“I felt ridiculous [filming that promo]. You know what, we did that here. I did that in a dressing room, I put that [USA outfit] on. Right as I was coming out Fedor [Emelianenko] must have been walking in. He took one look at me and laughed. I hung my head like a doufus and walked away.<\/em><\/p>\nSo no I didn’t really like it and I haven’t seen that movie in a very long time. I thought I was dressed as Rocky [Balboa] it turns out I was dressed as another guy who dies fighting a Russian. So no, no I didn’t enjoy it that much but I kept it. I did keep it. Stole it from wardrobe it’s at home right now.<\/em><\/p>\n[Would I wear it again?] Ehhh, not for a promo! Maybe on Halloween.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe one fight that we never ever expected to be seeing is about to finally take place before our very eyes this Saturday night at Bellator 208.<\/p>\n
That’s right, three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen has fought the likes of the divisional greats in longtime middleweight king Anderson Silva and light heavyweight’s Jon Jones.<\/p>\n
Now he’s set to take on heavyweight’s all-time greatest, Fedor Emelianenko in the semi-finals of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix. Meaning that a win would earn Sonnen a crack at the vacant heavyweight crown.<\/p>\n
The build-up to this fight has been a little bit on the sillier and fun side as evidenced specifically by the main promo for Bellator 208 which features Sonnen dressed in some USA themed wardrobe.<\/p>\n
It’s the loud American vs the stoic Russian. The winner will fight either Matt Mitrione or Bellator light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in the finals for the heavyweight title.<\/p>\n
Mitrione vs Bader takes place the day before Bellator 208 at Bellator 207 which is tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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