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Originally Posted by SwoopAE
ill wait for weighins i guess. chael beats shogun unless shogun shows up in good shape but if he is in shape he can stop chael.
Pretty much this. Shoguns shape fluctates and so need to wait for weigh in to see his shape and also if there are any major injuries on any guys, or other good information like who they are training with.
Who knows, maybe Sonnen isn't training that much but knows he's at the end of his career and just wants big fights to earn $$. Unlike Sonnen, I can imagine Shogun actually needs the win so he can get some of that $$. Sonnen is basically set up so there's not much motivation for him left. While Shogun is training like hell, maybe Sonnen is out there doing media coverage and working and thus not committing 100% to training. And any guy that sleeps on Shogun will be surprised.