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Sonnen: TUF is tougher than the Olympic games!


Chael Sonnen already started with promiting the new season of The Ultimate Fighter where his opposing coach will be Jon Jones.

Former challenger in the middleweight division and obviously future light heavyweight Chael Sonnen decided to use his marketing abilities and promote next season of The Ultimate Fighter, to attract as many people to follow him and Jones.

- "This isn't a four-man tournament that gets spread over the course of a year. This is a 32-man tournament that will take place over five and a half weeks and to be aired over 10 of the most successful ratings FX has ever seen. This is a tournament that is tougher than the Olympic games, it's tougher than the NFL playoffs, it's tougher than any tournament in sports and that storyline constantly gets missed. This is no more reality TV than the NFL playoffs or the Olympics were. It's real and it's on TV. The bottom line is, this is a tournament. This is a tournament so tough that great fighters like Josh Koscheck, Gray Maynard, Stephan Bonnar and Chris Leben couldn't even win it. It's so tough, that world champions Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans came through it."