The fate of the direct Chail Sonne future can end through the new 7.7 billion dollar broadcasting deal, which begins in 2026.
In August, it announced the promotion of plans to move from the broadcasting partnership with ESPN, which started in 2019. The news took the MMA world through the storm, as it made an unexpected transformation from the payment model for each offer from UFC. Although many details and questions are not answered regarding the transition to athletes such as UFC champions who receive payment points for each of their battles, the step looming on the horizon also leaves ESPN staff such as Sonnen asking whether their current roles will remain intact.
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“We got a contract with Espn, and although it seems that there is nothing to do, this is not without your contract and I am looking for your contract. So I am in conversations with no one,” said Sonnen, “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “I am in Espn and I am very happy. Will they continue in MMA to some extent? I don’t know. Daniel [Cormier] I have a show there, which is a successful offer. Will they keep this? I don’t know. Now, ESPN is looking for them to get it [UFC] Fighting – may open the level of opportunities? I don’t know. So it is a little bit of reservation. “
Sonnen, 48, participated in working on the air as an analyst and an accident since 2014.
Outside the world of combat sport, “The American Gangster” and the title of UFC three times has a long interest in politics. He even nominated for the thirty -seventh region of the House of Representatives in Oregon in 2010, although he finally left the race thanks to a legal case in 2006.
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If we look back in his childhood, Sonin said he aspires to become an American president one day. While the dream eventually exceeded, this helped him realize that he wanted to stay in his hometown in Oregon, where he inevitably plans to run for the position of ruler – especially if the ESPN period ends sooner than expected.
“I love the job, but I am planning to run for the position of ruler in Oregon. The question only becomes, which race? What will you jump?” Sonnen said.
“I was going to wait [election] The course, but if this TV thing is played, the music stops and does not exist [broadcast] Chal Chair, I will go to the file and I will be the next governor of Oregon. “
Despite his retirement from the professional competition in 2019, Sonnen remained busy in the sports scene, he even returned to work last Sunday when Craig Jones faced a short struggle match in CJI 2, where he was suffocated twice through vehicles that the vehicles facing vehicles. Sonnen also competed in a boxing match against exhibitions against his old opponent MMA Anderson Silva in June 2024, where the UFC family hall is fighting in a tie at an event in Brazil.
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Sonnen will be the first chance to enter the Organ Governor’s Race is this upcoming electoral round, which, if he wins, will see that he enters his position in November 2026.
“I want to be here [at ESPN]But the time to enter and [enter Oregon’s governor race] Maybe it will be now. “We will not see, you cannot be on TV and in a campaign,” Sonin said.
“If Paramount decides to go with a lower person [for its broadcast team] – Because it is not like anyone better than me – I hope it is good. But this will be my next step – I will go to Salem, go to the Foreign Minister’s office, and I will nominate my nomination for the governor of Oregon. “