Brent Primus blasts Michael Chandler, praises Chael Sonnen

Brent Primus battles with Alexander Shabliy at PFL 2025 World Tournament on April 18th in the co-main event lightweight bout.

Primus appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts to discuss several subjects such as: -coming into this season as a tournament finalist from last year in the context of his thoughts on the shift from a point-based structure to more of a straight ahead, single elimination tournament with defined brackets
-if there's a redemptive mindset here or if it's more of a clean slate, focus on what's ahead mindset where last year's finalist spot is not in the headspace
-this being a rematch with Shabliy that's years in the making and how their initially planned sequel clash was briefly halted by PFL purchasing Bellator
-wanting a rematch with 2024 PFL champion Gadzhi Rabadanov this year
-having some issues with Bellator MMA getting a consistent strength of schedule in the context of how he feels about the defined, regular schedule that comes with being a PFL contracted athlete
-previously grappling Craig Jones in Submission Underground and thoughts on what the titular figure is doing with the Craig Jones Invitational
-beating Jake Shields on Submission Underground and what that was like
-his relationship with Chael Sonnen in years past as a training partner
-his pair of Bellator MMA lightweight title fights with Michael Chandler in the context of his thoughts on Chandler's UFC 314 fight with Paddy Pimblett
-describing Michael Chandler as a dirty fighter for the back of the head shots landed in his Charles Oliveira rematch at UFC 309, if Chandler did anything dirty to him in thier pair of Bellator title fights, and why he thinks he's fake
-the parallels with himself and Dustin Poirier with their Chandler interactions
-the Usman Nurmagomedov drug test failure that led to their fight being a no contest and thoughts on the Nurmagomedov vs Paul Hughes title fight
-the confusion with names like Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes not being involved in this PFL 2025 World Tournament among the lightweights
-Patricio Pitbull also being within the Bellator lightweight title lineage and thoughts on Pitbull's looming UFC debut against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 314
-the journey of leaving home at a young age and enduring some rough times to now be in a potentially big money making position to provide for his family
-his kidsnow getting involved in soccer and seeing them on their own athletic journies as they are also involved in the world of brazilian jiu jitsu