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Metamoris VI: Josh Barnett vs. Ryron Gracie; (Chael vs Babalu is co main)
Topic Started: Mar 4 2015, 05:37 PM (915 Views)
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Another payday for both guys.

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A rematch of UFC 55 is coming to Metamoris.

Chael Sonnen will meet Renato "Babalu" Sobral on May 9 at Metamoris VI, according to Sonnen. Metamoris founder Ralek Gracie confirmed the news, as well. Gracie said the event would take place in Los Angeles, but he would not confirm the location just yet. Gracie added that Sonnen vs. Sobral will not serve as the main event, which will be announced in the coming days.

Metamoris is a grappling promotion that features 20-minute, submission-only matches. There are no points given so a winner is only declared if there is a submission.

Sonnen made his promotional debut in August when he was submitted by Andre Galvao at Metamoris IV. Sobral competed at Metamoris III last March, fighting to a draw against former UFC veteran Dean Lister.

Sobral spoke about his desire to compete against Sonnen on Friday with MMA Prime.

"Babalu" spoiled Sonnen's UFC debut in 2005, when he submitted "The American Gangster" via second-round arm-triangle choke at UFC 55.


http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/3/4/8149849/chael-sonnen-vs-renato-babalu-sobral-set-metamoris-vi
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best80smovierad
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Kimbo vs Shamrock for jiujitsu
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jmose86
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The excitement in this thread is off the chain! :D
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If it fell under the MMA section it could go in the "Random sh*t that doesn't deserve its own thread thread."

Are you the least bit excited about it?
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Nope.
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Ash
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It's hard to believe Chael would agree to job in a jiu-jitsu match, what with his pending 8-figure WWE deal on the table.
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Chael seems to be fairly desperate to keep his name alive here. I don't think this will be competitive or entertaining.
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Entire Metamoris card

Josh Barnett vs. Roberto Abreu
Chael Sonnen vs. Renato Sobral
Joe Lauzon vs. Dillon Danis
Alexandre Ribeiro vs. Keenan Cornelius
Roberto Satoshi vs. Clark Gracie
Jeff Monson vs. RTM champion
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best80smovierad
Mar 23 2015, 03:40 PM
Entire Metamoris card

Josh Barnett vs. Roberto Abreu
Chael Sonnen vs. Renato Sobral
Joe Lauzon vs. Dillon Danis
Alexandre Ribeiro vs. Keenan Cornelius
Roberto Satoshi vs. Clark Gracie
Jeff Monson vs. RTM champion
I'll definitely be watching.
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Is it true that Metamoris tried to sabotage EBI by signing BJJ guys to exclusive deals? Sounds very shady!
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Interesting new business model they've got. Something like 8 bucks a month for access to all of the usual PPVS plus this new "Road to Metamoris" tournament(s?). I wonder if a better plan would be to make these smaller tournaments free, that drum up interest for the PPVs. Of course that would be a big expenditure. They are also probably hoping for a portion of people to buy the subscription for 8 bucks to catch one of the PPVs, and then just not cancel. Either way they better be ramping up their schedule to justify a monthly subscription service.
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I thought they were working on getting funds from Zuffa or at least looking to work with them like Invicta so they could be on fight pass
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jmose86
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Yea, not sure. I don't recall any substantial news about a deal in progress, but Dana said he was interested in possibly working out a Fight Pass deal with them. Based on those comments and how they were saying they were looking to make FP a "combat sports" destination (as opposed to just MMA), I'm guessing they did have some kind of talks and Gracies wanted more than was offered.
Edited by jmose86, Mar 25 2015, 12:51 AM.
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Mosie you had me confused, I was like when did I write that answer to my question
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Mar 24 2015, 01:40 PM
Mosie you had me confused, I was like when did I write that answer to my question
lol I don't know what happened there.

edit: I think I meant to rerwrite my first sentence, but instead of erasing it I erased your quoted section and started over. :$
Edited by jmose86, Mar 25 2015, 12:50 AM.
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