Sonnen on ‘drunken coke addict champ’ Jones
Chael Sonnen: “He didn’t realize that they were looking at the drunken coke addict champ, with all the talent in the world, that just can’t get it straight.”
Retired UFC star Chael Sonnen appeared recently on Stephie Haynes‘ Three Amigos Podcast for a wide ranging interview. It ranged from why it’s so hard for fans to get behind ‘drunken coke addict’ Jon Jones to who Chael wants for president in an ideal world. Chael began with a barbed compliment saying even as Jones looked ‘terrible’ in decisioning OSP, he the best fighter in the world. Then Sonnen let loose.
“The whole thing’s terrible,” said Sonnen, as transcribed for BE. “He comes to the ring, he hugs his entire family, which is really cool to see, but out of nowhere, he drops this bombshell after the fight that his mother had just gone through something and had just lost her leg. That’s terrible and it breaks your heart, but the other part of you is going, ‘But I just saw you and your whole family there. Why is no one home with Mom?’
“You know, you can’t help but think that. He cuts this interview saying that this just happened like two days before, and the whole damned family is at the fight! You’re just scratching your head here thinking, ‘Man, the inmates are running the asylum.’ It’s just a level of ridiculousness…it’s insane.”
“Then he wonders why nobody can get behind him. He shows up to the press conference acting like a fool. He comes in trying to take over the press conference like everybody was supposed to be happy for him that he won. He didn’t realize that they were looking at the drunken coke addict champ, with all the talent in the world, that just can’t get it straight. When you have that level of arrogance, it’s tough to get behind him. Then sure enough, you’ve got the press, ‘Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra,’ they’re really going for it. Man, this wouldn’t have happened back in my day. We’d have grabbed a guy like this in the back and straightened him out. We just would have.”
Check out the interview at bottom as Chael was just getting warm. He covers:
•Possible UFC sale
What that sale could mean to the sport
?•Thoughts on Conor’s issues with the UFC
?•If the UFC is shooting themselves in the foot by leaving obvious money on the table with Conor
?•If he thinks Conor is fighting Mayweather or just working a PR angle
?•Thoughts on free agency
?•Fight predictions
?•Jon Jones’ manager Malki Kawa discussion/rant
?•Rockhold/Weidman rematch discussion
?•Plans for a new book underway
?•If he’d like to call some UFC fights
?•Spirit animal
?•Superpowers
?•Who he’d choose for president if he could pick anyone on earth
(13:00 mark)