MightyCast w/ Demetrious Johnson

CHAEL SONNEN on UFC CAREER, JON JONES, PAUL vs TYSON! | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

05.14.2024 - By Demetrious Johnson / Wonsover MediaPlay

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WELCOME TO MIGHTY & THE BAD GUY!

"Mighty" Demetrious Johnson welcomes The American Gangster, The Undefeated, Undisputed, The BAD GUY Chael P. Sonnen!

0:00 Intro

1:00 Welcome Chael Sonnen!

1:33 Chael is Not a Real Gangster?

1:47 Is DJ Officially Retired?

4:25 Show Officially Starts

5:20 Chael is the First MMA Trash Talker?

7:19 Silva vs Sonnen 1 Breakdown

10:00 Chael's Intro into MMA

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11:41 Transition From Wrestling to MMA

14:31 Training with Randy Couture and Dan Henderson (How Team Quest Formed)

20:12 How Old School Fighters Learned MMA

15:40 Old School MMA Gyms

16:38 How Chael Met Matt Hume

20:12 How Fighters Learned MMA in the Early Days

21:16 Chael’s Path to the UFC

24:06 Chael’s Hilarious MMA Promoter Story

25:30 Chael was Embarrassed to Be a Fighter?

28:28 Chael’s Mom was Going to Bribe the UFC?

29:58 DJ Wished He Would Have Talked More Trash?

31:40 Does Chael Regret Talking Trash?

32:23 DJ vs Dominick Cruz Breakdown

35:06 TJ DIllashaw vs DJ Almost Happened?

35:37 What Makes Great Fighters the Goat?

34:05 Why Chael Thinks DJ is the Goat

36:02 Chael Gives DJ His Props

38:07 Last Second KO’s Make this Sport Great

39:15 Why is the UFC So Big Today?

41:59 The UFC Paid Fighters for Twitter Followers?

43:29 Fighters Building Their Social Media in the Early Days

44:07 When Chael Understood How to Promote Himself

45:35 Getting Paid Outside of Fighting

46:09 How Chael Transitioned from Athlete to Analyst

47:58 Why Joe Rogan is the Goat of Podcasts

47:47 Chael’s Dog Speaks English?

51:04 DJ vs Mikey Musumeci in Grappling?

53:06 One FC is Saving Grappling?

53:20 Tournaments are the BEST

54:15 How Grapplers Can Become Millionaires

55:54 The Most Watched Grappling Matches’ Ever

56:31 Grappling is a Different Vibe than Fighting

58:00 Grappling Will Be HUGE One Day?

59:01 Chael and DJ are BIG 8 Hour Sleep Guys

01:00:12 DC and Chael’s New Show

01:02:05 Who Should Jon Jones Fight Next?

1:08:52 Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Breakdown

1:12:43 Chael Addresses His Shirt…

1:13:57 The Mighty Recap

Produced/Edited by Michael Wonsover (@mwonsover on IG/Twitter)

Edited by Nick Pappas

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