{"id":100833,"date":"2014-06-11T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T00:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=100833"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:03:50","slug":"chael-sonnen-retires-from-mixed-martial-arts-following-nsac-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/chael-sonnen-retires-from-mixed-martial-arts-following-nsac-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen Retires From Mixed Martial Arts Following NSAC Drug Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-ufc-159-jones-vs-sonnen-extended-preview\/chael-sonnen-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56339\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56339\" title=\"chael sonnen\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDetails are far-and-few-between, but unfortunately for fight fans Chael Sonnen appears to be retiring following news of a failed drug test and subsequent removal from UFC 175.<\/p>\n<p>We will work towards providing more details as they become available, but for now, all we really know is that the UFC&#8217;s biggest star, with the biggest arms and the most charm, is hanging them up.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/chael-sonnens-retirement-speech-full-replay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonnen&#8217;s retirement speech<\/a>. We have the full replay. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/chael-sonnens-retirement-speech-full-replay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details are far-and-few-between, but unfortunately for fight fans Chael Sonnen appears to be retiring following news of a failed drug test and subsequent removal from UFC 175. We will work towards providing more details as they become available, but for now, all we really know is that the UFC&#8217;s biggest star, with the biggest arms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":56339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[199,11,649,15,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chael Sonnen Retires From Mixed Martial Arts Following NSAC Drug Test | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/chael-sonnen-retires-from-mixed-martial-arts-following-nsac-drug-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chael Sonnen Retires From Mixed Martial Arts Following NSAC Drug Test | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Details are far-and-few-between, but unfortunately for fight fans Chael Sonnen appears to be retiring following news of a failed drug test and subsequent removal from UFC 175. 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