{"id":276536,"date":"2018-05-15T19:34:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T02:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276536"},"modified":"2018-05-15T19:34:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T02:34:47","slug":"chael-sonnen-not-falling-for-scumbag-fedor-emelianenkos-nice-guy-gimmick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-not-falling-for-scumbag-fedor-emelianenkos-nice-guy-gimmick\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen not falling for &#8216;scumbag&#8217; Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s &#8216;nice guy gimmick&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, it&#8217;s really going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>If you were told ten years ago&#8230;hell, even a year ago that former top-ranked\u00a0UFC middleweight, Chael Sonnen would one day be fighting the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time and someone that many believe is <em>the<\/em> greatest of all time across <em>all<\/em> divisions, Fedor Emelianenko&#8230; How absolutely insane would you think that that person was? Welcome to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Bellator&#8217;s heavyweight Grand Prix which features a mix of light heavyweights and heavyweights, we&#8217;ll be getting this matchup sometime in the near future. And both men have already won their opening round bouts to advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen, who has never been shy to speak what&#8217;s on his mind has been critical of Fedor&#8217;s career in the past. On the MMA Hour recently, he continued his usual verbal onslaught.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Man, you\u2019re getting in a steel cage half naked looking to whip somebody\u2019s ass. You\u2019re a scumbag and so am I.&quot; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChaelSonnen<\/a> on Fedor Emelianenko&#39;s respectful persona. Watch full episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheMMAHour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheMMAHour<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLzf9kLz9M\">https:\/\/t.co\/fLzf9kLz9M<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sjk1ij7AiC\">pic.twitter.com\/Sjk1ij7AiC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/996536958330404865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know about the whole respect thing, he seems like a perfectly nice guy. I don&#8217;t think I would want to take anything from him but it&#8217;s a gimmick, right? All these guys are workin&#8217; a gimmick. He found his gimmick. He found a little something with the respect and the humbleness and looking like dumpy dwarf being interviewed by&#8230;you know his translator, Snow White there. 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