Chael Sonnen was terrified during his first fight with Anderson Silva for one specific reason.
On UFC 117, on August 7, 2010, in the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, US, the American challenged the Brazilian for the middleweight throne.
During the structure, 'The American Gangster' trusted confidence and came to the microphone with some epic one-liners. To this day, Joe Rogan still says that Sonen is his favorite MMA star of all time to interview.
Although he seeks bravado appearance outside, that is not a reflection of how he felt on the inside.
Wow: Chael Sonnen remembers that he was being taken with 50 cents after Jon Jones caused an 'embarrassing' moment
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Chael Sonnen had never done a jiu-jitsu practice before he fought against Anderson Silva
While Chael Sonen knew how to struggle in struggling through his time, the fan's favorite knew very little about the art of Jiu-Jitsu, when he set foot in the Octagon with Anderson Silva.
His lack of experience turned out to be undone on fighting evening. Despite the domination of the first four rounds, in the fifth segment, he was imprisoned in a triangle and forced to submit.
In an interview on the podcast of Jake Shields' Fighting Back, the athlete of Oregon said that the loss was: “Destroying. It was harder a while ago. I think time heals all wounds. But I have never had faith in that fight.
“I was just so much on top of him because of the urgency that I felt on my feet. I didn't want to stand with him.
“When I came to the ground, I was never really confident. At that time in my life I had never had a jiu-jitsu practice.
“In MMA we had worked on Jiu-Jitsu, but I was not a white belt or a blue belt; I had no belt. I never had a GI. It is just one of those things that if I could go back in time, I would not have skipped the most basic training.”
Chael Sonnen reveals the strange things that Jon Jones did before their fight so he thought he could get up
Although Sonnen was very concerned during his collision with Silva, that was not the case when he waged war with another legendary mixed war artist.
When the charismatic garbage man Jon Jones challenged the light heavyweight belt, he had a huge amount of self -confidence that he could find a way to beat 'bones'.
And that came from the behavior of all time while filming the ultimate hunter together.
Now Sonen has revealed the things that Jones did that thought he could get upset.