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
Credits
- 2024 · UFC Hall of Fame 2024 as Inductee
- 2024 · Spaten Fight Night: Silva vs. Sonnen as Chael Sonnen
- 2023 · Mojave Diamonds as Joe Mason
- 2022 · Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair as Self
- 2021 · AEW: Dynamite Awards as Himself
- 2019 · Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie as
- 2018 · Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen as Self
- 2018 · Bellator 192: Rampage vs. Sonnen as Self
- 2017 · Nature Boy as Self
- 2017 · Bellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva as Self
- 2017 · Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen as
- 2013 · UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks as Self
- 2013 · Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC as Himself
- 2013 · UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen as Self
- 2013 · UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen as Self
- 2012 · Here Comes the Boom as Arguing Fighter
- 2012 · UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II as Self
- 2012 · The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil as Head Coach
- 2012 · UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis as Self
- 2011 · UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III as Self
- 2011 · Once I Was a Champion as Himself
- 2010 · UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen as Self
- 2010 · UFC 109: Relentless as Self
- 2009 · UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun as Self
- 2009 · UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida as Self
- 2009 · UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson as Self
- 2008 · WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown as Self
- 2008 · Meet Dave as (uncredited)
- 2008 · WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann as Self
- 2007 · WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran as Self
- 2007 · World Extreme Cagefighting as
- 2006 · UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie as Self
- 2006 · UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine as Self
- 2005 · UFC 55: Fury as Self
- 2005 · The Ultimate Fighter as Head Coach
- 2004 · WEC 12: Halloween Fury 3 as Self
- 2003 · Pancrase: Hybrid 2 as Himself
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jimbo Duncan