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Chael Sonnen

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Chael Sonnen (; born April 3, 1977) is an American sports commentator, mixed martial arts (MMA) analyst, submission grappling promoter, and retired mixed martial artist. Beginning his MMA career in 1997, Sonnen competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he became a top contender in both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions and challenged for both the UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Middleweight Championships. Sonnen has also fought in World Extreme Cagefighting, Pancrase, and most recently for Bellator MMA. Sonnen is often considered one of the best mixed martial artists never to have won a major MMA world championship and one of the sport's greatest trash-talkers. In 2014, Sonnen began working as a MMA analyst for ESPN and two years later, in July 2016, founded Submission Underground (SUG), his own submission grappling promotion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Chael Sonnen is the 133rd most popular martial arts, the 15,124th most popular biography from United States and the 35th most popular American Martial Arts.

Chael Sonnen is most famous for his career as an American mixed martial artist, particularly in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was known for his brash personality and trash-talking. He gained notoriety for his fights against notable opponents, including Anderson Silva and Jon Jones, and for his role as a commentator and analyst in the sport.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Chael Sonnen ranks 133 out of 179. Before him are Junior dos Santos, Yael Arad, Jorge Masvidal, Saenchai, Nazim Huseynov, and Michael Chandler. After him are Ha Hyung-joo, Tom Aspinall, Arman Tsarukyan, B.J. Penn, Dennis Siver, and Tito Ortiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Chael Sonnen ranks 522. Before him are Sara Shepard, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Michelle O'Neill, Luca Attanasio, Laura Howard, and Paul Lynch. After him are André Sá, Yoji Sakai, Jayna Hefford, Ingrid Visser, Misaki Ito, and Ryuji Sato.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chael Sonnen ranks 15,129 out of 20,380. Before him are Kimberly Beck (1956), Biz Stone (1974), Molly Sims (1973), Adam Page (1991), Barbara Jordan (1957), and Mopreme Shakur (1967). After him are Lucious Jackson (1941), Shannon Hoon (1967), Monique Gabriela Curnen (1970), Wendell Alexis (1964), Brian Pillman (1962), and Gertrude Berg (1899).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In United States

Among martial arts born in United States, Chael Sonnen ranks 35. Before him are Tank Abbott (1965), Benson Henderson (1983), Belal Muhammad (1988), Matt Hughes (1973), Jorge Masvidal (1984), and Michael Chandler (1986). After him are B.J. Penn (1978), Tito Ortiz (1975), Matt Serra (1974), Frank Mir (1979), Donald Cerrone (1983), and Eddie Alvarez (1984).

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