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'modogg said:
'Officer Pete Malloy said:
'modogg said:
Anybody interested in trading draft picks? I'll trade this one to somebody near the middle of the round to switch up another round. Like my 4.01 and 5.10 for something like 4.05 and 5.05 or something like that? Just looking to avoid picking at the end of each round and looking to not wait so long. I'll see if any interest, it not ill pick in 45 mins or so. And if no intersert in reading this round but want to donut for later ones I'm in
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:lmao: wtf
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Trying to keep it lively. What can I say. This is important stuff here, dwveloping an mma league. Have to think big picture and everything
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I will trade you my #1 pick for $473 and every one of you picks next year.
 
alright, screw it. Hate taking this guy here with him still recovering from his knee injury, but the guy was on the top pound for pound list when healthy. And he will get there again:

4.01 Dominic Cruz

trade offers still stand :popcorn:

 
'modogg said:
alright, screw it. Hate taking this guy here with him still recovering from his knee injury, but the guy was on the top pound for pound list when healthy. And he will get there again:4.01 Dominic Cruztrade offers still stand :popcorn:
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That is who I was looking at along with Weidman and Hendricks. I just couldn't sell myself on him coming back as the same fighter. Two knee surgeries for a guy who's style is predicated and quick, erratic movement, combined with two years off will probably be too much to overcome IMO.
 
'Cliff Clavin said:
'modogg said:
alright, screw it. Hate taking this guy here with him still recovering from his knee injury, but the guy was on the top pound for pound list when healthy. And he will get there again:4.01 Dominic Cruztrade offers still stand :popcorn:
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That is who I was looking at along with Weidman and Hendricks. I just couldn't sell myself on him coming back as the same fighter. Two knee surgeries for a guy who's style is predicated and quick, erratic movement, combined with two years off will probably be too much to overcome IMO.
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:goodposting: Also looked at him, but by the time he comes back, he'll have been out for a loooooooooooong time. Dana White was talking about how he should consider retiring, that's not a good sign.
 
'Cliff Clavin said:
'modogg said:
alright, screw it. Hate taking this guy here with him still recovering from his knee injury, but the guy was on the top pound for pound list when healthy. And he will get there again:4.01 Dominic Cruztrade offers still stand :popcorn:
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That is who I was looking at along with Weidman and Hendricks. I just couldn't sell myself on him coming back as the same fighter. Two knee surgeries for a guy who's style is predicated and quick, erratic movement, combined with two years off will probably be too much to overcome IMO.
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i'm sure there may be a little ring rust, but he can dust that off after a warm up fight. Worst idea was him coming back and fighting Barao his first fight. The guy has always been known as a beast in the gym and training wise, so i am guessing he will be fine once he gets back. It is chancy, but i think he was the best fighter still out there and he is young enough to still be a good fighter for some time if his knee heals correctly this time
 
I think its a good pick at this point. I can't stand the guy personally, but regardless of injury you're still getting a division champ in the fourth round.

 
EYLive PM'd me with a list of guys (one of whom went in rnd 2)... Tito the HB Bad Boy Ortiz is the highest fighter left on it.

 
'AhrnCityPahnder said:
4.02 Vitor Belfort
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I was thinking of grabbing Vitor myself. It was between him, another guy (who i am sure goes soon), and Cruz. I thought Cruz had the most upside, and the best chance to be the top of his division. I think Vitor will be good to always be thrown in for fun fights, but not sure he will ever have a belt again. And you may have the most fun league right now Ahrn. Hendo, Wandy, Vitor and Nick Diaz are certainly a real good start. Pretty much 0 chance of having boring fights. I think that is where Cliff may go wrong, i am real happy i didn't have to decide if i wanted to draft Askren at any point.ETA: and i can PM Scoobus in case he doesn't know it is his turn
 
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'modogg said:
And you may have the most fun league right now Ahrn. Hendo, Wandy, Vitor and Nick Diaz are certainly a real good start. Pretty much 0 chance of having boring fights.
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That's what I've been aiming for. By the end of this my roster may not have the best W-L record or the most belts but it should be right up there with the most fireworks per card.
 
4.04 Rory MacDonald

This kid will be champion one day. Only 23, and only 7 seconds away from being undefeated, seemingly the only thing holding him back is his propensity for getting injured. I very much enjoy his awkward interviews, almost as much as watching him dominate in the cage. He's ranked lower than other guys getting taken now, but again, I see future champion written all over him.

