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Sobral plans to tap Sonnen quickly

Renato Sobral and Chael Sonnen will face off at Metamoris’ upcoming event tonight in California, and “Babalu” wants to once again submit “The American Gangster”.

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Chris Palmquist
May 9, 2015 · 1 min read
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Renato Sobral and Chael Sonnen go head to head at tonight’s Metamoris event. The two met ten years ago with Sobral winning via Triangle choke at UFC 55.

“I didn’t do a training camp for this,” he said. “I train every day, so for this match I just trained more wrestling, trained with Josh Barnett, but nothing special. It’s not a MMA bout, it’s a jiu-jitsu match. I’m going there to fight. I always train with my students, every single day, so it’s was kind of normal to me.”

“I will attack him from the beginning. “I want to tap him as quick as possible.”

As of Sonnen’s first experience at Metamoris, “Babalu” was not impressed. He’s not expecting an easy match, though.

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