{"id":128923,"date":"2015-02-09T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T00:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=128923"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:50:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:50:59","slug":"sonnen-jones-baddest-man-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/sonnen-jones-baddest-man-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonnen: &#8216;Jones Is The Baddest Man On The Planet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-6.51.04-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-6.51.04-PM.png\" alt=\"Sonnen Jones\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-6.51.04-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-6.51.04-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-6.51.04-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-6.51.04-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chael Sonnen has fought many top contenders throughout his 44 fight professional MMA career, including: Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Shogun Rua, Rashad Evans, Mayhem Miller, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being retired now, Sonnen still manages to keep his name in headlines with his podcast, through Tweets, and with interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Since it was announced that Anderson Silva tested positive for PEDs earlier this month, there has been much talk of who is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time), with many giving the title to Jon Jones now, despite Jones recent failed drug test for cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen discussed who he thought the baddest fighter on the planet is on <a href=\"http:\/\/adamcarolla.com\/chael-sonnen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Adam Carolla Show<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s very unlikely that anybody is going to do too well with Jon Jones right now.  The longer you stay out there with him is turning into a success. It\u2019s like the Mike Tyson days. If you could just get to Round 2 and 3 \u2013 and boy, if you make it to 5 \u2013 it\u2019s such a victory, morally. Jon Jones is the baddest dude walking the planet, and that\u2019s just the reality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jones is so good in Sonnen&#8217;s eyes, that he admitted he knew Jones was better than himself, <em>&#8220;right away&#8221;<\/em> once the fight started.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI walked out there thinking I was going to beat this guy.  I had my matches with Anderson, and Anderson won them, but I whipped him. He won like the last three seconds of the fight and won the fight. So I went in there with a bunch of confidence against Jon Jones. I trained right \u2013 everything was perfect. Man, it must have been 30 seconds in when I realized when this is a whole other deal. He felt like he weighed 300 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he put his hands on me and pushed me up against the fence, it was like a Volvo against a Mack truck.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chael Sonnen has fought many top contenders throughout his 44 fight professional MMA career, including: Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Shogun Rua, Rashad Evans, Mayhem Miller, and more. Despite being retired now, Sonnen still manages to keep his name in headlines with his podcast, through Tweets, and with interviews. 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