{"id":42959,"date":"2012-10-18T11:41:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T18:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=42959"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:31:11","slug":"dana-white-sonnen-gets-title-shot-because-he-stepped-up-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-sonnen-gets-title-shot-because-he-stepped-up-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: Sonnen Gets Title Shot Because He Stepped Up | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white_edited-5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white_edited-5.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"white_edited-5\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white_edited-5.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white_edited-5-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white_edited-5-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cWe got the word, after Jon went out and got his elbow checked, that he was out and couldn\u2019t fight until April. So it made sense for him to do The Ultimate Fighter. Machida can fight, Dan Henderson can fight; Gustafsson and Shogun are gonna fight in December, so everything will keep right on moving (in the division). Obviously Chael wants this fight, has been asking for this fight. The fans wanted this fight. Jon said, \u2018I can\u2019t fight until April. I\u2019d like to go in there and whip Chael\u2019s ass and then I\u2019ll defend the belt against whoever you want me to defend the belt against.\u2019 So it made sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said this before and I\u2019ll say it again, Dan Henderson had the opportunity for the fight and he got injured, right? He got injured, now Jones is injured until friggin\u2019 April. Every one of these guys that are bitching about a title shot now, were offered a fight and turned it down. They refused to fight Jon Jones. Now, they\u2019re bummed out because Chael stepped up on eight-days notice and he\u2019s gonna coach The Ultimate Fighter and fight him. All the top contenders that are pissed off that Chael Sonnen has a title shot are the same guys that I called that turned down fighting Jon Jones.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Having not beaten any top 20 opponents in the history of the UFC&#8217;s light-heavyweight division, Chael Sonnen, was recently granted a TUF coaching gig and subsequent title shot against Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The media, fans and his fellow fighters have cried foul play and yesterday during the UFC&#8217;s tele-conference, UFC president Dana White explained his decision process.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts? <\/p>\n<p>Check out the full audio from yesterday&#8217;s call below:<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.springboardplatform.com\/js\/overlay\"><\/script><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"bjpn001_580023\" src=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/VbKNMC\" width=\"480\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe got the word, after Jon went out and got his elbow checked, that he was out and couldn\u2019t fight until April. So it made sense for him to do The Ultimate Fighter. Machida can fight, Dan Henderson can fight; Gustafsson and Shogun are gonna fight in December, so everything will keep right on moving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":42960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,11,649,15,16],"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>Dana White: Sonnen Gets Title Shot Because He Stepped Up | UFC NEWS | 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\/ufcnews\/dana-white-sonnen-gets-title-shot-because-he-stepped-up-ufc-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White: Sonnen Gets Title Shot Because He Stepped Up | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cWe got the word, after Jon went out and got his elbow checked, that he was out and couldn\u2019t fight until April. 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