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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chanderson Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabricio Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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167 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chanderson Sonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues swats away the attempt to clinch by Sonnen.
Rodrigues avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodrigues swats away the attempt to clinch by Sonnen.
Sonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodrigues circles away.
Sonnen tries to clinch there but Rodrigues circles away.
Rodrigues keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodrigues scores with a jab to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sonnen throws an elbow but misses.
Rodrigues blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonnen stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigues throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sonnen.
Sonnen moves to clinch but Rodrigues breaks away
letting Rodrigues counter with a right hand.
Sonnen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sonnen drives through and clinches with Rodrigues against the cage.
Sonnen lands an elbow that stopped Rodrigues in his tracks for a moment.
Sonnen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rodrigues looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is struggling to control the position.
Sonnen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sonnen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodrigues blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sonnen has a couple of punches blocked by Rodrigues.
Sonnen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sonnen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen just leaning against Rodrigues, taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sonnen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodrigues's brow.
Rodrigues tries to stall but Sonnen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rodrigues wants to break free but Sonnen has control.
Rodrigues takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sonnen lands an elbow inside.
Rodrigues trying to stall but Sonnen improves his position.
Sonnen misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodrigues wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodrigues taking a breather.
Sonnen lands an elbow that stopped Rodrigues in his tracks for a moment.
Rodrigues tries to break the clinch but Sonnen is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigues is trying to push Sonnen away but Sonnen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rodrigues wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rodrigues takes an elbow to the temple.
Sonnen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rodrigues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sonnen trying to land knees to the body.
Sonnen pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodrigues leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodrigues is trying to maintain a safe position but Sonnen gets an underhook and turns Rodrigues into the cage.
Sonnen throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chanderson Sonnen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rodrigues blocks a head kick by Sonnen.
Sonnen tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Sonnen avoids the body shot from Rodrigues.
Both fighters circling a little - Sonnen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodrigues paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodrigues misses with a hook.
Rodrigues takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sonnen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sonnen throws the kick towards the body but Rodrigues avoids it.
Sonnen clinches up with Rodrigues and pushes him back against the cage.
Rodrigues avoids a wild elbow strike from Sonnen.
Sonnen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodrigues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen lands an elbow that stopped Rodrigues in his tracks for a moment.
Sonnen tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
Sonnen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rodrigues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Rodrigues's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sonnen keeps control of Rodrigues as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sonnen.
Sonnen throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues managing to block the knees to the body from Sonnen.
Sonnen just leaning against Rodrigues, taking a breather.
Rodrigues blocks an elbow strike.
Rodrigues takes an elbow to the temple.
Sonnen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sonnen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sonnen lands an elbow just above Rodrigues 's eye.
Rodrigues blocks an elbow strike.
Rodrigues blocks the elbow strike.
Sonnen misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen taking a breather.
Sonnen lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sonnen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodrigues's brow.
Rodrigues takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sonnen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sonnen tries to clinch up but Rodrigues circles away and keeps his distance.
Sonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodrigues circles away.
Sonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rodrigues moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rodrigues lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sonnen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rodrigues manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sonnen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodrigues paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sonnen darts in and clinches Rodrigues up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodrigues wants to get back to striking at distance but Sonnen won't allow it.
Rodrigues dodges an elbow strike from Sonnen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sonnen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodrigues avoids it.
Rodrigues blocks the elbow strike.
Sonnen throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chanderson Sonnen dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A left and a right from Rodrigues both land. Nice combination.
Sonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodrigues circles away.
Sonnen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rodrigues scores with a nice right hand.
Sonnen is looking to clinch.
Rodrigues moves out of range of the body kick from Sonnen.
Sonnen tries to clinch there but Rodrigues circles away.
Sonnen slips a jab and a cross from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chanderson Sonnen is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodrigues chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sonnen can pounce on him.
Sonnen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rodrigues manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigues digs a good hook to Sonnen's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues works Sonnen's body with a nice hook.
Rodrigues will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodrigues swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sonnen tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Sonnen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodrigues smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rodrigues scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rodrigues ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sonnen moves away.
Rodrigues avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sonnen tries to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sonnen wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen moves in looking to clinch but Rodrigues pushes him off.
Rodrigues avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodrigues throws a combination. Sonnen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rodrigues keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodrigues keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodrigues is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sonnen rather than just go for the knockout.
Rodrigues avoids a kick to the body.
Rodrigues's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sonnen under the eye.
Sonnen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rodrigues manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sonnen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fabricio Rodrigues has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rodrigues.
Sonnen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodrigues.
Sonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodrigues circles away.
Rodrigues wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rodrigues scores with a jab.
Rodrigues misses with a looping right.
Rodrigues throws a body punch but Sonnen moves out of range.
Sonnen tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodrigues swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sonnen wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen tries to clinch up but Rodrigues circles away and keeps his distance.
Sonnen tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Sonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sonnen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rodrigues ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sonnen moves away.
Rodrigues scores with a decent looking hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sonnen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sonnen darts in trying to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabricio Rodrigues comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sonnen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chanderson Sonnen!
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energy
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hype
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