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09.15.2016 | 9:49 PM ET
Chael Sonnen has signed to fight with Bellator MMA, according to the Associated Press. More coming to @mmafighting shortly.
"I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let that vehicle or the personal contents thereof come to harm. It's what I call the Repo Code, kid. "
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09.15.2016 | 9:52 PM ET
09.15.2016 | 10:08 PM ET
"I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let that vehicle or the personal contents thereof come to harm. It's what I call the Repo Code, kid. "
09.15.2016 | 10:13 PM ET
The Rulers Back.
Sonnen’s Bellator debut hasn’t been set yet, but I’m told he wants to Tito Ortiz ASAP.
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"I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let that vehicle or the personal contents thereof come to harm. It's what I call the Repo Code, kid. "
09.15.2016 | 10:40 PM ET
09.15.2016 | 10:55 PM ET
"Why are you booing me? I am the GOAT. **** you." - Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
09.15.2016 | 11:25 PM ET
Scott Coker and Chael Sonnen will hold a conference call tomorrow. Here is entire press release.
By signing with the Scott Coker-led promotion, Sonnen effectively ends his retirement from professional mixed martial arts and he will now enter the 205-pound division championed by Liam McGeary, amongst others.
“I'm consistently blown away by the product and presentation that Bellator is bringing to the fans,” said Sonnen. “I'm not nearly done competing and I'm coming after everyone, everywhere. I'm not sticking to one weight class either, I fight at ‘Gangster Weight’ and nobody is safe.”
Sonnen has spent a vast majority of his 43-fight career with the UFC, a run where he competed against names the likes of Jon Jones, Anderson Silva (2x), Rashad Evans, “Shogun” Rua, Demian Maia, Brian Stann, and current middleweight champion Michael Bisping. In addition to his exploits inside the cage, the West Linn, Ore., native has mastered the art of being in front of the camera, doing major broadcasting work for both ESPN and Fox Sports.
“Chael is an incredible athlete that has competed at the very highest levels of the sport,” Bellator MMA President Scott Coker said, “I know that he is going to continue to do just that here at Bellator. When we were in the process of signing him, Chael was adamant that he wants to compete in three divisions here. He already has unfinished business with Wanderlei Silva, but he also wants to fight guys like Tito Ortiz, Fedor Emelianenko and even Rory MacDonald at middleweight. These are all fights that I'd be very inclined to watch, so hopefully we can put some, if not all of these matchups together starting before the end of the year.”
Conference Call Speakers: Chael Sonnen and Bellator President Scott Coker
Conference Call Date: Tomorrow, September 16, 2016
Start Time: 12:00 PM PT
Participant Dial-in Numbers:
U.S. Toll Free: 800-875-3456
Canadian Toll Free: 800-648-0973
International Toll: 302-607-2001
Verbal Passcode (to be given to the operator): Chael Sonnen
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"Why are you booing me? I am the GOAT. **** you." - Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
09.16.2016 | 2:13 AM ET
"I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them."
09.16.2016 | 7:40 AM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
09.16.2016 | 8:07 AM ET
All i can say is
"I'll fight any man; Any animal. If Jesus were here; I'd fight him too.- Mike Tyson; Downvote me if you want this ****"
09.16.2016 | 11:25 AM ET
Sonnen effectively ends his forced two year suspension from professional mixed martial arts after he was caught with a medicine cabinet of PEDs in his system* and he will now enter the 205-pound division championed by Liam McGeary, amongst others.
*fixed
* Edited at 09.16.2016, 11:26 AM ET *
"It does not make sense that humans deliberately malfunction. - Upgrade"
09.17.2016 | 12:03 PM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
09.17.2016 | 12:12 PM ET
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09.17.2016 | 12:25 PM ET
I bet Dana isn't even mad that he went there
09.17.2016 | 12:35 PM ET
"I've been blessed with many things in this life: an arm like a damn rocket, a **** like a burmese python, and the mind of a ******* scientist."
09.18.2016 | 8:40 AM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."