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Originally Posted by williamN
" I didn't like was comments from Chael about being a rare fighter under Zuffa contract who will fight anyone, anytime. For some reason it just came off as too cocky for me. But whatever, its just me being picky I suppose. "
I had the impression this statement was directed at a single individual and was coming here to the forum to see who Sonnen was refering to.
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Sonnen reiterated and expanded on his comments today on Tagg Radio.
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"I sent an email to (UFC and WEC matchmaker) Joe Silva when I thought I was competing with Paulo, and I just said 'Look, I'm going to beat up Paulo, and I'm going to call out Anderson,'" Sonnen said. "'Am I going to look like a fool, or does that interest you?' And he wrote me back pretty candidly, and said 'You're wasting your time. We're not going to inter-mingle the two promotions right now. You're not going to get to fight Anderson.'"
But with Zuffa seemingly holding true to its word to maintain the UFC and WEC as separate entities, Sonnen does not feel the door is closed on an eventual match-up with Silva. In fact, the soon-to-be 31-year-old Oregonian feels the bout is inevitable.
"My argument to Joe Silva was very simple," Sonnen reasoned. "I'm the only guy under Zuffa contract, one with the courage to fight (Silva) and two, with the physical ability to beat him. So, at some point, when all the guys under Zuffa contract find a million reasons not to get in there with him, and I'm the only guy for him, not only will I get in there with him, I want in there with him. They're going to have to make that match happen."
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Chael Sonnen is the same guy who is 0-3 against Jeremy Horn, just 1-2 in the UFC, and 20-9 overall. He's on a great winning streak right now, but its basically over all no names. I completely agree, he was handily winning that fight against the worst Filho I've seen. I also have little doubt that he would have been in an arm cast if that armbar had been allowed to continue. Bryan Baker got dominated last night but even so, he came close to locking on submissions when he's far from a submission artist. Chael is getting way ahead of himself. Being part of Team Quest, he basically knocked teammate Dan Henderson by saying "I'm the only guy under Zuffa contract, one with the courage to fight (Silva) and two, with the physical ability to beat him." BTW Chael, Hendo would destroy you!
He's always been unique, but he's getting way ahead of himself.