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Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Actor · Born April 3, 1977 · West Linn, Oregon, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 10

2020s

  1. 2025

    Craig Jones Invitational 2: Day 2

    Movie

  2. 2024

    Spaten Fight Night: Silva vs. Sonnen

    Chael Sonnen

  3. 2023

    Mojave Diamonds

    Joe Mason

    35

2010s

  1. 2019

    Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie

    Movie

  2. 2017

    Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen

    Movie

  3. 2012

    Here Comes the Boom

    Arguing Fighter

    54

  4. The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil

    Head Coach · 12 episodes

Appearances27

2020s

  1. 2022

    Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair

    Self

  2. 2021

    AEW: Dynamite Awards

    Himself

2010s

  1. 2018

    Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen

    Self

  2. Bellator 192: Rampage vs. Sonnen

    Self

  3. 2017

    Nature Boy

    Self

    76

  4. Bellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva

    Self

  5. 2013

    Grudge Match

    Himself

    51

  6. UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks

    Self

  7. Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC

    Himself

  8. UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen

    Self

  9. UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen

    Self

  10. 2012

    UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II

    Self

  11. UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis

    Self

  12. 2011

    UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III

    Self

  13. Once I Was a Champion

    Himself

  14. 2010

    UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen

    Self

  15. UFC 109: Relentless

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun

    Self

  2. UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

    Self

  3. UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson

    Self

  4. 2008

    WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown

    Self

  5. WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann

    Self

  6. 2007

    WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran

    Self

  7. 2006

    UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie

    Self

  8. UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine

    Self

  9. 2005

    UFC 55: Fury

    Self

  10. 2004

    WEC 12: Halloween Fury 3

    Self