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'''Chael Sonnen''' (born American mixed martial artist (MMA). He is currently signed as a middleweight with World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), which is owned by Zuffa (the parent company of the UFC). 

Most recently Sonnen fought Paulo Filho for the WEC middleweight championship. Sonnen was defeated by submission at 4:55 of the second round. There was controversy stemming from the fight stoppage, however. Sonnen did not tap out, he yelled, and the referee took that as a verbal submission and stopped the fight. In his post-fight interview Sonnen said that he told the referee not to stop the fight, and continually said "No" when the referee asked if he wanted to submit.<ref>[http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-filho121207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Controversy follows Filho's title defense - MMA - Yahoo! Sports<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, in a later interview Sonnen admitted that the referee "made a fair call".<ref>[http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=10555 Interview of Chael Sonnen on official site of WEC.]</ref> 

A rematch between the two was scheduled for March 26, 2008 but has since been cancelled due to Paulo Filho checking himself into a rehabilitation clinic for an unknown substance abuse problem.[http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=10809]  Sonnen instead faced undefeated WEC middleweight contender Bryan Baker, and completely dominated him for three rounds, winning a unanimous decision.[http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=10854]

Sonnen holds notable victories over Jason Miller, Amar Suloev, Trevor Prangley, and Jason Lambert.

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'''チェール・シェノン'''（'''Chael Sonnen'''、1977年4月3日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国オレゴン州出身の総合格闘家。チーム・クエスト所属。

レスリングをバックボーンに持ち、そのほかにもサンボ、ムエタイ、ブラジリアン柔術など様々な格闘技経験を持つ。ブライアン・フォスターやテリー・マーティンらと共に、チーム・エクストリーム中量級選手の主力の一人である。

日本ではパンクラスに参戦経験があり、UFCにも出場している。現在はBodogFightに継続参戦し4連勝中。

「'''チェール・ソネン'''」とも表記される。

== 来歴 ==
2003年2月16日、パンクラスで郷野聡寛と対戦し、引き分ける。

2004年7月25日に再び来日、パンクラスにて行われた『パンクラス（ネオブラッド・トーナメント優勝者選抜チーム）vsチーム・クエスト 3vs3対抗戦』に中堅として参戦、山宮恵一郎と対戦するも、2-0の判定で敗れる。

2006年8月22日、BodogFightに初参戦しティモシー・クレデュアーと対戦。1R2:18、TKOで勝利。