Issue 087

April 2012

Chael Sonnen shines in the glare of the mainstream as he cuts a promo live on Fox after defeating Michael Bisping by unanimous decision at UFC on Fox 2. Perhaps paying tribute to a famous monologue from one of professional wrestling’s greatest talkers, ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, Sonnen asked: “Joe Rogan, tonight is not for questions for me, this is your night, brother. I want to know how you feel being only inches away from greatness. I want you to tell everybody how it feels. Are you not mesmerized? Do you not have chills going up your spine for the first time on Fox for you to be here in Chael’s Octagon on Chael’s channel holding Chael’s microphone interviewing Chael?” The fastest mouth in the cage knows how to captivate, and cultivate, an audience.

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