Filed under: Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos Chael Sonnen on Monday said the meeting between former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Miesha Tate and Jessica Eye was not the originally planned matchup for next month’s Submission Underground 2. Sonnen claimed jiu-jitsu champion Mackenzie Dern turned down an offer to meet Tate at the FloGrappling.com -streamed event, accusing her of being “scared” to face the UFC vet on Dec. 11 at Roseland Theater in Portland, Ore. “Mackenzie Dern is supposedly a world champion in jiu-jitsu,” the Bellator light heavyweight and grappling promoter complained to MMAjunkie Radio. “Miesha Tate accepted on the spot, coming in to McKenzie’s world, (and Mackenzie is) trying to break into MMA. So it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, because she is now going to get to go against the queen of MMA who just was the world champion a minute ago – in her realm, which is jiu-jitsu.
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Chael Sonnen claims Mackenzie Dern ducked Miesha Tate, manager responds – MMA Junkie