Chael Sonnen predicts disaster for Rousey vs. Carano weigh-in
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Former UFC fighter and industry insider Chael Sonnen doesn't know what to expect out of former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey's return to the cage on Saturday against Gina Carano. And rightfully so.
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It's been nearly a decade since "Rowdy" competed and nearly 17 years since Carano last fought. Both women look to be in incredible shape, but Carano turned 44 last month and Rousey is 39. Although, UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is 38 and former two-division titleholder Amanda Nunes is 37.
Sonnen believes we could witness something comparable to when Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz fought for a third time well past their primes. At 48, and eight years removed from competition, Liddell was slow and stationary. Ortiz avenged his two precious losses to the "Iceman," but it wasn't worth a lot celebration.
"The Ronda-Gina fight, it's very hard to know what to expect because these girls look incredible. I mean, Ronda looks like she went through a cycle. Ronda's got the same neck going on that I've got and I'm a chemical monstrosity," Sonnen said on his YouTube channel.
"She looked really fit, and I must say the same thing for Gina. Gina also has some height, and it's just an overall bigger bones. But in terms of being lean and fit and looking athletic, they look pretty incredible. The bad news is, I don't know how much that matters.
"Tito and Chuck, which is the greatest abortion of a fight that I have ever witnessed. They both looked really good. They cut down to 205 pounds. They both looked really good," Sonnen continued.
"Chuck had an interesting walk. Right? Which you go, 'Hey, you guys look good, but that ol' boy can hardly walk out here. And then the fight starts. Oh my goodness, right? It was one of those things. It was one of those things, and it never ended. When Tito won, like that celebration, that little-boy type celebration he had back when he was 18 or 19 and 20 and chasing a dream. He celebrated in that same fashion not realizing the elderly abuse he just forced us to witness. It was just one of those things where we didn't know. It seemed like a good idea."
"We put two dinosaurs in there. But now we're doing that with Ronda and I'm just wonder what we should expect, or with Gina. I'm just wondering what we should expect."
Setting his concerns about the fight aside, Sonnen predicted a disastrous scenario will unfold at Friday's weigh-in.
"If you want to know your greatest bet, in my opinion, I'm not giving your gambling advice. I'm not giving your financial advice, but I do get asked the question, 'What's your hot take? Or what is your biggest pick?' The absolute biggest pick that I would place myself if I knew how to do it, one off these girls, not just Gina, Ronda equally, one of these girls will not make weight," predicted Sonnen.