Rampage, Wanderlei, Shogun those are some big wins.
Chael has shown an ability to control and outgrapple much larger fighters. Tonight Francis weakness was shown to be Chael’s strength.
I think people are underestimating that Bellator HWGP and in particular Chael P.
Chael has a win over current #11 UFC HW. Hindsight is 20/20, but the wrestling, conditioning, crisp boxing and pace of Sonnen is problematic.</p>
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His time working on his BJJ is paying off
Fedor and Frank are next
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hell yeeah!
I think old Chael really looked good last night
I'd bet on Chael beating Francis.
You mother fuckers are hilarious.
Rampage looked like he hadn't trained in a few years last night. Old, slow, fat.
Sonnen would get folded like a lawn chair by any of the top 20 hws in the world.
Good thread
HoldMeCloser -MR31 -Yeah, this is definite hyperbole. Chael just got choked by tito, then dropped by Wanderlei. No way he beats Francis.
I like chael, I'm a longtime fan, but let's be realistic. At this time yesterday, Francis was the #1 contender at HW. Chael is not on that level.
chael tapped tito out in the first 2 minutes, he let go and tito didnt when he had chael.
chael is a gentlemen and a scholar.
tito cant even beat chuck liddell, sonnen has beat 2 guys that destroyed chuck
chael is the GOAT
Chuck would put Chael to sleep within a round. In his prime he'd do it in under 2 minutes.
Sonnen we saw tonight sucks balls
Get A Grip Dude -Chael beating Fedor and advancing to the finals of a HW tournament would be hilarious.
No it wouldn't, chael is hilarious but people confuse his jokes with his actual fighting skill. Chael has been a top fighter for a long time and has always been improving.
His fight with tito was more choreographed than a wwe match, like dan hardy said. Either that or tito tapped to a sub. Tito tapped either way
BreakALegAndy! -HoldMeCloser -MR31 -Yeah, this is definite hyperbole. Chael just got choked by tito, then dropped by Wanderlei. No way he beats Francis.
I like chael, I'm a longtime fan, but let's be realistic. At this time yesterday, Francis was the #1 contender at HW. Chael is not on that level.
chael tapped tito out in the first 2 minutes, he let go and tito didnt when he had chael.
chael is a gentlemen and a scholar.
tito cant even beat chuck liddell, sonnen has beat 2 guys that destroyed chuck
chael is the GOAT
Chuck would put Chael to sleep within a round. In his prime he'd do it in under 2 minutes.
chuck is 48 years old. Chael is the one that sleeps him today
MR31 -Yeah, this is definite hyperbole. Chael just got choked by tito, then dropped by Wanderlei. No way he beats Francis.
I like chael, I'm a longtime fan, but let's be realistic. At this time yesterday, Francis was the #1 contender at HW. Chael is not on that level.
lol that fight with tito was a prowrestling match. It's unbelievable how people can get fooled by a fixed fight so easily
I wish i could go back 15 years ago and explain to my friends how Rampage would lose a fight to a 37 year old white guy who looks like a middle manager.
Going to laugh when Chael does same to Fedor.
TexasBadAss - I wish i could go back 15 years ago and explain to my friends how Rampage would lose a fight to a 37 year old white guy who looks like a middle manager.Going to laugh when Chael does same to Fedor.
chael fought smart
meanwhile rampage fights like an idiot. And this is coming from a big fan of his, he can easily take his opponents down but chooses to stand, throw slow predictable punches and lose decisions.
He could have easily gotten on top of chael after the slam in the first round and won a decision last night (chael won 29-28) but instead fought like an idiot and lost
I would love to see what happens if chael takes down mir…
maybe so, but we all know he'd suffer 15 or 25 minutes of pulverization at the hands of "Funky" Ben Askren