Sonnen: What’s the difference, Holms or Nunes?
Chael Sonnen: “You could have gone with [Amanda Nunes] but at this point, what the hell’s the difference? We’re buying it for [Ronda Rousey] and that’s just the truth.”
Joe Rogan recently said in his podcast that he believed it should have been Amanda Nunes who received the next title with Ronda Rousey, not Holly Holm as was announced earlier this week. Chael Sonnen yesterday spoke about the issue on his podcast, and although he does agree with Rogan, his bigger point was, what’s the difference?
“Miesha Tate is the right contender if you want to follow the rankings but that’s been done twice,” Sonnen told Austin. “The division lacks parity. It’s a tough sell and we’ve already seen it twice and it wasn’t close the first two times. I like that there’s new blood. I like that Holly Holm is in there in terms of Miesha being out, but I get Joe Rogan’s point with Amanda Nunes. You could have gone with her but at this point, what the hell’s the difference? We’re buying it for Ronda and that’s just the truth.”
While Rogan’s critique over the division coincided with lavish praise of Rousey, Sonnen wasn’t as eager to dish out hyperbole for the champ.
“As far as fighting Ronda goes, these girls have one tremendously big obstacle which is that they don’t have the competitive history [of Rousey]. Ronda’s skill set is not unique. Jon Jones’ skill set is unique. Jon Jones goes out there and does video game moves that the announcers can’t even call because they’ve never seen them before. Ronda’s a very basic and straightforward fighter, however, she’s a masterful competitor.
