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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Slater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Sonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Slater!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slater takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Slater misses with a few strikes there.
Sonnen misses with a body shot.
Sonnen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Slater's head.
Sonnen shoots in but Slater avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sonnen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sonnen lands a jab to Slater's midsection.
Sonnen ducks under a wild hook from Slater.
Sonnen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slater was well out of range. Poor timing from Sonnen.
Sonnen shoots in looking for a takedown but Slater manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sonnen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Slater is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sonnen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sonnen with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sonnen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sonnen is looking to work some ground and pound but Slater has wrist control.
Slater is looking to stand up but Sonnen isn't so interested in that idea.
Sonnen trying to control but Slater is working from the bottom.
Sonnen is looking to work some ground and pound but Slater has wrist control.
Sonnen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sonnen throwing strikes from guard but Slater blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throws a big elbow that misses.
Sonnen is looking to work some ground and pound but Slater has wrist control.
Sonnen throws a strike but Slater rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Slater wants to stand but Sonnen is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ryan Sonnen just wasn't active enough.
Sonnen connects with the punch.
Slater connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sonnen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sonnen slips a jab from Slater.
Sonnen slips a straight right by Slater.
Sonnen looks to land a combination. Slater sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sonnen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sonnen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sonnen throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen trying to control the position from guard on top but Slater is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sonnen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sonnen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sonnen throws a strike but Slater rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Slater gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Sonnen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Slater fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sonnen manages to avoid it.
Sonnen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Slater defending well as Sonnen loads up on a big left hand.
Slater scores with a nice right hand.
Sonnen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sonnen slips under a jab from Slater.
Slater takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sonnen throws a series of strikes that have Slater backpedaling.
Sonnen clinches.
Slater tries to circle away but Sonnen has him pinned against the cage.
Slater is pressed up against the cage. Sonnen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Slater down to the mat. Slater avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen throws a shot to the body.
Sonnen lands a nice shot that snaps Slater's head back.
Ryan Sonnen is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab lands there for Sonnen.
Slater throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sonnen throws a body punch but Slater moves out of range.
Slater throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sonnen looks to throw the jab but Slater is out of range.
Sonnen lands a jab to the nose.
Slater changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan Sonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slater looks to score with a jab to the body but Sonnen is just out of range.
Slater tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sonnen was well out of range. Poor timing from Slater.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown but Slater shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Sonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sonnen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Slater tries to break free but Sonnen pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sonnen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sonnen lands a left hand.
Sonnen lands a left hand.
Sonnen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Slater is looking to break free of the clinch but Sonnen has double underhooks.
Sonnen has Slater pressed against the cage, preventing Slater from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sonnen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sonnen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slater is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sonnen.
Slater throws a left and a right that both miss
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Sonnen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Slater misses with a right hand
and Sonnen counters with a right hand to the body.
Sonnen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sonnen tries to clinch up.
Sonnen connects with a body shot.
Sonnen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Slater throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sonnen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sonnen scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Slater. Beautiful body shot.
Sonnen connects with a body shot that sends Slater's belly button to the back.
Sonnen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slater manages to avoid it.
Sonnen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tom Slater is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Slater avoids the body shot from Sonnen.
Sonnen cracks a nice hook into Slater's ribs.
Sonnen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slater thows a body shot but no joy.
Slater takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Slater is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Slater as Sonnen shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Sonnen dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sonnen dives in and grabs Slater's left leg, looking for a takedown. