{"id":136969,"date":"2015-04-10T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=136969"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:38:22","slug":"sonnen-claims-ufc-knew-couldnt-take-rampage-anyways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/sonnen-claims-ufc-knew-couldnt-take-rampage-anyways\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonnen Claims UFC Knew They Couldn&#8217;t Take Rampage, Did It Anyways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/chael-sonnen-issues-ultimatum-wanderlei-silva\/chael-p-sonnen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-127472\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chael-P-Sonnen.png\" alt=\"Chael P Sonnen\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chael-P-Sonnen.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chael-P-Sonnen-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chael-P-Sonnen-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chael-P-Sonnen-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI told you listeners this the day he was signed. I am the only media member, that I have seen, that reported this from day one! This is BASIC contract law. If Viacom claims they have a contract with Rampage, they have a contract with Rampage! He cannot, his manager cannot, and anybody else cannot say he doesn\u2019t except for a JUDGE. It doesn\u2019t matter what his contract says. He does not get to declare that the contract is invalid and neither does anyone else except for a judge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the latest edition of Chael Sonnen&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/podcastone.com\/chaelsonnen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You&#8217;re Welcome<\/a>&#8216;, Sonnen dives into the issues between &#8216;Rampage&#8217; and Bellator. Sonnen claims that the UFC knew they couldn&#8217;t take Jackson, but they did it anyway!<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE &#8212; Luke Rockhold, Countdown to UFC on FOX 15 Feature<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE -- Luke Rockhold, Countdown to UFC on FOX 15 Feature\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tf1Ipl1EcNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI told you listeners this the day he was signed. I am the only media member, that I have seen, that reported this from day one! This is BASIC contract law. If Viacom claims they have a contract with Rampage, they have a contract with Rampage! He cannot, his manager cannot, and anybody else cannot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":127472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"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>Sonnen Claims UFC Knew They Couldn&#039;t Take Rampage, Did It Anyways | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sonnen dives into the issues between &#039;Rampage&#039; and Bellator. Sonnen claims that the UFC knew they couldn&#039;t take Jackson, but the... 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