Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen (born April 3, 1977) is an American submission grappling promoter, mixed martial arts (MMA) analyst, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chael Sonnen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1977-04-03 · West Linn, Oregon, USA
Known for
- Here Comes the Boom (2012) — Arguing Fighter
- Meet Dave (2008) — (uncredited)
- Grudge Match (2013) — Himself
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Jimbo Duncan
- The Ultimate Fighter (2005) — Head Coach
- Nature Boy (2017) — Self
- Mojave Diamonds (2023) — Joe Mason
- UFC 55: Fury (2005) — Self
- UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida (2009) — Self
- Once I Was a Champion (2011) — Himself
- UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson (2009) — Self
- Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC (2013) — Himself
- UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine (2006) — Self
- UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie (2006) — Self
- UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen (2010) — Self
- UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis (2012) — Self