Chael Sonnen Talks Nate Diaz, Jake Paul, Francis Ngannou, and More - MMA Fighting

Chael Sonnen discusses the latest news in the world of mixed martial arts, including Nate Diaz’s current issues with the UFC, Francis Ngannou vs. Tyson Fury, if Ngannou will remain with the UFC, what’s next for Henry Cejudo and Colby Covington, and much more.
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[@Taylorrr-Made]

Chael immediately turns this into his interview right off the bat haha

[@JoeMama-uk5ct]

The fact he's doing this from his set instead of from a shitty webcam is why Chael "The American Gangster" is the GOAT.

[@camvick407]

/ woman beater

[@mattreyes4803]

he still has a shitty Webcam

[@mattreyes4803]

@@camvick407 the only woman he'd beat up is you

[@charlescharlemagne4907]

also for going 5-0 in one night in Vegas hotels

[@joaco743]

Ariel is so petty

[@JSmooove98]

Chael: “I don’t know if I’ve ever been guilty of clickbait.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@jasonsaldana2359]

😂😂😂🐐

[@krcefran3318]

I think he just has polarizing opinions that when titled seem clickbait

[@josephkelley8641]

"I don't know that I've ever been guilty of actual Sin." (Chael as Lead Witness in his own case)

[@ZWhiskey]

Good to see Uncle Chael still helping out the common folk

[@mikenelson8409]

you mean Zuffa?.. 😏

[@josephkelley8641]

Throwing Bread to his People like some kind of Evita Peron (Chael P.).

[@Razear]

Chael dismissed his personal incident like a well trained politician. Lol

[@venomgoldenreaper3834]

He was one

[@memelord8957]

@@venomgoldenreaper3834 he left public office the only way a man should. In handcuffs.

[@catbreath8361]

Beat up women and men on drugs... No big deal eh.

[@aniwala91]

@@memelord8957 they don't call him the bad guy for nothing

[@mattshepherd1736]

I love it him dismissing it confirmed it for me😂

[@jaysmith2151]

Seeing these two together is simply a legendary NOBODY IN HISTORY has chemistry like these two do. I miss Ariel and the bad guy SOOOO SOOOO much. When they used to do their five rounds on that show it was a greatest thing ever.

[@randyb637]

I actually liked ariel and DC better

[@FORMIDABLEHERO]

You’re obviously new to mma. Chael is a king. He always makes sure his host looks good.

[@thanosrichgang6321]

@@FORMIDABLEHERO was it necessary to call him out on that

[@austinkinder4582]

@was à@sea@

[@austinkinder4582]

@

[@sainttrai]

Chael 100% just makes news up when things are slow 🤣🤣

[@barlo90]

Yep can't stand his bs

[@josephkelley8641]

hey the People have to eat.

[@harekrishna3188]

Chael & Ariel are such an incredible duo. We need another show with these two, BADLY

[@jesusvenegas9151]

Undefeated, undisputed and never lost a god damn round, the great Chael P. Sonnen🙌🏻

[@chrishutch2387]

Chael talking absolute sense as per normal, this guy is pure box office.

[@josephkelley8641]

ima just glad I don't have to fight him. Fight Chael. God is Good.

[@jinmivin1]

I love this man Chael Sonnen, beautifully executes literally anything he does.

[@josephkelley8641]

I want a fighting show shot at Las Vegas hotel - i.e. Chael getting into it with groups of 6 to 8.

[@LearningWithSuj]

Convos between Ariel and Chael are always so enjoyable. It was also nice hearing that the great Chael P watches Ozark like us normal peeps

[@mikekoz6351]

These two together are the best and make Dc and RC show llook likte theView trying to cover mma

[@executivelifehacks6747]

Ariel "as unbiased as possible" Helwani 🤣

[@TheSakufighter]

Ariel is a 🤡

[@dolphinwithahandgun7094]

At least he purposely prefaced it like that knowing his beef with Dana. Chael is just a UFC mouthpiece.

[@executivelifehacks6747]

@@dolphinwithahandgun7094 Chael is a UFC mouthpiece no question. But in terms of what Dana has done wrt promotion vs Eddie Hearn? Wrong hill to die on there. Better to argue about the economics of JJ vs Fury, which Chael was pushing. When Chael comes off as the reasonable party in a UFC discussion, Ariel is at third base wearing a catcher's mitt.

[@dolphinwithahandgun7094]

@@executivelifehacks6747 that's fair. Ariel started talking up Jake Paul too as soon as he started trolling Dana. I guess Eddie Hearn is his new crush. I would've rather seen Ariel go deeper on Nate's and Francis's situations but i guess he knows Chael will defend UFC anyway.

