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Chael Sonnen's Wrestling Underground
Chael Sonnen's Wrestling Underground is an amateur wrestling Promoter (entertainment), promotion company based on Oregon, Oregon, United States and ran by Chael Sonnen. The promotion made its debut on August 30, 2020 via UFC Fight Pass. Ruleset Despite the events being held inside an octagon, the rules remain similar to the traditional Freestyle wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman (which are provided by United World Wrestling), as per stated by the promotion's founder Chael Sonnen and seen in the first card held. Event list Wrestling Underground I Chael Sonnen's Wrestling Underground I was an amateur wrestling event that took place on August 30, 2020 at an undisclosed location in the Pacific Northwest. Also the first card in the history of the company, it was aired on UFC Fight Pass. Card References {{ref list Amateur wrestling Wrestling in Oregon Freestyle wrestling Recurring sporting events established in 2020 Greco-Roman wrestling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chael Sonnen
Chael Patrick Sonnen (; born April 3, 1977) is an American submission grappling promoter, mixed martial arts (MMA) analyst, and retired mixed martial artist. Beginning his MMA career in 1997, Sonnen competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he became a top contender in both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions and challenged for both the UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Middleweight Championships. Sonnen has also fought in World Extreme Cagefighting, Pancrase, and most recently for Bellator MMA. Sonnen is often considered one of the best mixed martial artists never to have won a major MMA world championship and one of the sport's greatest trash-talkers. In 2014, Sonnen began working as a MMA analyst for ESPN and two years later, in July 2016, founded Submission Underground (SUG), his own submission grappling promotion. Early life Sonnen was born in either Milwaukie, Oregon, or West Linn, Oregon (sources differ), and began wrestling at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |