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Chael Sonnen vs Paulo Filho part 2 occurred roughly a year after the first fight for the WEC middleweight belt in late 2008. Paulo was undefeated with 16-0 at many sites at the time had Filho high on the middleweight rankings. The first match ended in controversy as Chael was screaming in pain but did not tap to an armbar attempt.
In their rematch Filho did not make weight, for the first time ever the Champ did not make weight for his title defence. Because of this the match was scheduled to be a 3 round non title bout. The fight that ensued was one of the strangest bouts i have ever seen. Chael was the striker of the match. Filho mounted zero offense for majority of the bout and seemed like he was seeing a ghost. He kept staying on his back. By the 2nd round the crowd revolted and by the third started swearing at the fighters (not Chael's fault) and Paulo started seeing ghosts. Honestly it was such a weird fight.
Chael was the dominant striker in the stand up and watching Filho piss away his career in this fight was pretty upsetting. The third round starts at 14 minute mark. (i don't think its necessary to watch the whole thing, third rounds sums it up)
After the fight, Paulo reportedly sent the belt to Sonnen for winning their non title bout which is pretty cool and honorable.
Paulo would rebound to beat Melvin Manhoef however there were reports he was suffering from severe depression and substance abuse. Chael on the other hand is doing his thing.
In their rematch Filho did not make weight, for the first time ever the Champ did not make weight for his title defence. Because of this the match was scheduled to be a 3 round non title bout. The fight that ensued was one of the strangest bouts i have ever seen. Chael was the striker of the match. Filho mounted zero offense for majority of the bout and seemed like he was seeing a ghost. He kept staying on his back. By the 2nd round the crowd revolted and by the third started swearing at the fighters (not Chael's fault) and Paulo started seeing ghosts. Honestly it was such a weird fight.
Chael was the dominant striker in the stand up and watching Filho piss away his career in this fight was pretty upsetting. The third round starts at 14 minute mark. (i don't think its necessary to watch the whole thing, third rounds sums it up)
After the fight, Paulo reportedly sent the belt to Sonnen for winning their non title bout which is pretty cool and honorable.
Paulo would rebound to beat Melvin Manhoef however there were reports he was suffering from severe depression and substance abuse. Chael on the other hand is doing his thing.