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Jon Jones now likes Chael since being on the Tuf set.

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#1 ·
“[Chael's] actually, he’s not too bad. I thought it was going to be all trash-talk, but he’s actually being pretty decent and pretty classy. So, I think it’s going to make for a great show.”

“I actually don’t hate Chael anymore. He’s actually turning out to be OK. I’m not sure if he’s setting me up to really hate him-but right now, he’s being a pretty decent human.”
I have alot of opinions on Jon Jones and none of them are nice. So its weird hearing him say "He(Chael) is actually being pretty decent" when in my head Jon Jones is the douchebag fake liar scumbag.

Anyway thats my opinion and no i dont want you to try and change my opinion because you wont change mine and i wont change yours.

:thumbsup:

(Sorry if this has been posted. I didnt see it.)
 
#5 ·
Yeah some of it you can.

I dont consider him to be Fake, a Douchbag, or a scumbag. He certainly is a liar but its very obvious lies that its basically funny. For instance when he denied saying the Lance comment while the guy played a audio clip of him actually saying it. And he said "That does not sound like me at all. I thought you were kidding tbh" that had me and my friends laughing for hours.


The only thing he did that i think was Douchey/Scumbaggish was the comment he made about the Brazilian kids playing in the mud.

Well i take the douchebag comment back. Thinking about it Chael is certainly a douchebag but a funny douchebag.


Anyway it doesnt really matter. Chael and Jones are 2 very different people that behave very differently. Chael comes off as a good guy playing the bad guy role while Jones is a bad guy pretending to be a good guy. And he is doing a horrible job at it since just about everyone can see past it.

Lucky for me my personal feelings for the guy dont make his talent any less enjoyable to watch.
 
#6 ·
I agree with the other posters, I bet Chael is a really nice guy. There are plenty of interviews where people say that he is just a personality in front of the cameras, but otherwise is a great guy.

The best example I can give is that after he beat Okami he let Okami train with him. How many guys actually do that?
 
#22 ·
Can't understand multiple standards ppl will have when trying to keep a fake reality up.
Either you're nice or not. So after all discriminatory crap Sonnen spread from his mouth(even against kids), failed TRT test, money loundry and undeserved title shot that are shaking the Sport's credibility he is a "nice" guy because he let Okami train with him? And this, by your own words, is the best example you have...

I can go with his attitudes granting him a bunch of followers that will find it entertaining, but don't give me the "He is actually very nice for those who actually get to know him" crap. I am positive even Al Capone was considered a nice guy for some ppl closer to him.


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#9 ·
the thing is

Chael does it for the fun of it and making $$$, he's obviously faking his persona
Jones does it because he wants to be liked and thinks he's genuinely fooling people with his act (and it works for some)

Chael is an adult, Jones is a kid
Chael probably perfectly knows who he is as a person, Jones still seems in the "post teen age" phase when he's still figuring out who he is.
 
#31 ·
Chael does it for cold hard cash, Jones does it because he wants to be loved. Well, one is more pathetic, but both are fakers :D
True

But everyone knows what Chael is doing (Well not everyone). Part of his shtick is saying stuff that is obviously a lie or wrong and saying it with a straight face as it it were the truth. That has become basically his signature move. Some find it funny some dont but everyone knows he is just messing around. He knows that everyone knows the stuff he says is a lie and yet he says it. It usually has me lol


What Jones does is like partly disturbing. He isnt joking by any means. He lies just because he wants to have a good image. And its a really disgusting trait. Surprisingly when he dropped Machida on the face after he choked him out i was thinking "Well finally he is acting like himself" and then right after its back to the fake good image nonsense "Hey go check on him to gain fans".

Not to mention he used to snitch on people smoking pot during highschool. :thumbsdown:
 
#13 ·
I don't know where people came up with the love to hate him nonsense. It's like they use that as an excuse about why no one likes him. When in reality I'd love ro like Jones. Hell there was a time me and many others liked him. And then he started getting more exposure and we saw him say or do stupid things over and over again.

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#26 ·
I don't necessarily disagree with anything you said, duckyou, but can we dispense with the childish little nicknames you have for every fighter you despise? You seem to hate a lot of fighters and it's really, really irritating reading them being called middle school level bad nicknames. Even when I happen to hate the fighter too.
 
#29 ·
not surprised to read this, as most Sonnen interviews (when he doesn't have a fight to promote) are pretty laid back and you can see he's a nice guy. Still wanna see the season, even just because it's one few TUF seasons recently where the coach selection actually makes sense.
 
#43 ·
Actually i dont think anyone called him fake for liking chael now.

MMA is becoming more and more a family entertainment. So no, not everybody is aware of Sonnen's real meanings for he is addressing kids as well. He just does not care and hey, it doesn't matter but we don't call this type a nice guy.
Yeah except those fans arnt on the internet looking up every tid bit of info we can on the guy. They dont hear all the interviews like we do. And even if they did... most of them are probably smart enough to realize he isnt serious.

I showed a few Chael interviews to my friends who are very small fans of the UFC and they ALL said the same thing "This guy is just messing with people right??"
 
#55 · (Edited)
make him?

Sir, Washed up pro wrestlers like Virgil charge 20 dollars for an Auto graph. (no I didn't pay LOL).

And he's a total nobody. If you looked up nobody his face would be next to it in the dictionary.

On a philsphical level in the greater scheme of things does the practice of getting someones sig really matter?

Sure I suppose not. It's a time honored tradition that spends several culutures. And it comes off as very shitty to laugh at it.

Again I'm fine with someone acting like an asshole, but just be aware. Your going to upset people. I have these talks all over the web when someone wants to do something shitty in a non shitty way.

can't be done. can't be sugar coats. it is what it is.

"how do i tell someone their fat and ugly with out being a jerk?" you can't. I'm not telling you, you can't tell them their fat or ugly. I'm not even condemning you for wanting to be an asshole. It's not only your God given right to be one, hell it's practically your duty.
 
#56 ·
Make him?

In the greater scheme of things it means nothing, but the little things do bother me now and then - I didnt expect it to get such a reaction :laugh:

"does the practice of getting someones sig really matter?"

Does the practice of bitching about it really matter?
 
#57 ·
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it's a forum this is the grand big top of shit that doesn't matter LOL. there's never been a bigger waste of time than a forum. Waste of time are fun if not familiar how ever so here we are. Is there a point to eating choclate? watching sports? Playing video games?
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If you weren't expecting it i'm clearly doing a good job :)
 
#58 ·
Moral of the thread,

Being fake is okay. As long as you're doing it for money, attention, and undeserved title shots. But the moment you start being fake in order seem geniunely likable, even though you're a dominant champion, I will hate every thing that comes out of your mouth and you should LOSE YOUR BELT.
 
#63 ·
Jones has kinda become the same problem BJ penn was back in his glory day as the light weight ufc champion.

you knew he was a total douche, and he was just gonna keep on winning.

Where is chael like a nick diaz would be a total douche and would eventaully lose. If you dis like Jones the pay off of watching him lose, isn't coming any time soon. it's sure as hell not coming against Chael.
 
#64 ·
Chael only being nice because he doesnt want Jones to talk about this TRT use.He really hates when people talk about that.
 
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