 
'scoobus said:
4.04 Rory MacDonald

This kid will be champion one day. Only 23, and only 7 seconds away from being undefeated, seemingly the only thing holding him back is his propensity for getting injured. I very much enjoy his awkward interviews, almost as much as watching him dominate in the cage. He's ranked lower than other guys getting taken now, but again, I see future champion written all over him.
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I was really tempted to take Rory too, but his injury issues seem almost worse than D. Cruz's. I do think he can be a future champ, but it seems like there are so many up and coming guys who are at a high level already it will be busy at the top for awhileETA: i do agree with the bonus of his interviews. Add his decisions in clothing styles and hanging out with Mike Ricci, he becomes more and more of an interesting character.

 
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'modogg said:
'scoobus said:
4.04 Rory MacDonald

This kid will be champion one day. Only 23, and only 7 seconds away from being undefeated, seemingly the only thing holding him back is his propensity for getting injured. I very much enjoy his awkward interviews, almost as much as watching him dominate in the cage. He's ranked lower than other guys getting taken now, but again, I see future champion written all over him.
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I was really tempted to take Rory too, but his injury issues seem almost worse than D. Cruz's. I do think he can be a future champ, but it seems like there are so many up and coming guys who are at a high level already it will be busy at the top for awhileETA: i do agree with the bonus of his interviews. Add his decisions in clothing styles and hanging out with Mike Ricci, he becomes more and more of an interesting character.
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I'll take random injuries over recurring knee injuries any day. But I do think if Cruz can get back to where he was, he's the class of that division.
 
'modogg said:
'scoobus said:
4.04 Rory MacDonald

This kid will be champion one day. Only 23, and only 7 seconds away from being undefeated, seemingly the only thing holding him back is his propensity for getting injured. I very much enjoy his awkward interviews, almost as much as watching him dominate in the cage. He's ranked lower than other guys getting taken now, but again, I see future champion written all over him.
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I was really tempted to take Rory too, but his injury issues seem almost worse than D. Cruz's. I do think he can be a future champ, but it seems like there are so many up and coming guys who are at a high level already it will be busy at the top for awhileETA: i do agree with the bonus of his interviews. Add his decisions in clothing styles and hanging out with Mike Ricci, he becomes more and more of an interesting character.
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EYLive had him ranked next and I suspect he'll regret taking Tito over him.
 
'bonesman said:
'modogg said:
'scoobus said:
4.04 Rory MacDonald

This kid will be champion one day. Only 23, and only 7 seconds away from being undefeated, seemingly the only thing holding him back is his propensity for getting injured. I very much enjoy his awkward interviews, almost as much as watching him dominate in the cage. He's ranked lower than other guys getting taken now, but again, I see future champion written all over him.
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I was really tempted to take Rory too, but his injury issues seem almost worse than D. Cruz's. I do think he can be a future champ, but it seems like there are so many up and coming guys who are at a high level already it will be busy at the top for awhileETA: i do agree with the bonus of his interviews. Add his decisions in clothing styles and hanging out with Mike Ricci, he becomes more and more of an interesting character.
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EYLive had him ranked next and I suspect he'll regret taking Tito over him.
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True. I was actually debating between Rory and Rockhold in the 3rd round, but figured Rory is still a good 2 years away from being champion material, especially since he refuses to challenge GSP.
 
4.05 Rashad Evans, LHW

Love him or hate him, "Suga" is still one of the elite fighters at light heavy - a former titleholder, a great athlete, and the only man in the division to last all five rounds with the current champ. Although he's coming off a bit of a bad loss against Diet Nog where he looked like he really didn't care about the result, I think he's going to bounce back against Hendo and put himself into contention again.

 
'Possum said:
4.05 Rashad Evans, LHW

Love him or hate him, "Suga" is still one of the elite fighters at light heavy - a former titleholder, a great athlete, and the only man in the division to last all five rounds with the current champ. Although he's coming off a bit of a bad loss against Diet Nog where he looked like he really didn't care about the result, I think he's going to bounce back against Hendo and put himself into contention again.
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Not sure here. I am a huge Rashad fan, but he is one of those guys who looks like he just doesn't care a bunch anymore. I wonder how much of that is his current camp, but he just seems like he doesn't have the fire that he used to have. I do agree that we will see when he comes to face Hendo, and i think that is a good fight for both guys. My only concern is that i think he has already peaked, and it isn't so much he is in a gatekeeper position like a Rich Franklin, but rather that he seems to be in a worse spot because he seems to not have lost the fire and drive to keep up with the competition he will be facing. Of course i could be putting too much emphasis on his last fight against little Nog and hopefully he comes out and looks real good against Hendo
 
