Chael Sonnen: Dos Santos is lying about the knee injury

Everyone fights hurt.

What was frequently described as the most important fight in the sport’s history happened last night, and both fighters reportedly had injuries. In the case of Junior Dos Santos, it was a partly torn meniscus.

Chael Sonnen spoke glowing about the legacy of the fight, but was blunt about the injury.

“Biggest story coming out of this night, I’m not going to let us move on until we talk about this — Junior dos Santos saying he’s got a knee injury.

“Look, if that’s marketing, fine. If he legitimately had an injury, this is the biggest story to come out of that night because that is a violation against the Athletic Commission. He signs, under penalty of perjury, a letter stating that he is not hiding any ailment. At best, that’s a fine, at worst that’s a suspension.

“I think it’s marketing. I think he’s lying to the media, and that’s fine. If he lies to the government, big problems.”