Bryan Battle couldn’t assist however snicker at a latest rumor claiming that he had been each fined and banned from competing in Paris following his win over Kevin Jousset in September.
After scoring a formidable second-round KO to increase his unbeaten streak to a few, Battle delivered an all-time post-fight promo that had the dwell crowd in France able to riot. Shortly after, an account on X impersonating well-liked MMA information outlet @SpinninBackfist shared a submit claiming that ‘The Butcher’ had been completely banished from The Metropolis of Gentle and hit with a quarter-million greenback fantastic for badmouthing the French folks after smashing by one in all their very own.
Earlier than lengthy, everybody realized that the submit was from a parody account, however not earlier than former three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen made a complete video addressing the report as if it have been 100% true.
Bryan Battle has a hearty snicker at Sonnen’s expense
Requested concerning the scenario throughout a latest interview with Damon Martin of MMA Combating, Battle couldn’t assist however snicker on the scenario and the truth that ‘The American Gangster’ obtained duped.
“It caught me off the rip as a result of I knew it wasn’t an actual factor, or a minimum of it was one thing I hadn’t heard of… I used to be like, ‘That’s loopy.’ I used to be like, ‘I ponder who gave them this data as a result of regular Spinning Backfist is a good supply.’
“Then one in all my pals identified that it wasn’t Spinning Backfist, that was Spinnin Backp*ss. I used to be like, ‘Oh, blessed.’ I did see Chael Sonnen did the entire video and other people have been within the feedback like, ‘Uh, Chael, you must examine your sources.’ That was humorous.
With the win over Jousset, ‘The Butcher’ moved to 6-1 contained in the Octagon with 5 of his wins coming inside the gap, together with three knockouts and two by way of submission.
