MMA Fighter and Fraudster Chael Sonnen Fired from Fox for Failing Drug Test. Again.

Chael Sonnen
By KATE WILLSON

MMF Fighter Chael Sonnen, a one-time Republican House candidate with a criminal record who has been called out repeatedly for making racist remarks, lost his job as an analyst for Fox Sports for drug abuse, Fox Sports reports. 

Sonnen, of West Linn, tested positive for HGH and EPO for a second time in as many months, and the third time in his career. He subsequently announced his retirement from competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. 

Sonnen came under fire last year for making racist comments, as reported by Deadspin. "Here he is calling a black man 'boy'; here he is on Sports Center asking a black woman if he can touch her hair," the blog wrote. 

Sonnen pleaded guilty in federal court in 2011 to one count of money laundering, sentenced to 24 months probation and fined $10,000.

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