Chael Sonnen is renowned for his incredible trash-talking skills, but on one occasion, he made a mistake that left him looking like a ‘doofus’.
While the American has savaged many an opponent together with his quirky one-liners, he sincerely regrets going ahead with this piece of mental warfare.
Chael Sonnen reminisces over the Frank Shamrock call-out that didn’t go well
Throughout the history of the UFC, perhaps nobody has proved as talented within the talking department as the good Chael Sonnen.
‘The American Gangster’ is splendidly expert on the mic. With a capability to entertain the fans and severely anger his rivals, the gifted athlete all the time knew how one can placed on a show.
Nonetheless, as gifted as he was on this department, there’s still one moment of madness that he wishes he could erase from history.
While targeting a fight together with his rival Tito Ortiz, he surmised that it might be an intelligent method to first square off with Frank Shamrock. Consequently, he planned an inventive approach to securing a bout with the legend, but things soon took a turn for the more serious.
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In an episode of Good Guy/Bad Guy, he said: “I used to be going after Tito [Ortiz] back within the day. And as my method to get to Tito, I put a plan together that I used to be going to undergo Frank Shamrock.
“I had signs made where we’d march around identical to it was a campaign for office…the oldsters that made me the signs, misspelled ‘Frank Shamrock’. After which, I used to be only a doofus! I saw those signs ahead of time, that night within the locker room. However it was still a alternative: will we do that?
“I elected to do it, and albeit, when the name is misspelled, I should’ve just left those signs within the back.”
The trash talker eventually got his opportunity to go head-to-head with Ortiz contained in the Bellator cage in 2017.
In an especially controversial encounter, Sonnen appeared to submit ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’. Nonetheless, it wasn’t counted, and Ortiz eventually managed to mount a comeback and claim the victory for himself.
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If there’s anyone in UFC history who can claim to match Sonnen’s ability to roast his rivals, it’s Conor McGregor.
The Irishman is a feared competitor, able to beating his opponents before they even set foot within the cage.
So, when the pair met on stage in a battle of the titans, the world watched in awe to see who’d get the higher of the verbal exchange.
And it’s fair to say they each fired their justifiable share of amusing shots in the opposite’s direction.
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