10 UFC Fighters Who Were Publicly Shamed For Their Actions

Chael Sonnen

Three time UFC title challenger and king of the trash talkers Chael Sonnen was once a massive draw in mixed martial arts. He came along at a time where there was plenty of elite competition, but very few who could really sell a fight.

Sonnen’s form of public shaming came after not only his failed drug test following his first fight with Anderson Silva, but also during a shameful sequence of events involving Wanderlei Silva.

Sonnen mocked Silva for allegedly fleeing a random drug test in Brazil, but then himself failed a test for not one, or two, but three banned substances including human growth hormones and steroids. He was terminated by the UFC, sacked from his job as a sports analyst and banned for two years from fighting.

Bad times.