- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1977
- Place of Birth
- West Linn, Oregon, USA
Chael Sonnen
Chael 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chael Sonnen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieCraig Jones Invitational 2: Day 2
2025
UFC Hall of Fame 2024
movieUFC Hall of Fame 2024
2024 · Inductee
movieSpaten Fight Night: Silva vs. Sonnen
2024 · Chael Sonnen
movieMojave Diamonds
2023 · Joe Mason
movieStarrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair
2022 · Self
movieAEW: Dynamite Awards
2021 · Himself
movieBellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie
2019
movieBellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen
2018 · Self
movieBellator 192: Rampage vs. Sonnen
2018 · Self
movieNature Boy
2017 · Self
movieBellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva
2017 · Self
movieBellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen
2017
movieGrudge Match
2013 · Himself
movieUFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks
2013 · Self
movieFighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC
2013 · Himself
movieUFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen
2013 · Self
movieUFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen
2013 · Self
movieHere Comes the Boom
2012 · Arguing Fighter
movieUFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II
2012 · Self
tvThe Ultimate Fighter: Brasil
2012 · Head Coach
movieUFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis
2012 · Self
movieUFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III
2011 · Self
movieOnce I Was a Champion
2011 · Himself
movieUFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen
2010 · Self
movieUFC 109: Relentless
2010 · Self
movieUFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun
2009 · Self
movieUFC 98: Evans vs. Machida
2009 · Self
movieUFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
2009 · Self
movieWEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
2008 · Self
movieMeet Dave
2008 · (uncredited)
movieWEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann
2008 · Self
movieWEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
2007 · Self
World Extreme Cagefighting
tvWorld Extreme Cagefighting
2007
movieUFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
2006 · Self
movieUFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine
2006 · Self
movieUFC 55: Fury
2005 · Self
tvThe Ultimate Fighter
2005 · Head Coach
movieWEC 12: Halloween Fury 3
2004 · Self
Pancrase: Hybrid 2
moviePancrase: Hybrid 2
2003 · Himself
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Jimbo Duncan