Chael Sonnen Says Media Dropped The Ball On Overeem Case

By Chris Howie
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer

TRT poster boy Chael Sonnen blasted the MMA media this week for the handling of Alistair Overeem's failed drug test and for accusing the number one heavyweight contender of using PED's even though the failed test was due to a 14:1 T/E ratio and not a specific PED.

Sonnen let loose on UFC Tonight this week:

“Congratulations to MMA media, right when I think you're incompetence can't get to any higher level, the Alistair Overeem story comes out. You kids on the interweb, running your little 'dot com's' from the couch in your mother's basement, you beneficiaries of Mark Cuban's tax write-off, you've gone and screwed up the Alistair Overeem case, beyond belief. Is it repairable? I doubt it.”

“Hey. If I'm a member of the media and someone tells me that Alistair Overeem failed a drug test, the very first thing I'm going to say is:

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