Chael Sonnen Accepts Vitor Belfort's call

A lot of UFC fighters are calling out Chael Sonnen's name challenging him after an impressive win from a former light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Lyoto Machida, Phil Davis, Vitor Belfort are some of the few yet interesting fighters that's challenging Sonnen.

And Chael Sonnen accepted the challenge from Vitor Belfort which he replied with this response.

"I'm in, if Vitor said my name first, I'm in. That's all you have to do is say my name, you do not have to ask me twice. I'm like Beyonce's child—say my name, say my name."

I am sure a lot of fans would be happy and would be excited on the pick that Chael made. Since this would be another fight that the world would love to see. But of course a lot of haters also will criticize this match and would say something debatable.

As a fan of UFC and MMA even boxing I truly respect how Chael Sonnen handle his career. Just say who he will face any time and any where. Rest assure Chael would be ready for it and would prepare to his fullest determination in order to win.

If I was Dana White I would also choose Sonnen vs Belfort. It's a different match compared to Sonnen vs Machida or worse Sonnen vs Davis. This would bring and encourage more fans since both fighters are really eager to collide to any terms and conditioned offered just for the love of the sport.

After Chael Sonnen's win over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua he deserves to be called the "MILLION DOLLAR MAN" at the moment. and not Tito Ortiz whose claiming to be a huge hype on belator and not on UFC.

Sonnen's  a great fighter but what adds to his credentials is that he doesn't pick random enemies. He accepts challenge from top caliber mma fighters. And athlete's like him should be respected because this is a sport and not an entertainment show of acting.

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Chael Sonnen Submits Mauricio Shogun Rua

Chael Sonnen vs Mauricio Shogun Rua

Chael Sonnen defeats Mauricio Shogun Rua via submission(guillotine choke) late in the first round. As Sonnen established his dominance over the former light heavyweight champion Shogun Rua.

Round 1

Chael Sonnen immediately attempted a take down and was successful on it. As Sonnen was starting to establish himself Shogun Rua tried to sneak and switched their positions. Now this time Sonnen was on the ground as Rua successfully completed his own take down.

But not for long when Sonnen was able to control the phase and was on top again on Shogun Rua. Sonnen began to dominate and implement his ground and pound game. Sonnen grind and kept the fight on the ground as he uses his wrestling skills to his advantage.

As Sonnen continues to dictate the ground game while controlling the fight. Then Sonnen was able to perform a tight guillotine choke that Rua wasn't able to defend it. The choke was so tight that Rua's attempt to break free failed.

Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight after Mauricio Shogun Rua tapped out and declared Sonnen as the winner of the fight.

Recation of the match

Sonnen did just right on this fight since he knows his bread and butter would be the wrestling field. Added with his great cardio and good ground and pound skills. If Sonnen didn't bring the fight on the ground it would have been a different story or result.

We all know how Mauricio Shogun Rua is good on his strikings and on stand up matches. Shogun has that knockout power from his punches and kicks. So what Sonnen's game plan was really impressive that's why he got this win.

Alistair Overeem vs Travis Browne

Round 1
Alistair Overeem started the first round with aggressiveness. As Alistair unleashed his vicious punches and was able to grab Travis then attempted a knee on him.  But in return Travis responded with a flying knee but Alistair was able to defend it.

Travis throw a swing punch that made him off his balance. Alistair then immediately approach and attempted a guillotine choke. Travis was able to break free from the choke but Alistair throw a vicious knee to the body. This caused Travis to kneel down while Alistair capitalized on the situation as Alistair continues to strike his punches.

Alistair Continues to fury his punches mixed with a knee to the body. As Travis was hanging on and trying to get outlast the berserk attack of Alistair. With a series of punches and knees connecting to the head of Travis  the referee didn't step up to stop the fight.

Alistair tried to clinch Travis after landing several knees to the body. But this time it was Travis time to do some payback. Travis realized Alistair was slowing down and started to wear out.

Both fighters were exhausted and were seemingly exchanging one two punches. While Travis would try to hit Alistair with those head kicks.

Travis continues to do those head kicks which would soon start to land on Alistair. Travis would hit Alistair in the chin that would cause a serious damage. And as soon as Alistair would fall on the canvass Travis would immediately hit Alistair with hammer fist.  The referee would stop Travis and would declare him the winner via TKO.

Reaction to the Match

When I watched this fight I was like watching the same match between Alistair vs Big Foot Silva. I am glad that the referee didn't stop the fight early. Since Travis was still in the game the moment Alistair was trying to finish the match. 

Kudos to Travis for hanging and outlasting the storm that was brought by Alistair. And also made a great recovery and immediately took matters in the same round. 

For Alistair he really needs to develop another dimension of his game. Probably some defense and head movements or a ground and pound game. He also needs composure and patience when it comes to finishing his opponents.

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UFC 148 Anderson Silva TKO Chael Sonnen

Anderson Silva is still the undisputed UFC pound for pound middleweight champion after he stopped Chael Sonnen on the 2nd round. Silva won the match via TKO after he demonstrated great defense and determination to dominate over his enemy.

Round 1
Chael was aggressive and was very successful in taking down the champion Anderson Silva to the ground. Sonnen established himself and stick to the plan of grounding and pounding Silva. The whole round 1 it was Sonnen who dominated it as he wrestled and took round 1.

Round 2
Silva changed his strategy and improved his defense by denying Chael Sonnen's take down attempts. He was very successful and both fighters traded some punches and kicks. Chael Sonnen attempted some take down again on Silva but the champ succeeded in defending it. When Sonnen missed a strong turning fist attack on Silva that caught him out balanced. Silva knew it was the chance he would strike and build momentum.

As Sonnen was trying to recover from his balance Silva was going after him to release some assault attacks. Silva managed to connect and was starting to build momentum with berserk punches and kicks. Sonnen could not handle it and went down to the canvass were Silva poured more attacks on his head. And then the referee interfered and stopped the fight declaring Silva the winner.

POINTS OF VIEW 

Chael Sonnen lost his game plan and was in a hurry. He could have come up with a better approach and that caused him a miserable mistake. Plus Silva easily predicted his attack so that's why Silva easily evaded it. Sonnen would have won if he was not that careless since Silva is really tricky.

Silva on the other hand is still invisible when it comes to this weight division. He easily eludes and evades all kinds of attacks that the enemy is throwing at him. At the same time Silva would gave his enemy a taste of his counter striking. Silva's striking attack is one of the best in UFC since it's very accurate and destructive.



Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin

The fight of the night went to both Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin as they fight for the third time of there UFC careers. The hall of famer Tito Ortiz showed he has still that relentless attacks and pro take downs that he successfully applied of Forrest Griffin. Tito was able to take down Forrest Griffin on the early rounds.

But Forrest was just relentless as he was and would connect with punches and leg kicks. Tito also caught Forrest Griffin with rocking punches that wobbled Griffin. But Griffin was just as tough as he could ever be. There were some occasions that Ortiz would connect with solid punches that rocked Griffin.

And on the later rounds both fighters would exchange attacks but it was Griffin who was more aggressive and would landed more shots. As the fight continues Griffin keep establishing himself with those significant attacks. When the fight went to distance and was on the scoring card it was Forrest Griffin who would win the match via unanimous decision.

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