[@TheSandra20]

😁

[@ruzzzty]

The Chemistry of this two is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mikekoz6351]

Real chemistry not like that DC RC show , which is crap

[@ballistic188]

Ariel’s acting up nowadays we need rampage back to set him straight

[@davidpetruic9557]

I love the Chael and Ariel chemistry they work so well off each other and it seems like they are just ready to go at it and butt heads but in truth they both have a ton of respect for each other and are bros.

[@RearNakedSmoke]

Ariel should put his personal feelings aside and admit Dana is the best promoter in the game today

[@melancholymartialarts7095]

But he isn't. Ariel is right

[@BagYourHoe]

@@melancholymartialarts7095 who in tf would be better?

[@mattevans911]

"Dana has already won th race" . That's exactly why he is th best promoter! Yesterday, today & tomorrow.

[@TheGamerULoveToHate]

Ariel hates Dana so much lmfao. Dana is by far the best promoter. More people know most of a ufc card. When it comes to boxing you're lucky if you know more than 2 fights on the card

[@Mathis313]

as he should

[@TheSakufighter]

Boxing sucks so hard people are tuning in literally for one fight and that’s the main event and then bouncing.

[@RoNLIoc]

When Dana retires,WHO do you think be the Man who replace him?CHAEL 4 SURE!

[@RoNLIoc]

ALEX-MAX 3On July🔥🔥🔥✔✔✔

[@odogg819]

Ariel asked for best promoter, and Chael gave him the best promotion. They’re both correct from that standpoint.

[@ThomasBlaa]

No, Dana White is clearly better. Ariel is just biased.

[@odogg819]

@@ThomasBlaa Dana doesn’t promote anything anymore. The machine kinda runs itself at this point. Meanwhile, Eddie Hearn is at every event, doing interviews and shaking hands with ALL media, not just the biased ones.

[@LordHolley]

@@odogg819 really, so if you had to hire a promoter, who you gonna take? The guy who is still learning and may or may not have peaked, or the guy who has swam with sharks and won, who's been there, done that?

[@vikamann123]

Chael makes everyone else look and sound like a rank amateur. Undisputed, undefeated, never lost a round 🤴 P Sonnen

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

Chael is so good at steamrolling through when he realizes he’s contradicting himself

[@josephkelley8641]

which only ADDS to the show.

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

@@josephkelley8641 it’s artistic

[@leetheflea4096]

The manliest leg crosses, arms like final bosses, the biggest charm here to do you harm, the bad guy.

[@friend7681]

Chael talks in CAPS LOCK

[@nymerie]

That made me laugh XD

[@kevinlewis8162]

i will start by saying.....chael sonnen is the main reason i started to follow mma around 2011, mainly on youtube hearing him trash talk anderson silva.....(yes i didn't see his first amazing fight live when it happened) and i will still say that his trash talk is better and wittier than any one else, but my main problem i have with him is, being this annoyingly predictable company guy, i mean, if dana took a dump in the middle of the octagon ,i wouldn't be surprised if chael wouldn't compliment dana on his squad position

[@camvick407]

You like cheating women beaters

[@tchendoh]

Very fair.

[@yurinoworry]

He’s naturally a promoter, the UFC pays Chael to promote because they know he has a big following, and he does the job better than most others on the UFC payroll too.

[@justaguyonyoutube]

@@yurinoworry that's ridiculous and far from the truth, chael talks about how baffling some of the matches are and how little some of them mean.

[@justaguyonyoutube]

chael is by and far not a company man for a company he isn't even working for lmao

[@mschriber88]

Ariel must be looking for a full time boxing gig because of how much he's been pumping up boxing acting like guys on the undercard aren't getting 1000 bucks to fight all while finding different ways to put down the UFC.

[@TheDXJC56]

Exactly, the fact that essentially everyone walks away with at least a 5 figure payday regardless of their positioning on the card speaks volumes for the UFC's pay structure, of course they just wanna focus on the top of boxing and disregard anything that might damage their argument though

[@leetheflea4096]

Yep he forgot where he came from.

[@GlasshouseaquaticsGHA]

Ariel just hates Dana haha. There isn’t a comparison and to say he won…. The race is never over til it’s over. Some people are built different I guess

[@genie9193]

Get off Dana's nuts you casual

[@TheSakufighter]

Dana knows all the cards back to front and even does a break down weekly of any and all card current and coming up. Ariel is sipping on that haterade and it’s so obvious it’s cringeworthy. Unbiased. Dude is a liar as well.

