Thread: - Chael Sonnen Won't Be Getting That Rematch -

Chael Sonnen Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Faces Up to 20 Years in Jail and $500,000 Fine

Just three days into 2011 and the year is already turning out to be much worse than the last for Chael Sonnen.

The suspended UFC middleweight who is also a licensed realtor in West Linn, Oregon pled guilty of money laundering Monday in federal court.

According to the Lake Oswego Review, a U.S. Department of Justice press release sent out today states that that Sonnen "conducted a financial transaction designed to hide or disguise the ownership and control of proceeds of mortgage fraud."

You might recall that Sonnen bowed out of the race for Oregon senate house seat in June because of "a legal matter that demanded attention," -- the same legal matter that Chael told HDNet's Mike Straka that he was too busy with to deal with preparations for his CSAC hearing in December himself. Now we can understand why it took precedence over having his fighting license reinstated.

Money laundering in the U.S. carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison as well as a $500,000 fine.

His sentencing is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. March 28, which explains why he stated during his MMA Live appearance last week that he wants to fight as soon as he can when his suspension is up on March 1. He'll likely need the money.

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Not gonna' lie. This Anderson Silva fan can't get enough of this guy.

Nobody?

Looks like it wasn't as bad as it sounds but he still lost his realtors license, got a $10, 000 fine, and isn't going to be able to fight for awhile.

Don't think he has the goods to get past Anderson anyway but he is entertaining IMO. Talks a much better game than he actually has also. Ground game not nearly as good as his hands....get in a gi and train for a bit would be my advice...and don't launder money

Originally Posted by stevefromtheham

Don't think he has the goods to get past Anderson anyway but he is entertaining IMO. Talks a much better game than he actually has also. Ground game not nearly as good as his hands....get in a gi and train for a bit would be my advice...and don't launder money

Really? I'm a huge Silva fan and I think he definitely could do that again.

Definitely Silva can handle him IMO, he caught him in a triangle which is elementary, but dudes hands are pretty nice. Remember what Maia did to him though...ground is his weakness...needs about 6 hards months in a gi about 6 hours a day.

I'm a Silva fan and have never been a fan of Sonnen but he thouroghly outpointed Silva just flat out handled him and if it were not for that last minute triangle Silva would have easily lost that fight.

Thing about Sonnen is he calls out all these athletes and says they use steroids there this their that and here he is getting busted for roids and federal crimes.

As much as I dislike Sonnen, he had that fight won. All 3 gudges agree unanimously with the first 4 going to Sonnen. Silva's the man and one of my fav fighters but he got flat lucky.

Actual scorecard to the fight:

Originally Posted by Salduchi

Thing about Sonnen is he calls out all these athletes and says they use steroids there this their that and here he is getting busted for roids and federal crimes.

He actually kinda' got off of the 'roids thing. All he got dinged for is not reporting it at one stage. He get's test replacment therapy because his balls don't work. Regardless, 100% agree with you.

He did dominate and I think he would be able to put on that great of a fight again, he is a grinder.

As for judges scorecards... That fight was a pretty easy one to score. They sure are having a stellar year for botching fight after fight though.

Hey Life, guess who Silva fights on Superbowl weekend. Probably my favorite fighter of all time, Vitor Belfort. He's gone through some real serious personal stuff but based on what i've seen I think he's Back!

Both are stand-up fighters, this should be great.