Sonnen: McGregor wanted to self-promote bout with Ben Henderson in Croke Park

[Wild]

Chael Sonnen believes that there was discussion about Conor McGregor self-promoting a bout in Croke Park against Ben Henderson before the latter signed with Bellator.

Chael Sonnen is known for saying some pretty outlandish things about MMA. The retired former UFC title challenger regularly uses his podcast to talk about the biggest stories in the sport, often offering insight that few people have. In regards to the Conor McGregor situation surrounding UFC 200, he already speculated that the whole deal was a contract dispute and the UFC might replace him with Georges St-Pierre.

Now, he has an even bigger angle - that McGregor wants to self-promote, and was discussing a bout in Croke Park. Not only that, it was against a fighter that recently left the UFC for Bellator. Here's what…


Sonnen: McGregor wanted to self-promote bout with Ben Henderson in Croke Park

 

[Left Hook Larry]

3 words. full of shit. this is from a chael p fan.

 

[Jonny Quest]

wtf. sounds really odd. chael does say a lot of odd things though, so who knows.

 

[member 3289]

Wut

 

[BJTT_Pella]

I was just telling my buddy Conor will self promote at sometime.

 

[BJTT_Pella]

PS. Im a Conor and Chael fan.

 

[Sheepdog]

Fuck Chael is a strange guy. Switches from speaking truth nobody else will say to complete bullshit in the space of a few sentences and will sometimes display admirable integrity but then happily be Zuffa's bitch or commit criminal acts.

 

[BJTT_Pella]

Fuck Chael is a strange guy. Switches from speaking truth nobody else will say to complete bullshit in the space of a few sentences and will sometimes display admirable integrity but then happily be Zuffa's bitch or commit criminal acts.

Chael P Sonnen for President. Right @ECC170?

 

[KWingJitsu]

Chael throwing shit against the wall hoping something will stick.
Why anyone still listens to his fairy tales is a mystery.

 

[Qat]

And he wouldn't have been able to KO Benson either and get Nate'd.

 

[ECC170]

Chael P Sonnen for President. Right @ECC170?

of the Poor me Runner up club

 

[Deleted member 1]

sounds really odd

Many were speculating that independent promotion a la golden boy was Conors future if he had kept winning.

 

[Greek777]

The only way a company could possibly compete with the UFC in the modern day is if Conor and TMT/Mayweather started their own org and threw massive amounts of cash at top free agents

Of course, Floyd could still do that on his own, but with Conor as a partner and Conor fighting his own bouts on the shows. That would be huge

 

[mysticmac]

3 words. full of shit. this is from a chael p fan.

Chael doesn't lie. He's a Republican.

 

[BJTT_Pella]

The only way a company could possibly compete with the UFC in the modern day is if Conor and TMT/Mayweather started their own org and threw massive amounts of cash at top free agents

Of course, Floyd could still do that on his own, but with Conor as a partner and Conor fighting his own bouts on the shows. That would be huge

Think about Conor VS Floyd as the main event. In a mixed rules exhibition fight. Just think about it for a minute.