Former UFC fighter and All-American wrestler Chel Sonnen has slammed the utter “stupidity” of Jorge Masvidal’s offer to fight him.
” with host Ariel Helwani.MMA hour” Sonnen was asked to comment on the upcoming boxing match between UFC legends Masvidal and Nate Diaz.
Sonnen jokingly confessed from the beginning that he supports “anything Nate does,” but also hates “anything Jorge does.”
Sonnen said he believed the event was doomed from the beginning due to bad timing and poor promotion.
“I remember thinking, ‘This is going to flip,'” he told Helwani.
But he changed his mind after seeing the first press conference packed, and admitted it was definitely not a “surprise.”
Sonnen subsequently revealed that he was contacted about being a backup fighter in a boxing match in case one of the fighters is unable to compete.
“Yeah, I don’t like that.” [backup] “They used different words because there was no scenario where I would fight Nate and they knew that,” Sonnen said. But they meant, if Nate can’t do it, are you going to face Masvidal? I said I would definitely do it. ”
“He can use his right hand, he can kick me hard, he can do whatever he wants. I’m going to be excited and I’m going to beat Jorge Masvidal any day.”
The current analyst and commentator also mentioned an offer that Masvidal has made for a possible future fight. Sonnen said he has tried to hold Masvidal to his word about the “stupid” offer.
“You want to know what made me uncomfortable about that? First of all, I didn’t get credit for that, and secondly, Masvidal came out and told me Instead of paying the biggest bag, I said I’d sign a deal not to throw his money at him, “right hand.” It’s just stupid to say that now. ”
“I told him, ‘Get it in the contract,'” he yelled. Sonnen then asked where the “stupidity” lies in such an offer.
“No matter what he keeps saying, I accept, Jorge. Keep limiting yourself. I’m going to do all those things and more. That’s why they call me a cheater. It is.”
“I’m going to fight Masvidal right now. He can use his right hand, he can kick me hard, he can do whatever he wants. I’ll be fine and I’ll always fight Jorge Mas. “I’ll beat Vidal. But I won’t take the fight from Nate, and this is exactly what I told these Jabronis word for word,” he repeated.
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Masvidal and Diaz had recently moved. their match June 1, 2024 to June 6, 2024 to avoid a head-to-head broadcast with UFC 302.
At the time of publication, fight promoter Fanmio had not yet updated that date. Website. This lends credence to another statement Sonnen made in an interview in which he said it would fail “as soon as we change the date.”
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