[@genie9193]

@@TheSakufighter and dana isn't a liar? 😂😂😂😂 Tony ferguson literally had a press conference calling out dana check it out and get off Dana's balls

[@TheDXJC56]

@@TheSakufighter Ariel's projecting right there, the only one that consistently doesn't know who the up and coming fighters are is him he's too busy watching and tweeting about pro wrestling to care, if this wasn't the only way people would watch his show Ariel would've long since left MMA behind to talk about NBA or WWE/AEW

[@alappara_kelappurom778]

@@genie9193 true

[@boxerdog5979]

I love when these two talk.

[@CDG639]

I can't tell you how much I love hearing these guys debate so passionately like at 5:00!

[@kosachilles2504]

Dana White is the best promoter at the moment Loved the video!

[@fitovilla6968]

We need more of this !!

[@marshapelo9830]

Dana White is the best. Ariel is sour.

[@kevinlewis8162]

you're right, Dana White is the best at exploiting fighters and paying the heavyweight champion in his company only 600k, while he has several beach houses and is close to being a billionaire...................i'm sure i'm going to hear a million dana nuthuggers defend him, instead of caring more about the actual warriors that fight for our entertainment, as much as i love mma and the ufc, most fans suck unfortunately

[@codycox2465]

@@kevinlewis8162 god forbid the man gets paid for what he built

[@kevinlewis8162]

@@codycox2465 you're right he needs more beach houses while grossly underpaying his fighters , seems fair, and you seem like a typical ufc-dana sheep

[@codycox2465]

@@kevinlewis8162 🤣

[@andrewrios2295]

This is legit watching 2 of the most watched MMA Channels on youtube!! So freaking cool I wish they did this weekly.

[@wcrainaldo]

Dana's role obviously will change with the company as the UFC has gotten to the point it has. Hes still the BEST promoter

[@morningwombat]

Hold on, you mean to tell me "the kids on the underground forums" is just an expression for mma news sites? All this time I thought it was some exclusive invite only organization. I've been asking around in seedy dive bars and back alley slums and run down gyms in the poorer part of town and nobody would tell me nothin'.

[@brysonschlenz8295]

Solid

[@mateo52malecki]

yup

[@MohammedAli-mu5cl]

Lol Chael is Hilarious. Ozark isn't "done done" last few episodes coming out soon 🤣

[@nedeninja420f8]

I've yet to even watch the video . But when I saw the BAD GUY shirt , and the 22inch python pumped up. I knew uncle chael gonna spit 🔥🔥

[@kardave2848]

Ariel asks Chael about Vegas and he starts biting his nails. These guys are great together!

[@nyfolkhero]

Chael mastered the art of saying a lot without saying nothing

[@leetheflea4096]

He could easily run for political office one day lmao

[@gamebred6995]

Yea but not in this interview lmao. Ariel brings the best out of an already sensational character

[@greatunclejo]

Please get Chael on more!!

[@mikehawk4455]

Please make a segment with Chael. You know the people want it Ariel

[@thebullybroadcast9251]

Love how Ariel is arguing with Chanel that a boxing promoter is better than Dana 😂😂 Ariel get off the man’s D 🤦

[@Scotty2Shotty]

send him some damn coffee Chael lol. Miss seeing these two on a regular basis they have a great love/hate shtick going. Absolute Legends

[@emmanuelyarbrough9821]

I really enjoyed this.

[@aubreyrussell7922]

“Who’s got the first question” lmfaooo

[@boblob3509]

Ariel was being biased lmfao. Dana is the best promoter today.

[@Dewey-yu7gc]

He reads the comments and makes topic from what his fans say in chaels comments its super cool

[@chi-townryno6998]

These 2 are pretty entertaining together. Never watched when they did the show together, Ariel just seems more likable when going back and forth with Chael

[@tech1238]

Quality segment ! i miss ariel and the bad guy

[@nathanleblanc6992]

Try a thousand times but you won’t get a better MMA talk team than these two🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@robertacosta892303]

Ariel stop hating

[@mikedire9]

They need a show with a format like this.

[@a-q9414]

They used to have a show together incase you didnt know, ariel and the bad guy i think was the name

[@mikedire9]

@@a-q9414 yeah that was. I was thinking more of a podcast.

[@franciscosandiego3026]

Chael is the goat of mma that's all.

[@mikenelson8409]

man-o-man! This is straight-up Gold!!! 😊

[@maddnesskru]

Great convo

[@gtm2435]

Chael 1:40 “I don’t want to make a big deal out of nothing” Chaels KZbin “ every video”

[@Tbone1492]

Gotta love Chael P Sonnen 💪

[@thehoursguide]

Chael is the greatest, ever!!!

[@adrianromo3575]

Do more videos with chael

[@brandoncinpubadj]

The undefeated Champion! Never even lost a round!!

[@ryanbarker4422]

He just has a good show with good thoughts and how he would match people. I would like to see the same flights.

