PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chael Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Kalizhnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chael Sonnen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sonnen
vs
Kalizhnikov

185 cm
25
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chael Sonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Kalizhnikov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalizhnikov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sonnen blocks a head kick by Kalizhnikov.
Good standup being displayed there by Kalizhnikov as he connects with a hook.
Sonnen keeps the fight on the outside.
Kalizhnikov scores with a spinning back kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Kalizhnikov.
Kalizhnikov misses with a looping right.

Sonnen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kalizhnikov!
Sonnen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalizhnikov is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sonnen raining down shots from the mount!
Kalizhnikov is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sonnen lands a nice shot to the head.
Kalizhnikov is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Kalizhnikov looks gassed!
Sonnen controlling from the full mount.
Sonnen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Sonnen.
Sonnen lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sonnen content just to control the position here.
Kalizhnikov is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sonnen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonnen scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Kalizhnikov is rocked!
Oooh a big shot lands for Sonnen! Kalizhnikov is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Chael Sonnen!
Chael Sonnen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a big arrogant.