{"id":271274,"date":"2018-02-27T09:43:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=271274"},"modified":"2018-02-27T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:45:19","slug":"chael-sonnen-updates-30000-takedown-bet-rampage-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-updates-30000-takedown-bet-rampage-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen updates on $30,000 takedown bet with &#8216;Rampage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of their Bellator 192 Heavyweight Grand Prix opening round battle, MMA legends Chael Sonnen and Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson agreed to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/video-chael-sonnen-rampage-jackson-place-crazy-bet-fight\/\">a pretty interesting bet<\/a>. The deal, they decided, was that Rampage would award Sonnen $10,000 for every takedown he completed, while Sonnen would cash out $500 for every jab Rampage landed.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Sonnen completed three takedowns, which meant Rampage owed him $30,000. For a moment, there was some question as to whether Rampage would sign this massive check. Sonnen assured that if he did receive a check, he wouldn&#8217;t cash it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see if he\u2019s a man of honor,\u201d Sonnen said at the Bellator 192 post-fight press conference. \u201cWe did shake on that. But I will tell you, I won\u2019t cash his check. But I expect him to hand me one. What I do with it is my business, but I will tell you I won\u2019t cash that check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite this early question as to whether or not Rampage would hold up his end of the bargain, Sonnen recently posted on Twitter to announced he&#8217;d received a check. In this Tweet, Sonnen praised Rampage for being a man of his word. He then assured that, as he promised, he won&#8217;t cash the check&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;But he will <em>deposit<\/em> it!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>-Received Rampage&#8217;s Takedown Check today.<br \/>\nHe is a MAN of his WORD.<br \/>\nAs am I:<br \/>\nI promised I would NOT CASH IT; and I won&#8217;t.<br \/>\nI will&#8230;<br \/>\nDEPOSIT it, though&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/968280302001901570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#8220;Update,&#8221; Sonnen said in his Tweet. &#8220;Received Rampage&#8217;s takedown check today. He is a man of his word. As am I: I promised I would not cash it; and I won&#8217;t. I will&#8230; DEPOSIT it, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, from the sounds of it, Chael Sonnen is now $30,000 richer. Are you surprised &#8220;The Bad Guy&#8221; is cashing this check?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/27\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of their Bellator 192 Heavyweight Grand Prix opening round battle, MMA legends Chael Sonnen and Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson agreed to a pretty interesting bet. The deal, they decided, was that Rampage would award Sonnen $10,000 for every takedown he completed, while Sonnen would cash out $500 for every jab Rampage landed. 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