[@LegendaryOne999]

Can you start adding time stamps to these long honestly I don’t have the time to wait for good conversations to start

[@JaySmoke386]

One of The best Duos

[@smokestrong1000]

It would be funny if chael uploaded this to his youtube like ariel was the guest haha

[@Aqua_Holic_Fishing]

Helwani just loves to dig at Dana, but he forgets, he was once his favorite lap dog. Jealously is brutal

[@TheSakufighter]

Glad I’m not the only one that thinks this salty vulture is hating on Dana. Dana has a legit reason to not like Ariel to include a lot of fighters. Ariel has none and just does the gossip ex jealous ex gf’s do.

[@andrewbathish9265]

@@TheSakufighter I mean Ariel definitely has a reason not to like Dana

[@Sir1626]

It's not even fair to compare Eddie Hearn with a Dana White. Dana has a gigantic stable of fighters so he has the ability to put together so many fights that people want to see. And Ariel talks about being on the dais pushing the fights, but what about the actual fights and events themselves? UFC London was absolute madness this year. From top to bottom on a card, boxing just isn't there

[@igorivanov2498]

@Quite frankly, I just don’t give a damn Tyson Fury isn’t Eddie’s fighter.

[@joaco743]

Facts ariel be so petty

[@alypha737]

Eddie does have a lot of fighter in his roster too i think

[@shadow_realm47]

@Quite frankly, I just don’t give a damn bro AJ is with Eddie. Tyson is with ESPN, Frank Warren I think. Dana can do events in Abu Dhabi, Australia, Arizona, Rio and Sweden in a month, that's impressive.

[@tejasbhat4477]

So many people just tune In for Dana white post fight interview lol Has more views than the fighter interviews mostly Says a lot.

[@lungstazzulu8693]

Cheal you legend

[@user-nt2nn2hw7z]

“I always take the juice” Absolute legend .!!

[@rohitmapakshi814]

Real journalist asking the real questions. Not like the clowns at UFC press conference

[@Dewey-yu7gc]

Love chael

[@merle4514]

The only way fury vs Francis is for whose the baddest man is in an mma fight

[@Visionarymindstudios]

Of course ARIEL is not going give credit to Dana

[@onepercent3697]

I think you 2 should do this weekly

[@jimbok2492]

Chael is always right

[@MoIotov]

love you chael

[@josearache4525]

Chael was 100% right about the promoter.... Ariel way too bias when it comes to Dana White

[@Pman440]

Have CHAEL ON MOREEEEEEE

[@andrzejgolota6642]

the nose & the bad guy together again? it's truly the best timeline

[@tylerscriven107]

Been too long seeing these guys together

[@dantonguinn1234]

Chael “In All Fairness” Sonnen

[@shimmyshafar4194]

He literally said it 1000 times in 45 minutes 😂😂😂

[@alappara_kelappurom778]

Lol

[@shawnboaz1203]

I love chael

[@jcl9034]

Chaels voice is so iconic lmfao

[@ashg1635]

Chael is the best man lol he can swerve out a blocked road

[@d347hwish8]

Chael is right about the promoter thing.

[@josuemejia4124]

U guys kick ass

[@blizzardRM10]

Chael could talk about drying paint, I'd still listen

[@benholland1331]

Not seen ozark ????? For real 🤣🤣🤣 one of the best shows ever made 🔥🔥

[@freshmenasper591]

Ozark is so good

[@GoznerPeter]

Dunno if Ozark is top 5, but it is definitely hilarious. Worked for me.

[@tjfaber3071]

Get uncle chael more often he is gold ✨️ 💛 👌

[@TheRyanshamowski]

This was actual journalism

[@receward554]

Ahahahh omfg you Ariel fanboys crack me up

[@fadenih2305]

@@receward554 sounds like your a fan

[@TheRyanshamowski]

@@receward554 Honestly not a huge a fan of his personality. That said it was cool to not just here softballs over and over again. You can agree with someone and not like them.

[@jasonsaldana2359]

Dana White is pound for pound the best promoter. I have not paid for a boxing fight since 2019.

[@MrWewill11]

Who pays for fights 😂

[@domingoarroyo2179]

I said it before and I'll say it again the fighters made the UFC Dana just happened to be there 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@jeno5347]

Ariel hating on Dana White and trying to hide even though it’s so obvious

[@hot-n-salty]

"I always take the juice" ... lmao

[@josephkelley8641]

Ariel: Now speak to what happened at the hotel. Chael: Absolutely and I'm glad you asked.

[@rickymendoza6173]

I agree with chael on his opinion on ozark, big let down

[@delshadsaid731]

The goat

[@DonaldGreer84]

Chael is awesome LMAO

[@fukthescrubsscrub1701]

Lol Chael deflecting the questions about allegations good job Ariel