The former UFC contender is serving a two-year suspension for testing positive for banned substances, but argues now former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones shouldn't face similar consequences.
Jones was suspended by the UFC and stripped of his title this week following his alleged involvement in a hit and run auto accident April 26 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
"Listen, if you want to come down on a guy, you release him," Sonnen said this week on his podcast. "That's it. You don't keep him but take his belt away. Not even in professional wrestling would they do that.