Most people interpreted the fan reaction to Daniel Cormier's fight with Anderson Silva one way. Chael Sonnen took it another.
Sonnen, the former UFC fighter and current ESPN analyst, doesn't think fans minded Cormier's wrestling-heavy strategy. They just wanted Silva to beat him in spectacular fashion, "The American Gangster" told MMA Fighting.
"That's a misunderstanding," said Sonnen, whose grappling promotion Submission Underground debuts Sunday on FloCombat.com from Portland. "The fans didn't care what Daniel did. The fans wanted to see Daniel get knocked out. And they knew that was not going to happen.