'modogg said:
'Possum said:
4.05 Rashad Evans, LHW

Love him or hate him, "Suga" is still one of the elite fighters at light heavy - a former titleholder, a great athlete, and the only man in the division to last all five rounds with the current champ. Although he's coming off a bit of a bad loss against Diet Nog where he looked like he really didn't care about the result, I think he's going to bounce back against Hendo and put himself into contention again.
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Not sure here. I am a huge Rashad fan, but he is one of those guys who looks like he just doesn't care a bunch anymore. I wonder how much of that is his current camp, but he just seems like he doesn't have the fire that he used to have. I do agree that we will see when he comes to face Hendo, and i think that is a good fight for both guys. My only concern is that i think he has already peaked, and it isn't so much he is in a gatekeeper position like a Rich Franklin, but rather that he seems to be in a worse spot because he seems to not have lost the fire and drive to keep up with the competition he will be facing. Of course i could be putting too much emphasis on his last fight against little Nog and hopefully he comes out and looks real good against Hendo
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hey Mo, just now getting a chance to respond to ya - we lost power all day yesterday from a couple of storms. I hear what you're saying there, but I think he really just took that Nogueira fight way too lightly - he was coming off the disappointing loss in the title fight, had all that talk about moving down for a shot at Silva, and I just think he underestimated Nogueira and it cost him. I mean remember, barely a year ago Rashad was absolutely dominating Phil Davis. He looked pretty damn good there and then looked as good against Jones as anybody has, if not better. I think he's got plenty left in the tank, he just needs to be challenged to show it. I think he'll come out focused for Hendo and get a win.

 
'EYLive said:
OK, now I feel like dope.Bones sent me a list :bag: 4.08 Carlos Condit, WWkutta PM'd.
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Great pick. He was on my short list. As we all saw, if he had 5 rounds against Hendricks he would have walked away with a win. He has one weakness, defending take downs, but he is so dangerous on the ground that you better know what you are doing when you try it.
 
I'm sitting in the Vegas airport about to fly home. I'm on my phone so it's hard to look at things. I will pick this evening when I get home. Sorry for the delay.

 
'hooter311 said:
3.5 Frankie Edgar FWI'm on my phone so i will submit a longer, much deserved write up for one of my favorite fighters. He's still the lw champ on my scorecard.
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The little fighter that could. I've stated before that maybe Frankie should just have his corner beat him in a chair for 10 mins before entering the octagon. Frankie has fought in 7 straight championship fights and has proven in each of them that he is the best fighter at 155 and 145 in the Championship rounds. It takes a tremendous amount of dedication to the sport to train and be competitive in that many title fights in a row. Frankie can take a beating and keep on ticking. His fast paced boxing is some of the best in the sport and he has the offensive and defensive wrestling ability to be able to dictate where the fight takes place more often than not.Frankie is one of the sport's greatest underdogs, never to be counted out.
 
'hooter311 said:
4.06 Gilbert Melendez LWWrite up on monday.
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With only two losses on a 21 win resume Gilbert has proven himself as one of the world's premier 155 lb fighters. He is also 3-0 in rematches against the 2 fighters that did beat him. He is also capable of a finish more often than not which isn't always displayed by high level fighters that this weight class. Melendez having an upcoming title shot against Ben Henderson may be the best test of the old Strikeforce banner to date. A win against Henderson would make a dozen or so fighters seem much more impressive. He holds the record for most Strikeforce title bouts, defenses, and wins overall.
 
