För ca en vecka sedan stod det klart att Chael Sonnen gör sin comeback i MMA mot Tito Ortiz under Bellator 170 i januari. Innan Bellator 162 drog igång under förra fredagen fick vi se de två i en intervju där de pratade om det kommande mötet, då Ortiz krossade en tom juice-kartong inför kameran för att symbolisera vad han kommer göra med Sonnen.
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Här berättar Ortiz om varför han valde att göra detta och vad han menade via Facebook:
So as I was growing up is don’t ever do juice, as in steroids. Chael Sonnen gets popped for a juice cocktail. And the question was, ’so how do I think this fight is gonna turn out?’ So I said, ’well let me go ahead and find Chael for you.’ So the best acronym I could think of that is a juice box, juice box being Chael Sonnen. It’s no more than that because he is a juicy juice boy. He likes to do his, dabble in his little steroid stuff.
Hopefully they do test us – which I know they will, they test us on all of our fights. But that just shows a sign of weakness; a sign of weakness of him being full of juice. He’s a juice box, he’s a juice boy and that’s why that Juicy Juice box came into the camera frame.
This is 20 years in the making. So now, yes this is redemption. This is an opportunity for a payback. Chael has picked the wrong person at the wrong time. He’s motivated the wrong person. The fire that’s in me right now is like no other. This fight feels more important to me than fighting for the world title in my last fight…This is a redemption fight for me because I have an opportunity to clear my name and to smash Chael Sonnen.
This ain’t a wrestling match this is a fight and last time I checked Chael don’t like to be punched in the face… I’m gonna try to defend that double and I’m gonna put a pain on him… It’s not about looking for the pin, it’s about looking to hurt this guy and I’m gonna hurt this guy.
He chose me, I didn’t choose him. So all you people understand that I’m not choosing the smaller man here, he called me out. He understands how much weight my name holds. He wants an opportunity to fight me; he has that opportunity to fight me.
You’re welcome Chael. I got you paid and you’ll be recognized once again.
Bellator 170 äger rum i Inglewood i Kalifornien den 21 januari.
