Chael Sonnen: Last News

Jake Paul has been told to cancel his fight against Tommy Fury after the Brit was stopped from travelling to the US on Wednesday as he was stopped by border control when trying to board a flight at Heathrow.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has signed UFC legend and fellow Conor McGregor rival Chael Sonnen to his newly-bought promotion.Undefeated former lightweight champion Khabib bought existing MMA promotion Gorilla Fighting Championship and rebranded it to form the Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC), which he has now signed Sonnen to as a commentator and analyst.Sonnen was known for his trash-talking prowess as a UFC fighter before taking up the microphone and has been hired following the EFC’s expansion into the US.And Sonnen also shares his new employer’s contempt for ex-UFC champion McGregor, who Khabib defeated to claim the lightweight belt back in 2018Khabib’s intense rivalry for McGregor over the years has been well-documented, with the pair engaging in numerous back-and-forths on social media and even clashing outside of the octagon.Meanwhile, Sonnen engaged in a war-of-words with the Notorious himself late last year by calling McGregor’s behaviour “weird” after he was filmed staring down Max Holloway through a TV screen.Sonnen told MMA Fighting back in November: “Conor is on the verge of being a little rich weirdo.“It’s the last thing I wanted for him but if you mark out for your own gimmick to this extent, he’s posting things and then he’s deleting them — I’ve got to give the troll effort 100 percent.“As a former troll myself, I get it. If there’s a UFC that you didn’t set foot at and you didn’t throw a single punch and you can steal a headline on ESPN, you’re doing something well.“But, in all fairness, Conor isn’t gonna step in there with Max any more than he was gonna step in there with the guy last week, the week before that, or whoever he pulls out of his hat next week.“He’s got to heal himself ...

Conor McGregor was "looking for the door" in his defeat against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 because he has lost his "edge".That's according to former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, who believes the Irishman wanted a way out of the fight after the first three minutes.McGregor is gearing up for a trilogy bout with Poirier at UFC 264 next month, having suffered the first knockout defeat of his career when they met for a second time on January 24.After making a bright start on Fight Island, a series of brutal leg kicks destabilised him in the second round of their rematch, allowing the American to whip in a ferocious attack and close the show.But ahead of the trilogy on July 10, Sonnen has controversially accused McGregor of "looking to get out of

It really shouldn't have to be said, but Conor McGregor did not perform better than Manny Pacquiao in their respective fights with Floyd Mayweather.