Bonesman's list says he wants

5.03 BJ Penn, Ret/HOF

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Cliff PM'd

 
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'Possum said:
'modogg said:
'Possum said:
4.05 Rashad Evans, LHW

Love him or hate him, "Suga" is still one of the elite fighters at light heavy - a former titleholder, a great athlete, and the only man in the division to last all five rounds with the current champ. Although he's coming off a bit of a bad loss against Diet Nog where he looked like he really didn't care about the result, I think he's going to bounce back against Hendo and put himself into contention again.
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Not sure here. I am a huge Rashad fan, but he is one of those guys who looks like he just doesn't care a bunch anymore. I wonder how much of that is his current camp, but he just seems like he doesn't have the fire that he used to have. I do agree that we will see when he comes to face Hendo, and i think that is a good fight for both guys. My only concern is that i think he has already peaked, and it isn't so much he is in a gatekeeper position like a Rich Franklin, but rather that he seems to be in a worse spot because he seems to not have lost the fire and drive to keep up with the competition he will be facing. Of course i could be putting too much emphasis on his last fight against little Nog and hopefully he comes out and looks real good against Hendo
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hey Mo, just now getting a chance to respond to ya - we lost power all day yesterday from a couple of storms. I hear what you're saying there, but I think he really just took that Nogueira fight way too lightly - he was coming off the disappointing loss in the title fight, had all that talk about moving down for a shot at Silva, and I just think he underestimated Nogueira and it cost him. I mean remember, barely a year ago Rashad was absolutely dominating Phil Davis. He looked pretty damn good there and then looked as good against Jones as anybody has, if not better. I think he's got plenty left in the tank, he just needs to be challenged to show it. I think he'll come out focused for Hendo and get a win.
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yeah, good point about the Davis fight. i forgot that was his last one. Hooter was the one who br9ought this up awhile ago, but the idea of a post-championship fight seems like it could be a big reason too. i thought Evans would be motivated for the potential fight with Silva that was talked up, and maybe it was just an off night
 
Wait a sec. What's the rush? I didn't think my picks would be skipped. I thought I could just pick in a couple hours.

 
'modogg said:
'Possum said:
'modogg said:
'Possum said:
4.05 Rashad Evans, LHW

Love him or hate him, "Suga" is still one of the elite fighters at light heavy - a former titleholder, a great athlete, and the only man in the division to last all five rounds with the current champ. Although he's coming off a bit of a bad loss against Diet Nog where he looked like he really didn't care about the result, I think he's going to bounce back against Hendo and put himself into contention again.
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Not sure here. I am a huge Rashad fan, but he is one of those guys who looks like he just doesn't care a bunch anymore. I wonder how much of that is his current camp, but he just seems like he doesn't have the fire that he used to have. I do agree that we will see when he comes to face Hendo, and i think that is a good fight for both guys. My only concern is that i think he has already peaked, and it isn't so much he is in a gatekeeper position like a Rich Franklin, but rather that he seems to be in a worse spot because he seems to not have lost the fire and drive to keep up with the competition he will be facing. Of course i could be putting too much emphasis on his last fight against little Nog and hopefully he comes out and looks real good against Hendo
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hey Mo, just now getting a chance to respond to ya - we lost power all day yesterday from a couple of storms. I hear what you're saying there, but I think he really just took that Nogueira fight way too lightly - he was coming off the disappointing loss in the title fight, had all that talk about moving down for a shot at Silva, and I just think he underestimated Nogueira and it cost him. I mean remember, barely a year ago Rashad was absolutely dominating Phil Davis. He looked pretty damn good there and then looked as good against Jones as anybody has, if not better. I think he's got plenty left in the tank, he just needs to be challenged to show it. I think he'll come out focused for Hendo and get a win.
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yeah, good point about the Davis fight. i forgot that was his last one. Hooter was the one who br9ought this up awhile ago, but the idea of a post-championship fight seems like it could be a big reason too. i thought Evans would be motivated for the potential fight with Silva that was talked up, and maybe it was just an off night
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My perspective is, think how much training and stress goes into earning a title shot. Then you spend all that energy promoting it and getting ready and you get there, only to find out you're not the best in your division. That is a very hard thing to deal with mentally, especially as a fighter where there isn't anywhere else for the blame to really fall.I will continue to fade every fighter that loses a title shot as a challenger in their next fight. They often come in as huge favorites.

Rashad has came out and said that he knows that is back is against the wall in this next fight. If he loses against Henderson, cutting to 185 might be the only route that leads him back to title contention.

 
Bones

Minotauro

Shogun

Natural Born Killer

The Prodigy

I think I'm killin this so far. If I don't have the best/most-exciting fighters, then I at least have the best group of nicknames so far.

 
4.09 - Demian Maia - WW Division

Maia was pretty darn good as a middleweight, but has completely dominated since moving down to welterweight, which is a much better weight for him. He finished both Kim and Story in the first round, and completely dominated Fitch in a lopsided decision. Maia will challenge for the belt soon, I would pay a lot of money to see him fight GSP. I also really like the Brazilain fighters and want to make sure I get one of the best on my team.

