He knew he couldn't beat Jon Jones

[canceledmma]

Humble Chael Sonnen. We all know he won that fight with vicious face strikes to Jon's elbow.
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[josemarialaguinge]

Chael is a true fan of the game, keeps it real and is the bravest. The fact that he's also humble despite being undefeated is just the cherry on top.

[JonSnowsGhost]

Chael was afraid of crippling Jons elbows, hands & knees with his face. What a guy.

[jasonadams]

Jones still tapes his toes in fear of chael.. Thats PTSD level domination form Chael❤

[jacobc]

The ref only stopped that fight because of the damage Chael's face was doing to Jon's fists and elbows.

[obiwanfarone]

Can we just all admire how humble Chael is for letting jon be Jon

[RMichaelHimself]

For Chael to say all this, despite beating Jon with ease by mangling his toe for life, shows what a standup champion he is. Never brings up the 278-0 record. Incredible

[gus]

Someone who is able to admit fear, and face it like that is truly something to admire

[bj]

He loved the fact that jones was able to achieve 1% of his own grateness and he didnt want to end his career early truly a gentleman

[swaveboard]

This makes Chael's victory against Jon that much more impressive.

[mrbean]

Chael threw the fight out of mercy, the true 🐐

[jeffbettencourt]

Everyone makes the generic jokes about Chael never losing blah blah blah, but it’s so refreshing to see honesty like this from a combat athlete.

[AS-pug]

Chael was truly afraid before all his fights, afraid of the damage, that HE WILL INFLICT!

[JMS]

Man, that is fucking brave. This really show’s a level of maturity and humbleness that is very rare to find. Especially amongst fighters. Shout out to Cheal, respect.

[waaaaa]

This guy came up against the GOAT, still bravely stepped into the octagon to face him no matter how afraid he must have been. I’ve got newfound respect for Jon Jones for that.

[atiermma]

And Chael still did the most damage by breaking Jon’s toe to permanently remind Jon that he was gifted a W that night. Goat stuff 😤

[padraig]

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is being afraid and still doing what needs to be done.

[justwnillbgr]

Chael was savage.. he broke Jon Jones' big toe when he's on the ground and smashing Jon's elbow and knee with his face on a stand up.. the GOAT.

[hellofreeman]

I have all the respect in the world for him now. Real sees real. So proud of you! You literally made my whole day with this. Thank you

[rodaz]

Being brave means being scared but going thru it still, putting the best version of yourself in what you fear, regardless of the outcome.
Props to you man, truly a fighter.