UFC-veteranerna Chael Sonnen och Tito Ortiz gjorde tidigare i år upp i en kontroversiell huvudmatch på Bellator 170. Efteråt är Sonnen inte alls nöjd med förlusten mot Tito, som han kallar usel:
“Oh, Tito is terrible. Tito was absolutely terrible,” säger Sonnen.
Tito Ortiz (19-12-1) vann huvudmatchen på Bellator 170 mot Chael Sonnen (29-15-1) efter en kontroversiell rear-naked choke I den första ronden. I efterhand uppger Sonnen att han kan förstå vissa personers anklagelser om matchfixning kring matchen. Dessutom kallar han vinnaren Ortiz för usel:
“Oh, Tito is terrible. Tito was absolutely terrible,” säger Sonnen på The MMA Hour med Ariel Helwani. “I was in the fight with him and that fight ended and some people said it was a fixed fight, to use that term.”
“When you fight so poorly that some people can’t even imagine you fought that poorly that it has to be fixed, that’s not good. On some hands, it’s funny we can sit here and laugh about it. But that’s how bad it was.”
”You yelled ’tap’ and i let go”
Sonnen kritiserar nu sig själv för förlusten mot Ortiz, som han kallar för den sämsta motståndare han någonsin mött. Dessutom verkar han inte ha släppt matchresultatet ännu.
“Tito sucks. I mean, Tito is so bad,” säger Sonnen. “And when you lose to a guy, then you suck. That’s the way it works, man. I wouldn’t put that guy without putting myself down. Tito is the worst fighter I ever fought and that makes me the worst fighter. And I just didn’t know that about myself.”
“When we got into the back and he was still a jerk about it, that confused me. It’s like, Tito, you’re terrible. I’m the name that’s gonna move this company forward. You’ve gotta pass the torch.”
“I want to beat Tito that night, I don’t like Tito,” fortsätter Sonnen. “I don’t want Tito to have a bad life. I don’t want him to go on with a bad neck. I just don’t.”
“You yelled ‘tap’ and I let go. I physically tapped and you didn’t let go. If that would have been my knee … or an arm or something, you really could have injured me.”
Sonnen kommer nu att göra upp med långtida rivalen Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) i huvudmatchen på Bellators kommande storsatsning Bellator 180: Silva vs. Sonnen på Madison Square Garden i New York den 24 juni. Det är också sedan tidigare klart att MMA-legendaren Fedor Emelianenko gör upp med UFC-veteranen Matt Mitrione i den delade huvudmatchen.
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Sociala medier
Staredown.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSOS1awAKHA/?taken-by=ufceurope
Romero calls bullshit.
https://twitter.com/YoelRomeroMMA/status/846745279575535616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
https://twitter.com/YoelRomeroMMA/status/846726811434278916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
Cro Cop vill gå en sista match mot Fedor.
https://www.facebook.com/MirkoCroCopOfficial/posts/1530108257033866:0
Tangentkrigaren Covington fortsätter kampen för en match mot RDA.
https://twitter.com/ColbyCovMMA/status/846822865731149824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
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Andra har det så här lätt.
https://twitter.com/BradTavares/status/846481541677006848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
https://twitter.com/EliasTheodorou/status/846726407246041088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
https://twitter.com/BradTavares/status/846737444787531776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
Won’t happen.
https://twitter.com/bullyb170/status/846887351183921152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmafighting.com%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15103436%2Fmorning-report-daniel-cormier-i-have-to-be-careful-in-the-first-7-minutes-against-anthony-johnson
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