epwar Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Can't risk messing up Uriah's annual title shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 That joke never gets old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Kid Yamamoto and Akiyama will be on the Japan card. Jeez, I forgot they still had Akiyama signed. And Gomi. No way they set up KID/Faber in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Thiago Silva to make his first post UFC fight at Fight Time 20 in Fort Lauderdale on August 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Pat Miletich is being inducting into the UFC Hall of Fame next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Chael Sonnen has failed his third drug test in his career (second after the other one this year) for HGH. L...M...A...O. http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/6/28/5853710/chael-sonnen-fails-second-drug-test-tests-positive-for-hgh-and-epo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Victor Conte would be proud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I should say he also failed for three other things. Chael is finally a champ (along with Barnett). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 OMG just seeing the Chael news, as I was on vacation this weekend. AHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Jeremy Botter @jeremybotter 10m Multiple sources indicate to me that Chael Sonnen will not be a part of Fox broadcasts going forward, at least for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Should be permanent, but at least they are doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Showtime stopped using Antonio Tarver as an announcer after he tested positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'm going to write more in-depth about this tomorrow, but...really, the UFC and Fox had no choice here. At best, it would be absolutely hypocritical of them to keep rolling out Sonnen on broadcasts, and at the worst, disingenuous and downright stupid. I know a lot of people think "it's not a big deal", but it really is - how could Chael be taken seriously when saying anything negative whatsoever given his complete and utter disdain for the unified rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The most astounding thing is that it took THREE positive tests for them to finally decide to cut ties with the guy. Four years we've suffered through the madness that is Dana's love affair with Chael Sonnen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 He wasn't working as a commentator during the first one, was he? The second one came so close to the third that I can't rake them over the coals for keeping him on, but I think the "Chael Sonnen apology train" on numerous Fox Sports 1 programs was absolutely gross, and that's coming from someone that was liking what he was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 He wasn't working as a commentator during the first one, was he? The second one came so close to the third that I can't rake them over the coals for keeping him on, but I think the "Chael Sonnen apology train" on numerous Fox Sports 1 programs was absolutely gross, and that's coming from someone that was liking what he was doing. No, he wasn't. But he was still failing upwards thanks to Dana, even after admitting he had been illegally juicing since the Dan Miller fight. But it should have happened after the second test. What did we get? Dana going on TV and making excuses for him. Insanity! Who will ever forget his "Chael was the only one to step up" season of TUF and title shot? When the ashes settle from this time period, I wonder if Dana and Lorenzo will look back and regret that the two horses they backed the most were Chael and Ronda Rousey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The most astounding thing is that it took THREE positive tests for them to finally decide to cut ties with the guy. Four years we've suffered through the madness that is Dana's love affair with Chael Sonnen. Josh Barnett failed three tests... Honestly, I think everyone is juicing. I don't trust any pro athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The most astounding thing is that it took THREE positive tests for them to finally decide to cut ties with the guy. Four years we've suffered through the madness that is Dana's love affair with Chael Sonnen. Josh Barnett failed three tests... Honestly, I think everyone is juicing. I don't trust any pro athlete. Yeah, but Barnett was ostracized by Zuffa for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 And yet people were eager to see him back in Strikeforce and the UFC. And in the first fight he's rigorously tested for and undergoes random testing, he's knocked out in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The most astounding thing is that it took THREE positive tests for them to finally decide to cut ties with the guy. Four years we've suffered through the madness that is Dana's love affair with Chael Sonnen. Josh Barnett failed three tests... Honestly, I think everyone is juicing. I don't trust any pro athlete. Yeah, but Barnett was ostracized by Zuffa for years. That's most likely because Barnett and Hume wanted a million dollars a fight after his deal expired. Hume, having all the connections in Japan, took his fighter elsewhere. The first failed test was just the icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The most astounding thing is that it took THREE positive tests for them to finally decide to cut ties with the guy. Four years we've suffered through the madness that is Dana's love affair with Chael Sonnen. And now we get to suffer for a couple years of Scott Coker's love affair with Chael Sonnen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Well, considering that Chael is going to get suspended for a year (at least), I highly doubt that'll happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 He may be talking about a figurehead role in Bellator, which Meltzer was talking about him being groomed for in UFC. I dunno, really. I've seen and heard people talk about this. What the fuck would he do that Couture or Frank Shamrock couldn't do? He would essentially have no power. It's not like UFC Tonight was getting monster ratings to begin with, anyway. If he isn't able to build up a fight and then fight, I don't think Chael is worth a whole bunch. Plus, Chael isn't the type to go for second best. He always wanted to be UFC champion despite not having the requisite skills to be one. He wasn't taking every essential PED under the sun just to be taking them. He would have to be super broke to fight for Bellator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 If Coker did drag him in for a management role, that's an even dumber possibility that I even would have considered. What would he even add? He has no experience as a matchmaker, talent relations, or any of that junk. And it's not like he's some sort of Bellator lifer with ties to the promotion and all of the fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Chael wouldn't add anything, despite his fans continuing to rave about what a great talker he is. It's like we've been in the MMA Twilight Zone for the past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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