{"id":178751,"date":"2015-12-09T23:06:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=178751"},"modified":"2015-12-09T23:06:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:06:52","slug":"watch-chael-sonnen-explains-why-he-still-thinks-jose-aldo-will-not-fight-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/watch-chael-sonnen-explains-why-he-still-thinks-jose-aldo-will-not-fight-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-194\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH! Chael Sonnen explains why he still thinks Jose Aldo will not fight Conor McGregor at UFC 194"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 194: Chael Sonnen Still Has Doubts Jose Aldo Will Show Up Fight Night\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VAPjzZmLuhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is some food for thought. Chael Sonnen versus Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the biggest stars to hype a fight would break the Internet repeatedly\u00a0leading up to their ultimate showdown. But, let&#8217;s be real. That fight would never happen.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen believes that the UFC featherweight championship fight between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-epic-jose-aldo-vs-conor-mcgregor-force-awakens-trailer-will-get-you-psyched\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor<\/a> could go down as the biggest fight in the organization&#8217;s history. However, a lack of promotion from Aldo on what could be the biggest fight ever is leading him to believe that Aldo will still try to pull out of the fight that is just days away.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen spoke to Ariel Helwani of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VAPjzZmLuhU\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a> and explained his reasoning and how Aldo could take a few pages\u00a0from the &#8220;American Gangster&#8217;s&#8221; book\u00a0on how he could set himself up much more comfortably for\u00a0retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Who are you picking in the Aldo versus McGregor match? <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/poll-who-are-you-picking-in-the-jose-aldo-vs-conor-mcgregor-scrap\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click <strong>here<\/strong> to vote<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\" target=\"_blank\">BJPENN.COM<\/a> poll and to see where the votes are tallying from the rest of the Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some food for thought. Chael Sonnen versus Conor McGregor. Two of the biggest stars to hype a fight would break the Internet repeatedly\u00a0leading up to their ultimate showdown. But, let&#8217;s be real. That fight would never happen. Sonnen believes that the UFC featherweight championship fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor could go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":156304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681,2682],"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>WATCH! 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