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Lyoto Machida picked up his second win in Bellator MMA on Friday night while simultaneously retiring former title contender Chael Sonnen with a pair of vicious flying knees that ended the fight in the second round.

Machida nearly got the job done with the same flying knee in the first round but Sonnen found a way to survive. Unfortunately for him, he could not withstand the pressure from a second attack courtesy of Machida, who wrapped up the TKO victory at Bellator 222 on Friday night.

TRENDING Chael Sonnen: Career Trash Talking Highlights

Check out the full fight video courtesy of Bellator MMA as Machida lowers the boom on Sonnen before he announces that he’s calling it a career following the fight. 

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Before Conor McGregor was must see television every time he stepped onto a stage for a press conference, Chael Sonnen was the fighter you just couldn’t miss whenever he had a microphone in front of his face.

From his epic rants against fighters such as Anderson Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira to his long simmering feud with Wanderlei Silva, Sonnen didn’t invent trash talk but he may have perfected the art.

This past Friday night at Bellator 222, Sonnen announced his retirement from active competition following a loss to Lyoto Machida but now we take a look back at some of the funniest moments from his trash talking career.  

TRENDING  Watch: Lyoto Machida Retires Chael Sonnen w/ Flying Knee KO (FULL FIGHT VIDEO)

Enjoy a look at “The American Gangster” at his very best outside the cage. 

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Bellator 222 featured welterweight champion Rory MacDonald putting the first loss on Neiman Gracie’s previously spotless record, as he defended his belt and moved on to the final of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix.

The Bellator 222 co-main event saw former UFC champion Lyoto Machida take out Chael Sonnen, sending him into retirement.

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Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie took place on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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