5.02 - Joseph Benavidez - Flyweight Division

I'm a little surprised he's still on the board. I am not a big fan of watching the little guys, but he is a pretty darn good little guy. In his two title fights he lost very close split decisions to two really good fighters (Johnson and Cruz). Those fights could have easily gone the other way, and Benavidez would have been a top 10 pick in this draft. Since we have to pick little guys, I'll take him at this point in the draft any day of the week.

 
'kutta said:
4.09 - Demian Maia - WW DivisionMaia was pretty darn good as a middleweight, but has completely dominated since moving down to welterweight, which is a much better weight for him. He finished both Kim and Story in the first round, and completely dominated Fitch in a lopsided decision. Maia will challenge for the belt soon, I would pay a lot of money to see him fight GSP. I also really like the Brazilain fighters and want to make sure I get one of the best on my team. 5.02 - Joseph Benavidez - Flyweight DivisionI'm a little surprised he's still on the board. I am not a big fan of watching the little guys, but he is a pretty darn good little guy. In his two title fights he lost very close split decisions to two really good fighters (Johnson and Cruz). Those fights could have easily gone the other way, and Benavidez would have been a top 10 pick in this draft. Since we have to pick little guys, I'll take him at this point in the draft any day of the week.
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Good call on JoeB. i have a draft strategy with those guys, was really hoping he would fall to me, with him not i may go plan B with these guys. but yeah, he is a good one
 
'modogg said:
'kutta said:
4.09 - Demian Maia - WW DivisionMaia was pretty darn good as a middleweight, but has completely dominated since moving down to welterweight, which is a much better weight for him. He finished both Kim and Story in the first round, and completely dominated Fitch in a lopsided decision. Maia will challenge for the belt soon, I would pay a lot of money to see him fight GSP. I also really like the Brazilain fighters and want to make sure I get one of the best on my team. 5.02 - Joseph Benavidez - Flyweight DivisionI'm a little surprised he's still on the board. I am not a big fan of watching the little guys, but he is a pretty darn good little guy. In his two title fights he lost very close split decisions to two really good fighters (Johnson and Cruz). Those fights could have easily gone the other way, and Benavidez would have been a top 10 pick in this draft. Since we have to pick little guys, I'll take him at this point in the draft any day of the week.
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Good call on JoeB. i have a draft strategy with those guys, was really hoping he would fall to me, with him not i may go plan B with these guys. but yeah, he is a good one
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Those were like the two guys I was debating between. I'll have my pick in a minute.
 
5.05 Chael Sonnen - Middleweight

Since February 2009, Chael Sonnen has only lost to Anderson Silva, and he beat the snot out of him too once, despite being finished. Nobody in MMA history has been able to sell a fight the way Chael does. Behind the mouth is a World Class wrestler with a tireless work ethic.

 
'hooter311 said:
'modogg said:
'kutta said:
4.09 - Demian Maia - WW DivisionMaia was pretty darn good as a middleweight, but has completely dominated since moving down to welterweight, which is a much better weight for him. He finished both Kim and Story in the first round, and completely dominated Fitch in a lopsided decision. Maia will challenge for the belt soon, I would pay a lot of money to see him fight GSP. I also really like the Brazilain fighters and want to make sure I get one of the best on my team. 5.02 - Joseph Benavidez - Flyweight DivisionI'm a little surprised he's still on the board. I am not a big fan of watching the little guys, but he is a pretty darn good little guy. In his two title fights he lost very close split decisions to two really good fighters (Johnson and Cruz). Those fights could have easily gone the other way, and Benavidez would have been a top 10 pick in this draft. Since we have to pick little guys, I'll take him at this point in the draft any day of the week.
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Good call on JoeB. i have a draft strategy with those guys, was really hoping he would fall to me, with him not i may go plan B with these guys. but yeah, he is a good one
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Those were like the two guys I was debating between. I'll have my pick in a minute.
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Well thanks for waiting!
 
'hooter311 said:
5.05 Chael Sonnen - Middleweight

Since February 2009, Chael Sonnen has only lost to Anderson Silva, and he beat the snot out of him too once, despite being finished. Nobody in MMA history has been able to sell a fight the way Chael does. Behind the mouth is a World Class wrestler with a tireless work ethic.
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We must be on the same wave length. Sonnen was my third choice.
 
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