Världens mest effektiva trollare Chael Sonnen är tillbaka i MMA-scenen, och vi upptäckte det snabbt i form av en 20 minuters skitsnackarkampanj med Ariel Helwani i veckan. Sedan dess har vi även fått reda på att Sonnen kommer att möta Brian Stann på UFC 136 i oktober, och vi blev givetvis nyfikna på hur Sonnen skulle påbörja skitsnackarkampanjen inför honom. Det har visat sig att han inte alls kommer snacka skit om Stann:
”It’s a lot harder fight than I thought I was going to have. I didn’t think I was going to have the #6 guy in the world right out of the gate,” säger Sonnen.
”That’s a really hard match, and that’s a really great guy,” fortsatte Sonnen. ”We have to meet up at some point; we’re ranked very close to each other. That fight is going to happen at some point whether I want to do it or not.”
Det ser inte ut som att han kommer att påbörja någon skitsnackarkampanj riktigt ännu:
”I wasn’t ready for a Brian Stann style fight; I was ready to take on a Wanderlei or a Machida or something like that. I’ll need to sit down and reevaluate and up the intensity, that’s for sure.
”He’s doing such a good job. Rewind to his 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. I didn’t think he could get by Leben. 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.
”Then they gave him a really easy fight after that, and he went out and did some more great things. Even an easy fight, you’ve still got to go do the fight, and he did. He’s really good.”
Men för er som börjat bli oroliga nu, han kommer inte vara riktigt så här respektfull så väldigt länge till:
”I wouldn’t count on that,” svarade Sonnen med ett leende på frågan om han skulle tona ner på skitsnacket mot Stann.
