On this day, August 17th, we pay tribute to one of the GOATs

[Njmma209]

Exactly 5 years ago today. The American Gangster, Lord Chael Sonnen effortlessly dominated fellow legend Shogun Rua. The agony and despair on shoguns face post fight says it all. It was a beautiful MMA moment to watch Lord Chael show some mercy and empathize with Shogun after the fight.

 

[Axefan4life]

Ouch man, fucking ouch.

 

[beephin]

Was definitely expecting this to be a Travis Browne thread but alright. Great card though.

Damn. Shogun has given us ton of shoop material.

 

[Dana_is_your_GOD]

Shale P Sonnen R

 

[TinkleMan]

Enter butthurt pride fanboys in 3,2,1....

 

[Axefan4life]

Enter butthurt pride fanboys in 3,2,1....

You must've missed my post.

 

[TinkleMan]

You must've missed my post.

ah yes, yes I did.

 

[TinkleMan]

You must've missed my post.

seriously though how many people expected chael to submit shogun? Maybe grind out a decision but damn

 

[Axefan4life]

seriously though how many people expected chael to submit shogun? Maybe grind out a decision but damn

Yeah Chaels crafty, shoguns fight iq has never been that high either imo. Always a warrior, and a class act though, so ill always support him.

 

[TinkleMan]

Yeah Chaels crafty, shoguns fight iq has never been that high either imo. Always a warrior, and a class act though, so ill always support him.

100% . Was hoping he'd get through Anthony Smith and get that title shot, to see him win that belt again ( however unlikely it would have been) would have been gold

 

[Axefan4life]

100% . Was hoping he'd get through Anthony Smith and get that title shot, to see him win that belt again ( however unlikely it would have been) would have been gold

That was a brutal KO, i said fuck alot.

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

That was a funny night on Sherdog. Same night Travis KO'd Reem. Also early McNugget cult was in effect when he beat Holloway. So much fun trolling.

 

[TinkleMan]

That was a brutal KO, i said fuck alot.

too brutal. If any time was good to retire maybe it is now. He's probably still got a few decent fights left but long term wise dudes took some serious damage

 

[AJ Garcia]

seriously though how many people expected chael to submit shogun? Maybe grind out a decision but damn

Yep. This one really stung the shogun/brazil fans and just really hurt shogun in general. Chael pissed off a lot of those Brazilian fighters to sell his fights, and always gave them shit about their black belts. Then he goes out and submits one of them lol

 

[Axefan4life]

too brutal. If any time was good to retire maybe it is now. He's probably still got a few decent fights left but long term wise dudes took some serious damage

These guys don't know when to quit, but i agree 100%.

 

[Tour'soverboyo]

Big Shogun fan, but that was probably the most embarrassing loss of all time

Mediocre Chael Sonnen pulling guard and submitting you? Good grief....

 

[Mondo Freaks]

what a great finish

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Exactly 5 years ago today. The American Gangster, Lord Chael Sonnen effortlessly dominated fellow legend Shogun Rua. The agony and despair on shoguns face post fight says it all. It was a beautiful MMA moment to watch Lord Chael show some mercy and empathize with Shogun after the fight.
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Nyukkas gon hate but you're right. CPS bless

 

[NoAbsolutes]

Shogun must have stopped training after the 2nd Machida fight. Dude looked so good vs Machida then proceeded to fall off the face of the earth. I’ll never understand

 

[Redhawks100]

One of the funniest fight results ever