Chael Sonnen ducks Brazilian lynch mob
First, Chael Sonnen talked smack about every Brazilian icon in MMA, a small sampling of which appears immediately below. You’re…
First, Chael Sonnen talked smack about every Brazilian icon in MMA, a small sampling of which appears immediately below.
You’re lucky your brother Joe’s the matchmaker or you’d be sellin’ barbecued monkey on the street in Manaus.
Anderson just fired Ed Soares and replaced him with a Translation App he got on his phone for $14.95.
I want an easy fight. Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva. Either of the Silvas. Bigfoot Silva. They all suck. Gimme a Silva.
“In what parallel universe can you punch a man 300 times, he wraps his legs around your head for eight seconds and they declare him the winner?!
AND, Sonnen said in several interviews he was coming to Brazil to corner Yushin Okami for his title bout vs. the world’s best fighter, Anderson Silva.
Then, Brazilian fans set up a Facebook fan page for the “Linchamento do Chael Sonnen” (English: Lynching of Chael Sonnen):
“Guys, everyone is aware of what this insect has been spewing about Brazil, the fighters, of the people of this country, of our culture. I think we should give him a ‘warm welcome’ when he comes to attend UFC Rio on the 27th, since Brazilians carries the fame of being sympathetic, hospitable, warm people, how about a big party for our friend Chael Sonnen?”
Then the fanpage creators, alarmed that Sonnen might, in fact, get lynched, revealed that it was a troll.
“My master always teaches us that, the use of fighting is only for good things, I am of peace, I hate violence, I always try to resolve my issues in conversations” says Raphael, who created the page.
When asked if they didn’t fear it being misinterpreted, he replied: “That was my biggest fear, I even mentioned to Rafael (the other guy who had the idea for the page) jokingly that we could be sued, people could take it seriously and all. That’s why we put a lot of small jokes in the text, we didn’t put anything serious so that we wouldn’t be promoting violence”
Then in an interview with SporTV, Okami’s coach said Sonnen was not coming to Brazil after all.
If the threat of lynching has changed the mind of Chael Sonnen, it is not known. The fact is that the American will no longer be coming to Rio according to the coaches of Japan’s Yushin Okami
Then the UFC Brazil twitter revealed that Sonnen was trolling, well, everyone.
Sonnen trollando todo mundo @portaldovt Fórum: Internautas convocam para linchamento de Chael Sonnen migre.
As always, Chael had the final word.
Please, FB nerds, no group has the strength to lynch me. I’m a Republican; we run on neither blood nor oxygen.