Six Fighters vs. One Man… Why?
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on Aug 12, 2026
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Chael Sonnen came across footage of a bizarre fight through referee Marc Goddard: six smaller men against one much larger fighter who recently shared the ring with Tyson Fury.
Chael's reaction wasn't fascination. It was disgust.
There are no gyms preparing athletes for six-on-one fights, no coaches building strategies around them and no legitimate sporting structure behind them.
So if it isn't really a sport, Chael asks a much more uncomfortable question: why do people want to watch it?
That question takes Chael back to something his old Oregon State wrestling coach Joe Wells once told him about the early UFC.
Wells believed people weren't watching to appreciate technique or competition.
He believed they were watching because, deep down, they wanted to see someone die.
Chael