Chael Sonnen fick äntligen göra upp med rivalen Wanderlei Silva i huvudmatchen på Bellator NYC i helgen. Sonnen gjorde också det han skulle när han kontrollerade brassen över tre ronder med nedtagningar och ground-and-pound, och tog hem segern via enhälligt domslut.
Efter matchen utmanade Sonnen både nyss besegrade tungviktaren Fedor Emelianenko och welterviktaren samt forne UFC-fightern Rory MacDonald, som nyligen imponerade stort i sin Bellator-debut mot Paul Daley.
I en intervju med Ariel Helwani efter galan uppger Sonnen att han kommer att göra upp med MacDonald förr eller senare, något han ser som oundvikligt – något ska nämligen ha hänt mellan de båda:
”I’d take on anybody. Rory McDonald and i are going to cross paths eventually. And yeah, i know it’s weird to call out a guy who is 170 pounds, but there’s a story behind it. Rory knows what happened. We have to fight. I have no choice.”
”I have no problem with Rory, won’t pretend i will, Rory and i are going to fight, and he knows it. So we’ll see what happens, he’s going to fight with [Douglas] Lima next, and i need a dance partner, but i will take on all comers, man,” säger Sonnen.
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”I’m on a legends ass-whopping tour”
Sonnen förklarar också valet att skicka en utmaning till 40-årige tungviktslegendaren Emelianenko, som nyss förlorat via brutal TKO i den första ronden mot Matt Mitrione i pay-per-view-galans delade huvudmatch:
”Don’t misinterpret that, I’m on a legends ass-whopping tour. And there’s only so many of them around here, and Fedor is the next one around here. And I believe that fight was being looked at, so it’s like look, if we’re going to do this fight anyway, let’s make it my idea. And I was never kicking a guy when he’s down. Don’t forget, he was the curtain jerker and I was the main event. I’m gonna be the main event next time. I was pulling Fedor up!” menar Sonnen.
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Presskonferensen efter Bellator NYC.
MMAnytt SKÅL!
Michael Chiesa efter det kontroversiella domarstoppet.
https://youtu.be/fwYuBWl99l0
Det hettade till mellan Kevin Lee och Tony Ferguson, under ”El Cucuys” debut som FOX-analytiker…
https://youtu.be/1aCvHvllIrY
Conor McGregors reaktion till målningen i gymmet.
https://www.facebook.com/themaclife/videos/1307246956041054/
Ännu en cool promo för Mayweather-McGregor.
TTTHS!
The MMA Hour.
Sociala medier
Helt otroligt… Pension nu?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVukHlcA05K/?taken-by=mmanytt
Guldstjärna till skaparen av denna!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxKFvOArlj/?taken-by=mmanytt
Reaktionerna efter ”Mario Mazzagattis” misstag.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVyfWA0gDaR/?taken-by=danawhite
Awful, awful stoppage by Mario Yamasaki.
— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) June 26, 2017
What's a UFC card without some controversy ??? A little early imo but looked like he was going out #UFCOKC https://t.co/WYuDtCDcGE
— Megan Anderson (@MeganAnderson) June 26, 2017
Oh man. Yamasaki (who else?!?!?!) calls off the fight because he thought Chiesa was out or was gonna tap to a RNC. Unbelievable.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 26, 2017
Chiesa's hands go limp and stop hand fighting. It looks like his body relaxes. I'm a *little* sympathetic to Yamasaki here. Still wrong call
— Luke Thomas?️♀️ (@lthomasnews) June 26, 2017
When are referees gonna be held accountable for bad calls? I know it's a tough job but a bad call changes people's lives
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) June 26, 2017
What was that??? Mario Yamasaki blows another call. Why is he reffing the main event???#UFCOKC
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) June 26, 2017
So Mario Yamasaki saw Chiesa's hands floating in front of him and thought he was out? Not an unreasonable conclusion.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) June 26, 2017
Yamasaki, never wanting to be outdone, had to go in there and shit the cage even harder. #UFCOKC
— Tony Schiavone's Diamond Earrings (@EarlMontclair) June 26, 2017
För alla er som tycker stoppet var rätt: ni har fel, enligt ”Big” John.
In pro fights we don't stop a submission unless we have a tapout, the fighter goes unconscious or we see damage like a dislocation #AskBJM https://t.co/DszDIGVlcW
— Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) June 26, 2017
#ShitHappens
I am a warrior, and I will never quit #ShitHappens haha be back soon.
— Justine Kish (@JustineKish) June 26, 2017
Bellators nya lättviktsmästare…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVw-0yqlRdp/
Haha!
This is the guy who keeps threatening @Cody_Nolove … apparently today is the day he receives his ass whopping ?
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) June 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cody_Nolove/status/879040034493448192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F6%2F26%2F15872152%2Fmorning-report-khabib-nurmagomedov-only-interested-in-tony-ferguson-who-demands-he-beg-for-it
https://twitter.com/Cody_Nolove/status/879059572538855424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F6%2F26%2F15872152%2Fmorning-report-khabib-nurmagomedov-only-interested-in-tony-ferguson-who-demands-he-beg-for-it
Apropå MayGregor…
https://twitter.com/Claressashields/status/879123182149447680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F6%2F26%2F15872152%2Fmorning-report-khabib-nurmagomedov-only-interested-in-tony-ferguson-who-demands-he-beg-for-it
Chael Sonnens första segerintervju sedan 2013.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVw6QfXAuGr/?taken-by=mmanytt
