Nate Diaz Goes Out in Style, Chimaev the Villain and What's Next for Ferguson? - UFC 279 Reaction!
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Chael Sonnen
4.6 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this special UFC 279 reaction episode, Chael talks about:
- The X's and O's of the main event and the emotional inner conflict Chael had watching Nate Diaz fight Tony Ferguson (00:44)
- What the future holds in store for Ferguson after yet another loss (15:28)
- Khamzat Chimaev's dominant win over Kevin Holland (22:32)
- Chimaev's post-fight interview and whether he's succeeding at creating a strong villain persona (30:23)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's happening guys? Happy Sunday and thank you for joining another special episode |
| 0:13.0 | of your welcome. This is our UFC 279 reaction show and on today's program I'm going to |
| 0:20.8 | talk about Diaz Ferguson and what Nate might have been stored after tonight plus. |
| 0:27.6 | I'll talk about Hoss met you my I'm here to dominate win over a game Kevin Holland |
| 0:32.7 | and I'll fill you in on all the craziness that happened since Friday. Let's waste no |
| 0:39.1 | time and get right into it. |
| 0:43.4 | Guys this was a feel good moment. Now let me set the stage for you if I may. I'm down |
| 0:47.6 | here at PG Ice Studios. Got a screen right behind me. Whole team watches to fight. I sit |
| 0:53.2 | down give you guys my reaction. I don't know if I've ever sat in this chair and ever told |
| 0:59.8 | you guys I just watched a fist fight in a steel cage. Oh and by the way it was a feel good |
| 1:08.3 | moment. I don't make a habit of sounding stupid over here. This was a feel good moment. |
| 1:14.3 | What just happened? I mean this isn't real time guys. What just happened? What is your |
| 1:18.1 | emotion? How are you feeling right now and why are you feeling that? So we don't have |
| 1:25.4 | a favorite going in the main event right? I mean even if we do we're not going to voice |
| 1:29.7 | who it is. Nate Diaz as an ultimate fighter winner as a title contender who's had an |
| 1:39.3 | illustrious career who has brought as many of great moments and who by the way is a veteran |
| 1:44.9 | within the sport. We're just not going to disrespect him. We're cheering against him. |
| 1:48.3 | We're just not going to say it. No reason to real quietly. You might tell a buddy who |
| 1:53.2 | you think is going to win. But who you think is going to win is very different than who |
| 1:58.5 | you're cheering for. Now the other side of the coin if you're not cheering against Nate |
| 2:05.0 | you must be with Tony. But you're not going to say it. You're not you're just not going |
| 2:11.8 | to say that loud. You have an ultimate fighter winner. You have a title challenger and |
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