Chael Sonnen is known for having very strong opinions about fighters and he did not hold back on Jorge Masvidal recently. The UFC welterweight lost his last fight against Colby Covington at UFC 272.
Chael Sonnen brought up the BMF belt in a recent video and he did not hold back on Jorge Masvidal. The former UFC fighter did not hold back on the BMF belt and what it means today.
“The BMF is gone. We never need to discuss it again, and it’s never being contested again, for multiple reasons,” Sonnen said.
“One of the things that makes Masvidal so compelling for me is that he’s a champion. I think whoever’s a champion has a built-in mechanism. Now, it’s just a matter of when are we gonna defend it and who we’re gonna defend against.
“Masvidal’s at a really interesting place where he got a championship that hasn’t been on the line. I love it. I love the BMF, I am sad that it’s over.”
Jorge Masvidal was awarded a big contract before UFC 272 and it was announced he was one of the highest-paid UFC fighters Chael Sonnen compares it to Ronda Rousey back in 2015.
“I have seen guys lose their careers over a lucrative contract. I maintain for you what cost Ronda Rousey her career was the money she was making. ‘Cause Ronda was good enough to be one of the girls. She was not good enough to be the champion of the world. She was one of the girls, though. Top ten, for sure,” he explained.
“She could’ve done this for years. She’s gonna win some, and she’s gonna take a loss here and there. But her contract was so big and so beautiful, that she had to be main event. She had to be marquee, which means she had to fight the best girls in the world, which she was no longer was.”
Chael Sonnen ended things with his trademark brutal honesty. He sees the UFC as using Jorge Masvidal and trapping him with the big contract.
“It’s a way to get a guy to sign a contract. You bring a 37-year-old, you put a $10 million contract in front of him, he’s got to fight five times to get it,” Sonnen said. “You know full well how hard those matches are gonna be, and you’re never gonna exhaust that ‘cause he’s not gonna be here when he’s 40, for one, is how long that’s gonna take. He’s not gonna see all of these fights.
“For two, he’s gonna see a match or two, he’s gonna have a jackpot full of money, his time’s gonna be out. But now, he’s under contract with you, so he can’t go over here and do one of these exhibition matches. It’s a game, everybody’s playing the game.
“If it’s a $20 million deal, but it’s gonna take you eight fights to do — which you’re never gonna have eight more fights, and you really didn’t sign that big of a contract did you? You just tied yourself up for the rest of your life.”
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