[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-301-commentary-team-set-paul-felder-replaces-joe-rogan-brazil April 30, 2024 10:15 am ET The fifth numbered UFC event of 2024 is rapidly approaching, with UFC 301 on Saturday at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro. As always, some marquee on-air talent … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen doesn’t want to see Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane next. Interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) confirmed that he’ll be fighting at UFC 304, which will take place July 27 in the newly built Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England. Aspinall dismissed Gane as a potential opponent after Gane refused … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen is not on board with Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler having a 165-pound championship on the line. Cormier advocated for the UFC to introduce a 165-pound weight class through a title fight between McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC), who square off in a welterweight bout June … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen makes a case for Alex Pereira becoming the greatest MMA fighter of all time if he can capture the UFC heavyweight title. Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC), a former middleweight champion, retained his light heavyweight title when he knocked out Jamahal Hill in the first round of Saturday’s UFC 300 main event. … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen was in awe of UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley’s performance against Marlon Vera. O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) put a striking clinic on Vera (21-9-1 MMA, 15-8 UFC) for five rounds to retain his title in Saturday’s UFC 299 main event. Sonnen was especially impressed with O’Malley’s ability to control range and … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen doesn’t want to see Sean Strickland fight Robert Whittaker. After returning to the win column with a win over Paulo Costa at UFC 298, Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) said he sees fellow former champion Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) as a logical next opponent. With middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis linked to … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen says activity is key for both Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa. Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) outlasted Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in a thrilling battle in this past Saturday’s UFC 298 co-main event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Whittaker fought once in 2023, suffering a TKO loss to current middleweight … Read more
[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-298-commentary-team-broadcast-plans-set-michael-bisping-joins-jon-anik-joe-rogan-booth February 13, 2024 8:50 am ET The second numbered UFC event of 2024 is rapidly approaching with UFC 298 on Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. As always, some marquee on-air talent will … Read more
[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/pfl-vs-bellator-champions-broadcast-team-sonnen-coachman-mccarthy-hardy February 13, 2024 6:00 pm ET The upcoming PFL vs. Bellator: Champions event marks the start of a new era, which will come with a new broadcast team. The event takes place Feb. 24 … Read more
[ Chael Sonnen believes heavyweight champion Jon Jones outed the UFC by revealing that it called him to headline UFC 300. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC), who’s currently recovering from surgeries on a torn pectoral muscle and left elbow, claimed that he declined a recent offer to headline UFC 300 on nine weeks’ notice. Sonnen, who … Read more
