Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen (; born April 3, 1977) is an American sports commentator, mixed martial arts (MMA) analyst, submission grappling promoter, and retired mixed martial artist. Beginning his MMA career in 1997, Sonnen competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he became a top contender in both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions and challenged for both the UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Middleweight Championships. Sonnen has also fought in World Extreme Cagefighting, Pancrase, and most recently for Bellator MMA. Sonnen is often considered one of the best mixed martial artists never to have won a major MMA world championship and one of the sport's greatest trash-talkers. In 2014, Sonnen began working as a MMA analyst for ESPN and two years later, in July 2016, founded Submission Underground (SUG), his own submission grappling promotion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Chael Sonnen is the 130th most popular martial arts, the 15,087th most popular biography from United States and the 35th most popular American Martial Arts.

Chael Sonnen is most famous for his career as an American mixed martial artist, particularly in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was known for his brash personality and trash-talking. He gained notoriety for his fights against notable opponents, including Anderson Silva and Jon Jones, and for his role as a commentator and analyst in the sport.