{"id":204341,"date":"2016-09-16T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=204341"},"modified":"2016-09-16T09:54:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T16:54:03","slug":"mma-community-reacts-chael-sonnen-signing-bellator-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/mma-community-reacts-chael-sonnen-signing-bellator-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA community reacts to Chael Sonnen signing with Bellator MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening, news broke that former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-reacts-signing-bellator-already-opponent-mind\/\">Chael Sonnen had ended his retirement<\/a>, and signed an exclusive multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA.<\/p>\n<p>No immediate word was given in regress to when Sonnen would be making his Bellator MMA debut, however &#8216;The American Gangster&#8217; was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-reacts-signing-bellator-already-opponent-mind\/\">campaigning for a fight with former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz<\/a>.  Ortiz, who is coming off a submission loss to Liam McGeery for the Bellator light heavyweight championship, has been away from the cage for nearly a year after having his 2-fight win streak snapped since moving to Bellator.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen on the other hand is also coming off a loss, with his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-watch-evans-dominate-sonnen-in-1st-full-fight-highlight\/\">coming at the hands of Rashad Evans at UFC 167<\/a>.  Following that fight, Sonnen coached opposite Wanderlei Silva on TUF Brazil. Before the pair were able to fight, Silva was pulled from the fight, and Sonnen was suspended for 2 years for a failed drug test.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the best reactions to Sonnen&#8217;s signing with Bellator now that his suspension is up:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Rulers Back.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/776604002314166272\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gangsters don&#39;t dance, they boogie &#8211; welcome to Bellator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Chou (@rich_chou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rich_chou\/status\/776605292226158593\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fun times ahead&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BellatorNation?src=hash\">#BellatorNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3T2DnVW2dB\">https:\/\/t.co\/3T2DnVW2dB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker\/status\/776608986875387904\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\">@arielhelwani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a> gangster weight sounds good to me<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rory_macdonald\/status\/776636192523595776\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a> congratulations my friend!!! So excited for you<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zak Cummings (@ZakCummings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZakCummings\/status\/776619022615883776\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Say it ain&#39;t So(nnen)! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bellator?src=hash\">#bellator<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chaelsonnen?src=hash\">#chaelsonnen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/americangangstar?src=hash\">#americangangstar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sUo9ivJgJw\">https:\/\/t.co\/sUo9ivJgJw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliasTheodorou\/status\/776618320657276929\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a> signing with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA\">@BellatorMMA<\/a> is the biggest signing in their history <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O9M7GU2vuR\">https:\/\/t.co\/O9M7GU2vuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanSchaub\/status\/776615109573488642\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So happy for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a>. He&#39;s somewhere now he will be appreciated. He did far too much for far too little with UFC. That&#39;s a shoot.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FrontRowBrian (@FrontRowBrian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrontRowBrian\/status\/776601356887089152\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/titoortiz\">@titoortiz<\/a> be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a> first victim?? Or who is it?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Askren (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/776610353962741760\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Bombe dans le monde du MMA, Chael Sonnen avec Bellator ! On en parle dans Laraque\\Gonzales d\u00e8s 14h a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/919sports\">@919sports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgesLaraque\">@GeorgesLaraque<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephgonzz\">@stephgonzz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; patrick cote (@patrick_cote) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrick_cote\/status\/776762171833323520\">September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening, news broke that former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen had ended his retirement, and signed an exclusive multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA. No immediate word was given in regress to when Sonnen would be making his Bellator MMA debut, however &#8216;The American Gangster&#8217; was campaigning for a fight with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":127472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10104],"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>MMA community reacts to Chael Sonnen signing with Bellator MMA | 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\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/mma-community-reacts-chael-sonnen-signing-bellator-mma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MMA community reacts to Chael Sonnen signing with Bellator MMA | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thursday evening, news broke that former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen had ended his retirement, and signed an exclusive multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA. 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