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Chael Sonnen went into the cage at Bellator 198 on Saturday with every intention of building up his fight with Fedor Emelianenko in the Bellator MMA heavyweight grand prix by playing the role of villain and issuing some harsh words for the Russian legend. Unfortunately for Sonnen, he was done in as he frequently is by his own politeness.