Michael Bisping is not happy with Chael Sonnen’s title matches – UFC News
Briton fighter Michael Bisping has joined the bandwagon of those who are unhappy over the American Gangster scoring title shots every now and then. Like many others, even Bisping believes Sonnen did not deserve a title shot at Jon Jones.
Sonnen, who was defeated by middleweight champion Anderson Silva earlier this year, will be making his light heavyweight comeback soon, and it will be against champion Jon Jones. While other UFC fighters have worked for years to reach the stage where they
are being considered as ‘number one contenders’, all it took from Sonnen was to throw a few verbal shots at Jones and score the big day.
“I can understand it from a business perspective because Chael sells,” said Bisping in an interview with ESPN.co.uk. “But it's frustrating because I've been waiting my whole career for a title shot, and the guy's had three out of his last five fights be
title fights. But I do understand and it'll be a great season of The Ultimate Fighter.”
Bisping has been longing for a title shot at middleweight champion Anderson Silva but he has not scored it yet. He needs to go through a bunch of fighters, and press Silva and the organisation for the match. On the other hand, Sonnen simply has to bash his
desired opponent to the ring.
As Sonnen puts it, he does not go his opponents but they come to him, and that indeed is true, considering the way The American Gangster has called out his recent opponents.
There is another major quality of Sonnen that gets him the shots, and that is, he never backs down. Recently, Jones was scheduled to face Dan Henderson at UFC 151 but the latter got injured and backed out. It was Chael Sonnen who was asked to replace Henderson
and he was ready to do so. Moreover, Lyoto Machida, the number one contender in the light heavyweight division, was given the opportunity to face Jones at UFC 152. However, Machida declined saying he needs more time to prepare for a title shot.
This is where Sonnen scores his point, whether others like it or not.
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