Chael Sonnen doesn’t just question the validity of some of Fedor Emelianenko’s fight results. He’s not sure if “The Last Emperor” himself is the genuine article.
“The Bad Guy” told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he believes Emelianenko’s reputation of pure martial artist and humble warrior is merely a public persona.
“I don’t know about the whole respect thing,” Sonnen said. “He seems like a perfectly nice guy, I don’t think I would want to take anything from him, but it’s a gimmick, right? All the guys are working a gimmick.