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Chael Sonnen uppger att Chuck Liddell har blivit erbjuden en fight i Bellator

Under de senaste veckorna har det cirkulerat allt mer trovärdiga rykten om att det planeras för en Bellator-fight mellan Chael Sonnen och den pensionerade MMA-legenden Chuck Liddell. Bellators VD Scott Coker försökte nyligen att dementera att matchen skulle vara tilltänkt. Nu väljer dock Chael Sonnen att ge nytt liv till spekulationerna.

I ett färskt avsnitt av You’re Welcome hävdade Bellator-stjärnan att han är beredd att fightas mot Liddell härnäst då legenden faktiskt blivit erbjuden en fight av Bellator.

I got called out on TMZ – I don’t know if it’s a call out but I’m using that term – by Chuck Liddell. He said, ‘Chael Sonnen would be a perfect warm up fight’ for his comeback. TMZ got ahold of me to respond. I never miss big media opportunities and TMZ is huge but this one I just sat it out. First time ever I’ve told TMZ I’m gonna pass on the interview because I didn’t know what to say and I still don’t, other than the truth: I will fight you right now Chuck.

This was my idea. I’m the one that suggested you come in on my legends ass-whipping tour and be my crowning moment. That’s the truth. Chuck does not have a contract with any organization. Bellator would sign him and would make that fight and did sit down with him and told him that but he didn’t sign. Instead he went back to TMZ and pretended he wanted the fight.

No problem if he’s using that as a negotiation tool. That is part of how the game is played and if enough people wanted to see it, it would be an effective tool. That’s kind of your measuring stick. When he can get publicity like TMZ, that’s a good sign for him but the bottom line is, he doesn’t have a contract. They offered him the fight and in fact, they offered it to him twice, in person. . . He didn’t take it.

Chuck, the answer is yes. You’re the one that said no, you’re the one that said no a second time, you’re the one that’s pretending you want the fight. I’m fine with all of it but I don’t know what his endgame is. It’s not like he’s got sponsors so he’s trying to keep them out there. Who’s gonna sponsor him, some rehab clinic? It’s Chuck Liddell. This isn’t 1994 when the guy had a little bit of glory to his name.

Chael Sonnen valde till sist att betona att vare sig det blir Chuck Liddell eller Fedor Emelianenko så är hans så  kallade ”legends ass-kicking tour” långt ifrån över.

The likely suspects for me: throw Fedor in there, throw Chuck in there, that’s the one I thought it was gonna be. I would like to fight Chuck, but the air has been taken out of my ball on that. I don’t believe that is going to happen. Then you’ve got Tito in there. Let’s just see what happens. It would be a lot shorter of a list if I told you who I didn’t want to fight.

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