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|  Subject: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:47 am | |
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- “We had proper security with us,” White said in a report in the Orange County Register. “We had like seven guys with us. These are guys that mapped out the whole route. We literally landed at the airport in Rio, a shuttle took us through customs, jumped on helicopters, and the helicopters took us right to the hotel.
“I came through the front door. We put (Sonnen) through a side door. We had him in a holding room. We went down to the press conference and he had a scrum. The reporters were getting really aggressive with him at the scrum. Somebody got him with a shock pen and all kinds of stuff like that. He went out the side door. I went out the front door.
“Helicopters took us back. We got on a plane and got him out of there. I wanted to make sure we got in and out and got him safe.”
Many conspiracy theorists will take White’s comments as more fuel for the fire that Sonnen never intended to fight Silva in Brazil in the first place, primarily because he was worried about his safety there.
The fact of the matter is, however, that the United Nations is holding its Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro the same week as was planned for UFC 147. Rio+20 is expected to bring more than 50,000 to the city, while UFC 147, with Silva vs. Sonnen as the main event, was intended to be held in a soccer stadium holding somewhere between 60,000 to 80,000 fans.
Logistical issues such as adequate hotel space, public transportation, security, and other issues led the UFC to pull the trigger on moving the rematch to its July event, UFC 148 in Las Vegas.
Conspiracy theorists take aim… but then again, there is some validity to the security concerns. White acknowledged as much by his comments about the way they handled security for he and Sonnen just in announcing the change, let alone if Sonnen got to the point of going to Rio to fight Silva there.
“I’m still getting texts, ‘Did you and Sonnen get out of Brazil alive last night? I haven’t heard from you. Give me an update,’” White continued. “I made (Sonnen) ride in a different car than me.”  Well at least Dana knew that Chael's mouth was most certainly gonna get him in trouble. Can you imagine what would have happened if they didn't take security measures ahead of time? http://www.mmaweekly.com/chael-sonnen-moved-in-and-out-of-brazil-under-heavy-security-detail | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:42 am | |
| "I made Sonnen ride in a different car than me!" Smart move Dana.... heh | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:26 pm | |
| Yeah that one made me giggle, too. That, and the shock pen thing. The idea of someone zapping him with a gag prop is hilarious to me! | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:27 pm | |
| - Triggerman99 wrote:
- Yeah that one made me giggle, too. That, and the shock pen thing. The idea of someone zapping him with a gag prop is hilarious to me!
And you KNOW he's a hero among his crew and they're all buying the beers tonight, too. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:00 pm | |
| Probably. Unless he took it like a bitch. Maybe he screeched "I'VE BEEN SHOT! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!" and pee'd and then ran into the broom closet and locked himself in for 10 minutes until he realized what happened.
In that case, his buddies probably are buying him cosmo's right now. That's what I would do. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:22 pm | |
| - Triggerman99 wrote:
- Probably. Unless he took it like a bitch. Maybe he screeched "I'VE BEEN SHOT! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!" and pee'd and then ran into the broom closet and locked himself in for 10 minutes until he realized what happened.
In that case, his buddies probably are buying him cosmo's right now. That's what I would do. No I was talking about the dude who shocked him. That guy is a national treasure in Brazil right now. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:20 pm | |
| The realistic scary side of that is if a guy can get close enough for a zap pen so can somebody with a syringe full of god knows what.... lucky if its only AIDS. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:30 am | |
| - DEP wrote:
- Triggerman99 wrote:
- Probably. Unless he took it like a bitch. Maybe he screeched "I'VE BEEN SHOT! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!" and pee'd and then ran into the broom closet and locked himself in for 10 minutes until he realized what happened.
In that case, his buddies probably are buying him cosmo's right now. That's what I would do.
No I was talking about the dude who shocked him. That guy is a national treasure in Brazil right now. Oh....Whoops! In that case, Yep;! He's gettin Brazilian ass like nobody's business! | |
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| | Subject: Re: Sonnen under heavy security during Brazil visit Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:30 am | |
| - Triggerman99 wrote:
- DEP wrote:
- Triggerman99 wrote:
- Probably. Unless he took it like a bitch. Maybe he screeched "I'VE BEEN SHOT! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!" and pee'd and then ran into the broom closet and locked himself in for 10 minutes until he realized what happened.
In that case, his buddies probably are buying him cosmo's right now. That's what I would do.
No I was talking about the dude who shocked him. That guy is a national treasure in Brazil right now. Oh....Whoops!
In that case, Yep;! He's gettin Brazilian ass like nobody's business! And we all know that there's no ass like Brazilian ass. Hoo boy! | |
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