November 19, 2024 2: 30 pm ET
Chael Sonnen is not delighted with Bo Nickal’s efficiency at UFC 309.
Nickal (7-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) stayed unbeaten when he outstruck Paul Craig (17-9-1 MMA, 9-9-1 UFC) in Saturday’s primary card at Madison Square Garden in New York. Despite sweeping the scorecards, Nickal was fulfilled with boos by the crowd and a chant of “overrated.”
Sonnen believes Nickal looked madeup however was upset with how little activity took location in the battle. He wasn’t a fan of his videogame strategy, in which Nickal didn’t effort a single takedown.
“My issue with it and my gripe is that you have a four-time world champ. … Doesn’t do one damn bit of fumbling duetothefactthat someone got a hold of him,” Sonnen stated on his YouTube channel. “One of his fitnessinstructors or his training partners sat him down and stated, ‘You’re not allset to go to the ground with the guy.’ Well how the F would we understand? How in the F we would understand that no