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Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Actor · Born 1977-04-03 · 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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Here Comes the Boom (2012) — Arguing Fighter
  2. Meet Dave (2008) — (uncredited)
  3. Grudge Match (2013) — Himself
  4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Jimbo Duncan
  5. The Ultimate Fighter (2005) — Head Coach
  6. Nature Boy (2017) — Self
  7. Mojave Diamonds (2023) — Joe Mason
  8. UFC 55: Fury (2005) — Self
  9. UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida (2009) — Self
  10. Once I Was a Champion (2011) — Himself
  11. UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson (2009) — Self
  12. Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC (2013) — Himself
  13. UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine (2006) — Self
  14. UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie (2006) — Self
  15. UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen (2010) — Self
  16. UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis (2012) — Self
  17. UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II (2012) — Self
  18. UFC 109: Relentless (2010) — Self
  19. UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III (2011) — Self
  20. UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen (2013) — Self
  21. UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks (2013) — Self
  22. UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun (2009) — Self
  23. The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil (2012) — Head Coach
  24. UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen (2013) — Self
  25. Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair (2022) — Self
  26. Bellator 192: Rampage vs. Sonnen (2018) — Self
  27. WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran (2007) — Self
  28. WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann (2008) — Self
  29. WEC 12: Halloween Fury 3 (2004) — Self
  30. Spaten Fight Night: Silva vs. Sonnen (2024) — Chael Sonnen
  31. UFC Hall of Fame 2024 (2024) — Inductee
  32. Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen (2017)
  33. Bellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva (2017) — Self
  34. Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen (2018) — Self
  35. Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie (2019)
  36. WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown (2008) — Self
  37. Pancrase: Hybrid 2 (2003) — Himself
  38. AEW: Dynamite Awards (2021) — Himself
  39. Craig Jones Invitational 2: Day 2 (2025)
  40. World Extreme Cagefighting (2007)