Chael Sonnen (28-14-1) tror inte att en andra förlust för Ronda Rousey (12-1) i en rematch mot Holly Holm (10-0) skulle vara bra för UFC och nu förklarar han varför.
Sonnen tror inte att resultatet i en rematch mellan Holm och Rousey skulle vara annorlunda då första matchen inte var jämn och Sonnen menar att trots att Holm är en duktig fighter, så kommer hon inte att kunna skapa den uppmärksamheten eller bryta barriärer så som Rousey gjorde.
”When Dana White, our president, sinks his teeth into this and gets ready for a rematch, it’s going to be huge,” sa Sonnen. ”It just will. I don’t think the reality of the outcome is going to be anything different than it was Saturday. That wasn’t a close match. That wasn’t a competitive match. That was a one-sided beating. But, as for the short term, they will do huge numbers for part two. Long term, every fighter’s career comes to an end. We thought that Ronda’s reign was going to be much longer than this.
”I think that when one star goes out, another one is born,” sa Sonnen. ”I don’t think that Holly Holm — as great as she is physically — I don’t think she’s going to be able to transcend cultures like Ronda did. Ronda was a very unique personality. She’s very likeable, she’s very marketable. She does and says the right things. Holly is just a really kind and sweet person that’s a really good fighter. I think yeah, you are going to lose a little momentum.
”We had Brock Lesnar,” sa han. ”He’s a once-in-a-lifetime attraction and nobody has sold as well as Brock has. But boy, the company is still worth billions and billions of dollars, even without him.”
