Chael Sonnen

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Association: Team Quest
Pro Debut Date: 1997-05-10
Pro Record: 31-17-1
Win Finish %: 38.7%
Quality Perf. %: 51.0%
Last Ranked: 4/01/2019

#31 Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2013

#2 Middleweight

All-Time Rank:

#13 Middleweight
Last Loss Date: 6/14/2019
Last Loss: [NR] Lyoto Machida
UFC Record: 7-7-0
Octagon Time: 2:22:35
Title Bouts: 0-3-0
Longest Win Streak: 3 (2009-2010)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2011-2012)
UFC Debut: 2005-10-07
Last UFC Fight: 2013-11-16

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
04/01/2019 1 #31 Heavyweight 31-16-1
142
01/01/2019 7 #30 Heavyweight 31-16-1
145
10/01/2018 1 #23 Heavyweight 31-15-1
179
07/01/2018 3 #24 Heavyweight 31-15-1
179
04/01/2018 NR #21 Heavyweight 31-15-1
179
01/01/2018 2 #24 Light Heavyweight 30-15-1
154
10/01/2017   #22 Light Heavyweight 30-15-1
154
07/01/2017 8 #22 Light Heavyweight 30-15-1
154
04/01/2017 NR #30 Light Heavyweight 29-15-1
124
01/01/2015   #9 Light Heavyweight 29-14-1
429
10/01/2014   #9 Light Heavyweight 29-14-1
472
07/01/2014   #9 Light Heavyweight 29-14-1
480
04/01/2014 1 #9 Light Heavyweight 29-14-1
480
01/01/2014   #8 Light Heavyweight 29-14-1
480
10/01/2013 7 #8 Light Heavyweight 29-13-1
569
07/01/2013 NR #15 Light Heavyweight 28-13-1
260
04/01/2013 1 #3 Middleweight 28-12-1
502
01/01/2013   #2 Middleweight 28-12-1
513
10/01/2012   #2 Middleweight 28-12-1
513
07/01/2012   #2 Middleweight 28-11-1
564
04/01/2012   #2 Middleweight 28-11-1
564
01/01/2012   #2 Middleweight 27-11-1
502
10/01/2011   #2 Middleweight 26-11-1
371
07/01/2011   #2 Middleweight 26-11-1
412
04/01/2011   #2 Middleweight 26-11-1
430
01/01/2011 1 #2 Middleweight 26-11-1
430
10/01/2010   #3 Middleweight 26-11-1
430
07/01/2010 1 #3 Middleweight 26-10-1
456
04/01/2010 2 #2 Middleweight 26-10-1
456
01/01/2010 3 #4 Middleweight 25-10-1
322
10/01/2009 1 #7 Middleweight 24-10-1
250
07/01/2009 1 #8 Middleweight 24-10-1
250
04/01/2009 5 #9 Middleweight 23-10-1
221
01/01/2009 16 #4 Middleweight 23-9-1
286
10/01/2008 1 #20 Middleweight 22-9-1
147
07/01/2008 5 #21 Middleweight 22-9-1
147
04/01/2008   #16 Middleweight 22-9-1
147
01/01/2008 4 #16 Middleweight 21-9-1
134
10/01/2007 19 #12 Middleweight 20-8-1
151
07/01/2007 2 #31 Middleweight 19-8-1
100
04/01/2007 2 #29 Middleweight 19-8-1
100
01/01/2007 2 #31 Middleweight 18-8-1
93
10/01/2006 3 #33 Middleweight 17-8-1
79
07/01/2006 NR #30 Middleweight 16-8-1
78
04/01/2006 1 #24 Light Heavyweight 15-7-1
64
01/01/2006 3 #25 Light Heavyweight 15-7-1
65
10/01/2005 1 #28 Light Heavyweight 15-6-1
69
07/01/2005   #27 Light Heavyweight 14-6-1
69
04/01/2005 NR #27 Light Heavyweight 14-6-1
69
01/01/2005 NR #33 Heavyweight 13-6-1
56
10/01/2004 NR #37 Light Heavyweight 12-5-1
52
07/01/2004 NR #14 Middleweight 12-3-1
72
04/01/2004   #22 Light Heavyweight 11-2-1
79
01/01/2004 5 #22 Light Heavyweight 10-2-1
79
10/01/2003 7 #27 Light Heavyweight 7-2-1
64
07/01/2003 27 #20 Light Heavyweight 7-1-1
83
04/01/2003 6 #47 Light Heavyweight 6-1-1
39
01/01/2003 6 #41 Light Heavyweight 6-0-0
35
10/01/2002 4 #35 Light Heavyweight 6-0-0
35
07/01/2002 NR #39 Light Heavyweight 4-0-0
32


Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Event Outcome
L Lyoto Machida
#13 Middleweight 		  Bellator 222 - MacDonald vs. Gracie
Friday, June 14th 2019 		TKO (Flying Knee and Punches)
Round 2
L Fedor Emelianenko
#27 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen
Saturday, October 13th 2018 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Quinton Jackson
#21 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 192 - Jackson vs. Sonnen
Saturday, January 20th 2018 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Wanderlei Silva   Bellator 180 - Sonnen vs. Silva
Saturday, June 24th 2017 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Tito Ortiz   Bellator 170 - Sonnen vs. Ortiz
Saturday, January 21st 2017 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Rashad Evans
#4 Light Heavyweight 		  UFC 167 - St. Pierre vs. Hendricks
Saturday, November 16th 2013 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Mauricio Rua
#7 Light Heavyweight 		  UFC Fight Night - Shogun vs. Sonnen
Saturday, August 17th 2013 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
L Jon Jones
#1 Light Heavyweight 		  UFC 159 - Jones vs. Sonnen
Saturday, April 27th 2013 		TKO (Elbows and Punches)
Round 1
L Anderson Silva
#1 Middleweight 		  UFC 148 - Silva vs. Sonnen 2
Saturday, July 7th 2012 		TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 2
W Michael Bisping
#7 Middleweight 		  UFC on Fox 2 - Evans vs. Davis
Saturday, January 28th 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Brian Stann
#5 Middleweight 		  UFC 136 - Edgar vs. Maynard 3
Saturday, October 8th 2011 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 2
L Anderson Silva
#1 Middleweight 		  UFC 117 - Silva vs. Sonnen
Saturday, August 7th 2010 		Submission (Triangle Armbar)
Round 5
W Nate Marquardt
#3 Middleweight 		  UFC 109 - Relentless
Saturday, February 6th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Yushin Okami
#8 Middleweight 		  UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun
Saturday, October 24th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Dan Miller
#25 Middleweight 		  UFC 98 - Evans vs. Machida
Saturday, May 23rd 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Demian Maia
#15 Middleweight 		  UFC 95 - Sanchez vs. Stevenson
Saturday, February 21st 2009 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Paulo Filho
#3 Middleweight 		  WEC 36 - Faber vs. Brown
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Bryan Baker
#66 Middleweight 		  WEC 33 - Back To Vegas
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Paulo Filho
#2 Middleweight 		  WEC 31 - Faber vs. Curran
Wednesday, December 12th 2007 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
W Kyacey Uscola
#152 Middleweight 		  SF 20 - Homecoming
Saturday, October 27th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Amar Suloev
#15 Middleweight 		  Bodog Fight - Alvarez vs. Lee
Saturday, July 14th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Tim McKenzie
#69 Light Heavyweight 		  Bodog Fight - Costa Rica Combat
Sunday, February 18th 2007 		Submission (Brabo Choke)
Round 1
W Alexey Oleynik
#57 Middleweight 		  Bodog Fight - USA vs. Russia
Saturday, December 2nd 2006 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Tim Credeur   Bodog Fight - To the Brink of War
Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Jeremy Horn
#10 Middleweight 		  UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie
Saturday, May 27th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
W Trevor Prangley
#29 Middleweight 		  UFC - Fight Night 4
Thursday, April 6th 2006 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Renato Sobral
#11 Light Heavyweight 		  UFC 55 - Fury
Friday, October 7th 2005 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
W Tim Williams   SF 11 - Rumble at the Rose Garden
Saturday, July 9th 2005 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Adam Ryan   Euphoria - USA vs. World
Saturday, February 26th 2005 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Terry Martin
#64 Light Heavyweight 		  XFO 4 - International
Friday, December 3rd 2004 		TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 2
W Alex Stiebling
#24 Light Heavyweight 		  WEC 12 - Halloween Fury 3
Thursday, October 21st 2004 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Jeremy Horn
#27 Light Heavyweight 		  SF 6 - Battleground in Reno
Thursday, September 23rd 2004 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
L Keiichiro Yamamiya
#18 Light Heavyweight 		  Pancrase - 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Final
Sunday, July 25th 2004 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
L Jeremy Horn
#4 Middleweight 		  EC 57 - Extreme Challenge 57
Thursday, May 6th 2004 		TKO (Cut)
Round 1
W Justin Bailey   ROTR - Rage on the River
Saturday, April 17th 2004 		KO (Flying Knee)
Round 1
W Arman Gambaryan
#114 Light Heavyweight 		  Euphoria - Russia vs. USA
Saturday, March 13th 2004 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Homer Moore
#48 Heavyweight 		  ROTR 4.5 - Proving Grounds 1
Saturday, December 27th 2003 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
W Greg Curnut   FCFF - Rumble at the Roseland 10
Saturday, December 13th 2003 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1
W Jason Lambert
#50 Light Heavyweight 		  GC 20 - Gladiator Challenge 20
Thursday, November 13th 2003 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Forrest Griffin
#50 Heavyweight 		  IFC - Global Domination
Saturday, September 6th 2003 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Renato Sobral
#15 Light Heavyweight 		  HFP 3 - Hitman Fighting Productions 3
Friday, May 2nd 2003 		Decision
Round 3
D Akihiro Gono
#17 Light Heavyweight 		  Pancrase - Hybrid 2
Sunday, February 16th 2003 		Draw
Round 2
L Trevor Prangley
#45 Light Heavyweight 		  XFA 5 - Redemption
Saturday, January 25th 2003 		Technical Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Justin Hawes   UFCF - Rumble in Rochester
Saturday, August 24th 2002 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Jesse Ault   RFC 1 - The Beginning
Saturday, July 13th 2002 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Jesse Ault   Dangerzone 13 - Caged Heat
Saturday, April 13th 2002 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
W Scott Shipman
#64 Light Heavyweight 		  Dangerzone 13 - Caged Heat
Saturday, April 13th 2002 		Submission (Forearm Choke)
Round 2
W Jason Miller
#62 Middleweight 		  HFP 1 - Rumble on the Reservation
Saturday, March 30th 2002 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
W Ben Hailey   BFV - Battle of Fort Vancouver
Saturday, May 10th 1997 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 1


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