Chael Sonnen has verbally accepted a challenge to compete during the Craig Jones Invitational this weekend against the man of the hour.
The legendary former UFC Middleweight and light-heavyweight Challenger has no longer participated in De Kooi since the summer of 2019. He returned last summer for an exhibition boxing against Anderson Silva, but the game was little more than a glorified sparring session.
Now he offers to struggle with one of the most prominent grapplers in the world; Craig Jones. The Australian would be confronted with Olympic gold medal winner Gable Steveson, but it seems that a questionable foot injury cost him that matchup and may have brought him an even bigger name.
Chael Sonnen accepts the callout of Craig Jones for a discount on Kort and Back to Promotion
After Gable Steveson's Late-Notice Pull-Out of the Craig Jones Invitational, the headliner called for another super fight. This time he wanted Chael Sonnen, and the legendary trash can have supplied with a confirming response.
“Was he out, was this the call?” Asked Sonnen during a appearance on Flograppling today. “He disguised it as a friendly phone call. You can see that Craig not only accepts, but I am only about it.
'Do you know what I would do to have Steveson? This is a huge step up. The last time I saw Gable, I put him in a headlock and gave him a neoogie immediately after I signed a signature for him. See you, Turkey. I see you at CJI. “
Craig Jones Invitational has $ 1 million tournament
While the return to Jones action is the super fight of the event, CJI 2 is mainly built around a team of $ 1 million team tournament. The match is also expected to be the last match of the BJJ star because he withdraws from the competition and would take a step back from the B team.
Eight teams of five will compete in the $ 1 million tournament, in which representatives from all over the world participated. 10th Planet, New Wave, Atos, B-team and “Daisy Fresh” Pedigo Submission Fighting will be accompanied by teams representing America, Australazia and Europe.