Chael Sonnen Walks Off Interview with Michael Landsberg...

http://watch.tsn.ca/#clip569248

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Chael Sonnen Walks off of TSN's Off The Record with Michael Landsberg



The often controversial UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has made waves in the media once more.
Earlier today he was a guest on TSN's Off the Record with Michael Landsberg, and let's just say his time on the show, or lack there of, made for interesting television.


Landsberg is a Canadian sports journalist who has been the host of Off the Record for a few thousand shows now. As an interviewer, he doesn't usually pull any punches, and won't back down when trying to get the answers to his questions.


Let's just say that Sonnen wasn't overly appreciative of Landsberg's style.
Sonnen wasn't cooperative in answering any questions and chose to walk off the set before the interview was over. Watch all the action yourself and pass your own judgement. Was Sonnen serious, or was this a case of Sonnen simply being Sonnen?


"... and he [Sonnen] left never said another word, that's never happened before" Landsberg said at the end of the clip. "I kind of figured he was going to leave about halfway through it and to be honest it was probably an appropriate ending. So here's the offer Chael, let's try it again unless you refuse to talk about Anderson Silva, then we'll take a pass."


Refusing to talk about Anderson Silva—the current UFC middleweight champion who defeated Sonnen in August, 2010, via triangle choke—was definitely an underlying theme throughout the interview.
Landsberg came off a little chippy at the beginning of the clip, and it seemed to have set the tone for the rest of the interview.
The main point Landsberg wanted to clarify had to do with the challenge Sonnen issued Silva after his win over Brian Stann at UFC 136.
"Anderson Silva, you absolutely suck" Sonnen told Joe Rogan after his fight with Stann. "I'm calling you out [Anderson] Silva, but we're upping the stakes. I beat you, you leave the division. You beat me, I will leave the UFC forever."


Landsberg pointed out to Sonnen that shortly after issuing the challenge, he told Jim Rome that the offer expired and that he backed down from the challenge. Sonnen didn't appreciate that.
"You might want to take the bass out of your tone, I'm not sure you know who your talking to here, but I've never backed down from anything. You better check your facts" Sonnen told Landsberg.


Despite taking shots and refusing to cooperate with Landsberg, Sonnen had it in his mind to rile up more than a journalist in this interview.
"Is that how you guys do business in Canada? Cause in my country, that created business. Offers expire" Sonnen said. "I made him [Silva] an offer. Apparently it didn't work. He didn't accept it. It's not that I backed down, but apparently I need to present him with a new offer. You guys probably don't do that in socialism, but in America, in a capitalistic society, that is how things works."
This is nothing new from Sonnen. He likes to upset the biggest fans of the sport.



He did it with the Brazilians, and now he is doing it with Canadians.
From there, the interview took a bunch of interesting turns involving the Nogueira brothers, Sonnen not caring if he loses to Silva in a second fight, Sonnen on fighting St-Pierre, until finally, he decided just to walk away.
Add this to the chapter of Sonnen's book of insane ways to act with the media.


It will be interesting to see how the Canadian fans will react to this, and what will be more interesting is to see if this recent outburst will do anything toward setting up a rematch between him and Silva.
Maybe the UFC can set up the rematch in Montreal or Toronto and we'll hear more boos than when Josh Koscheck fought Georges St-Pierre in Montreal.


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Looks like Chael was playing a game, but he sure knows how to get press.

 

lmao, absolutely hilarious.

 

Sonnen is a marketing genius. If he didn't walk off there would be no thread here and we wouldn't be discussing him.

 

His act is contrived. His act is very "Pro Wrestling". But the dude gets people to notice him despite having minimal actual achievements in the cage.

The guy does an interview like this one or a million others and suddenly everyone forgets that he's a drug cheat and a white collar felon.

He is a genius.

 

What u mean by this Trplsec?

 

This.. I used the term felon for impact but you get the point.

 

I can't stand Lansberg... But you've gotta be kidding.

All Sonnen does is associate himself with Silva. Of course that's where an interview is going to start. There's nothing else to talk about on a mainstream sports show.

 

Only cause half the fan base of the UFC is retarded.

His act is lame and , as said previously, very pro wrestling like.

 

That's what Lansberg does. Asks cheeky questions like that. I'm sure Sonnen knew, Dana and other fighters do that show all the time.

But obviously everyone is going to ask about Silva. Silly to think otherwise.

 

"12 Pounds of GOLD"



REED:dancingBaby:

 

Had no idea about that one, thanks.

 

Sonnen used to be funny, but now he's trying far too much to be funny and provocative that it lost all of his impact. I can't believe some of you digs that shit

 

Both guys are complete chodes

 

I can't stand Sonnen. What pisses me off the most is the UFC giving this guy the next title shot. He beat Brian Stann, he should at least have to beat Munoz before getting a shot. Oh, but he beat Silva for 4.5 rounds. I don't fucking care, that should be wiped from history, he cheated and that was an ENHANCED performance. He should get zero credit for that.

 

I think with Silva on the shelf with the injury, I think Sonnen will fight in the interim.

I just hope Henderson doesn't go down to 185. He looked so weak the last time and Sonnen is a better pure wrestler than Shields. I think Dan just needs to stick it out at 205 and only bounce down to 185 for a rematch with Silva.

 

Yep, it's like Mayweather or Pac expecting to not hear the other's name in an interview.

 

Landsberg is the man , everyone says they hate him but they all love him.

 

It's amazing how that gets over looked. And it's not like it wasn't a factor. The way he controlled Anderson was by out-muscling him which is directly related to the TRT.

By the way, I'd bet your house that Sonnen-Munoz is up next.

 

was landsberg fucking w/ him or is he really that dumb? those were some terrible questions.

 

Munoz beat Chael in college wrestling. He said it was easy and that Chael tried to cheat by using submissions.

 

sonnen had world class success at greco, but wasn't an elite NCAA wrestler. there were plenty of guys who bested him in college.

 

I know, I was just saying what Munoz said in a recent interview.

 

I think Sonnen's wrestling has translated to MMA better.

Just my opinion.

 

I think Munoz vs/ Sonnen would be a sick fight. Even PPV main event worthy. Make it 5 rounds, of course.

 

Good stuff. Seemed like Chael caught him good early. Landsberg always has the tough approach in interviews, not insulting but you could say hard hitting, and he wasn't expecting to get countered that hard and early. But Landsberg made major adjustments, and I think it was about the 2/3 point in the interview where there was distinct momentum shift, when he asked Chael if he thought he was in control. After that everything seems to play into Landsbergs hands until the final question, brutally succint and perfect counter knockout blow to Sonnen's negative tactics.