'Manipulation'? Former champion mocks Chael Sonnen's speech to Covington after UFC Tampa

Henry Cejudo on his YouTube channel. Photo: Reproduction

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Henry Cejudo couldn't contain himself and burst out laughing at the speech of Chael Sonnen all with Colby covington after of defeat No. UFC Tampa, on December 14th. At the organization's last event of the year, 'Chaos' was stopped by Joaquin buckley. A medical intervention in the third round ended the fight. In Cejudo's opinion, Sonnen used 'gaslighting'.

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the term in english 'gaslighting' refers to a form of psychological abuse that consists of manipulating a person so that they doubt their own reality, memory, perception or sanity.

“It was great. Everything was going great. The tide was turning. I’m not buying it. No way, man. It was a great fight and you fought really hard. You’re probably looking at the bonuses for the night. That was a really good fight you guys just put on. You should be really proud of that,” Sonnen told his protégé after the fight.

Henry Cejudo echoed the 'psychological lecture' on his YouTube channel. And, of course, he disagreed with everything.

“I wanna talk about Uncle Chael, man… Uncle Chael is here giving gas lighting em Colby covington, thinking that Colby covington won 'Fight of the Night', thinking he'll get his next shot at the title, right after being eliminated by Joaquin buckley.” said the bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg).

Colby covington surprised and had Chael Sonnen as a 'mentor' in UFC Tampa. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFC

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Shedding light on the reality of what the fight was, the former UFC champion recalled that Colby's corner was about to 'throw in the towel' when the doctor intervened and stopped the fight.

“Man, Uncle Chael can sell ice to an Eskimo… Jesus Christ! Was the tide turning? No. Did he deserve the bonus? No. Uncle Chael could sell ice to a damn Eskimo. Come on, ladies and gentlemen. Uncle Chael is promoting this guy like you wouldn’t believe. Makes me think he’s drinking something thinking he’s always right,” Cejudo said.

“I have to give credit to the one and only Uncle Chael Sonnen: He wins again for being the best salesman in the whole damn MMA world. But unfortunately, Colby covington didn't get that damn bonus.” he concluded.