Sonnen: ‘GSP wouldn’t have much of a chance in Olympics’
In a supposed four-year campaign for the UFC middleweight belt, contender Chael Sonnen has cast a lot of stones in…
In a supposed four-year campaign for the UFC middleweight belt, contender Chael Sonnen has cast a lot of stones in the direction of current 185-pound title-holder Anderson Silva
And a Friday appearance at a UFC Fight Club Q&A session at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, gave him free reign to trash the champion – with often hilarious results.”
“In fairness, he’s not going to make an Olympic team,” Sonnen said.
They wouldn’t stack up well – especially against U.S. wrestling talent –Sonnen said.
“Well, I know wrestling pretty well, and I even know Canadian wrestling pretty well,” he said. “In the U.S., he wouldn’t have much of a chance. We take wrestling really seriously. In Canada, they’re doing better and better.”
A few members of the audience booed the statement, though Sonnen quickly clarified that his evaluation does take away from St-Pierre’s talent.
“I think he could probably be a top-10 guy,” he said. “He wouldn’t break into the top six – and not because he’s not a good enough athlete. But (in the U.S.) these are young kids that have been doing it since they were 8, 9 years old.
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