael Sonnen will square off against Brian Stann at UFC 136, which will take place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on October 8th - more than a year after Sonnen's heroic performance against Anderson Silva at UFC 117. Sonnen campaigned for "an easy fight" against the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida, who already stated that he would be more than happy to square off against the man who loves to talk smack about his homeland. But unfortunately (or luckily) for Sonnen, he will fight the fan-favorite Brian Stann instead. Chael Sonnen is 1-4 against opponents representing Brazil, losing to Anderson Silva, Babalu Sobral, Paulo Filho and Demian Maia
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Quit hating on Sonnen..it was an easy fight. Didn't have to train, just stand there and get beat to death.
damn when he did lose to filho, i gotta watch that
he was destroying paulo until a bullshit ref stoppage
HAHAHAHA bullshit stopage, actually he was yelling to the top of lungs, second if the ref would stopped he would have make all of us a favor and Fail sonnen´s arm would´ve been separated from his body...
Sonnen's such a natural liar, he lies about tapping too!
he never tapped he simply yelled which is a normal reaction when a guy is trying to rip your arm off
Yes, he is a Pathological Liar
@Griffin, yelling is a Verbal Submission... you can tapout Verbally you know, watch the Cro Cop/JDS fight if you don't believe me.
Even better would be GSP vs Hughes III. "I'M TAPPING!"
If chael is so good then why isn't he the champ huh? Easy fight my ass.
why do you take him so serious
wow machida who had fight for so many organization is called to be an easy fight? 16 straight wins and defeated by the long lost champ shogun and quinton by UD while KO couture in first.... thats an easy fight indeed chael
"Nobody has dominated Chris Leben like that — ever — in his entire career."
Except for Anderson Silva. Of course Chael would choose to forget that.
Ya and hey also forgot that anderson was the first 1 to crack leben.
therefore making leben more susceptible to KO
I think he chooses to forget a lot of things.
Yeah, like he talks about beating AS for 4.5 rounds, but forgets the fact he got submitted and couldn't finish a guy after 4.5 rounds of pounding on him. Chael "Feather Pillow Hands" Sonnen.
It was a TKO not a KO Lebens chin is fine trust that.
"The loudest one in the room is the weakest one." This quote may not be 100% true, however it's true most of the time, especially when it comes to Chael Sonnen.
We have to just enjoy the ride that Sonnen provides. You can't honestly say that you don't get a laugh out of his antics.
He's a tough guy, but it seems Brazilians are his Achilles. I'd like to see Stann KO Sonnen but I feel he's too smart to get in to a striking war with Stann.
Stann only needs to land one good shot & drop him then follow up Leben style. It would sure to be KO of the night if so :D
right, people get so mad about what he says
Couldn't agree more.
Like I said earlier the ufc knew chael getting ko'd 30 seconds into round 1 by machida would be a marketing disaster. The ufc loves wrestlers because they win less decively than other types of fighters. They also loose less decidedly which allows them to be media spin machines.
It's much harder to talk smack when you end up face down on the mat in la land.
If sonnen and Stan muscle out a three round decision they both win regardless of who the judges pick. If a guy gets ko d or subbed their prowess diminishes.
derp derppp
Sonnen scores a victory every time he opens his mouth by pissing off everybody gullible enough to be taken in by his smack talk.
I dont think Stan can beat Sonen. I like Stan a lot , I dont know why they make him fight Sonen so early !!!!! WOW . Bad Move Dana.
This is Mma so Stan can get a Ko early .
Realistically Sonnen should win a decision (again)... watch the Davis-Stann fight, it'll be very similar to that imo.
LOL ... then you woke up bro.
Best Fight Odds
Stann +225 .. Sonnen -260
Stann is one of the biggest underdogs i have seen coming into a fight .. he is out of his league on this one. He will be taken down and elbowed into next week.
chael sonnens the man .... funniest mma fighter of all time
Notice how sonnen enjoys picking on the foreign fighters to win the cheap redneck fan vote. Only reason he's not trash talking about stann is because even he can't get away with verbally bashing a war hero.
It will be interesting to hear how sonnen talks this one up, Stann just seems too classy from every angle to dish any dirt on him, Sonnen could be at a loss for words haha wishful thinking maybe...
some guys just have all the luck
You gotta admit that he is a funny guy. Ican't believe some of the stuff that comes out of his mouth. He definitely knows how to draw attention to himself.
sonnen is so dumb 1st he says how is laying on your back fot 4 and half rounds and win then he says when silva lost to okiam that dq is win i guess silva choke him a little to hard and killed some brain cells and he forgot tapping! then he says a front kick KO is not amazing saing anyone can do it!! how many KO does sonnen have? 1 KO 5 tko 15 dec and lost 11 times! he cant finsh
silva has 8 KO 9 TKO 8 sub 7 dec and only lost 4 times 1 being the DQ! and i guess sonnen forgot all 9 times he lost sub that they are a part of it!
Chael Sonnen is an Idiot! The sad part about all this is there's no such thing as bad publicity.We're all talking about him aren't we.The shit that comes out of his mouth,Rashad the greatest at 205 ? I didn't even watch the Tito fight cause Rashad bores the piss out of me.Chael says Lyoto is nothing,well he put Rashad to sleep,easily.The only Rashad fight I want to see is Bones tearing his ass up. That's probably the next thing out of Chael's mouth Jon Jones is nothing. Bullshit walks, keep walking Chael....