"What if Matt Hamill had the same move?"- Chael Sonnen speculates whether Jon Jones’ alleged "plight" is worth his opponent’s biggest career moment
Chael Sonnen recently weighed in on the ongoing debate surrounding Jon Jones' disqualification loss to Matt Hamill possibly being overturned due to updated rules. He questioned whether changing the outcome would even change anything because the bout took place in 2009.
'Bones' fought the former TUF competitor in the co-main event of 'The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights' finale and lost via disqualification after landing 12-6 elbows, which were illegal. As a result, the referee stopped the bout and awarded Hamill the win and at the same time, Jones' lone career loss.
In light of the 12-6 elbows now being legal, the former UFC middleweight title challenger shared his thoughts on whether 'Bones' will make a strong pursuit in having the outcome changed. Sonnen mentioned that Jones hasn't filed any formal complaint since then and questioned whether it would be worth it to take away Hamill's biggest career win to appease the heavyweight champion:
"What if Matt Hamill had that same move?...And he saw an opening for it within that same fight?...But Matt did not go to that secret technique...because it was against the rules...For you to take up this plight, what is going on in Jon's life that is so bad that even in post-mortis we'd like to come back and correct it? And what is so great in Matt Hamill's life that you want to take the one great thing that he's done and take it from him? [4:42]
Check out Chael Sonnen's comments below:
Chael Sonnen questions whether there is strong argument to overturn Jon Jones' loss to Matt Hamill
In addition to weighing in on the ongoing debate regarding Jon Jones' loss to Matt Hamill, Chael Sonnen questioned whether there is a strong enough argument to overturn the result.
During the aforementioned video, Sonnen mentioned that the 12-6 elbow was illegal at the time and the referee accurately enforced that rule, which resulted in the disqualification:
"Do you think it was a silly rule? Go ahead, but do you understand that it was a rule? Yes, okay. When you watch that match, do you think that it was a misapplication or interpretation by the officials of the rule that you just acknowledged did in fact exist? No...Our argument is actually going to be that a rule that existed and that was applied accurately should not have existed in the first place." [4:05]
Check out MMA History Today's post regarding Jon Jones' loss to Matt Hamill below: