Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping, once rivals in the Octagon, share an opinion about a current issue regarding a current UFC contender. That issue is the “stool gate” controversy stemming from the UFC 178 bout between Tim Kennedy and Yoel Romero.
“Tim Kennedy is one cranky and bitter son of a b***h,” Sonnen said on his “You’re Welcome” podcast. “Have you seen some of the stuff he’s saying lately? He’s threatening to never come back to the sport because he’s so upset about ‘stool gate.’ This guys is one of these guys that, for me, he gets a pass. I’m an American, he’s an American hero. He served the country well. He did some things. He’s a hero. That’s where it ends. But the guy says some stuff that if he wasn’t a hero… Somebody needs to tell him to shut up. Tim, you gotta stop, man. You’re so bitter.”
Bisping agreed with Sonnen, noting that at the end of the day, the fight was allowed to continue and what happened — happened.
“They allowed the fight to continue, he got knocked out,” Bisping added. “What can you say? Take it like man and say, ‘Congratulations.’
“I completely agree with that,” said Sonnen. “The outcome of the fight is the outcome of the fight. You just walk away.”
“You can’t change history,” said Bisping. “You can’t change what happened. You got knocked out, you got finished. It’s not like he went to a decision and maybe [Romero] should have had a point removed. [Kennedy] got finished decisively. There you go. It’s the end of the matter.”
Sonnen concluded, “Tim was so worked up about it. I’m going, ‘Tim, anything that you want to do and all of this anger, man, we’re for that before the fight. But when the fight’s done, when the pay-per-views are sold and when the cage is being torn down, shut up. Give the other guy his 15 minutes whether he earned it or was gifted it. Give him his 15 minutes and walk away.”
“You’re Welcome” with Chael Sonnen drops every Wednesday at PodcastOne.com.
H/T For Podcast Transcript: MMAFighting.com
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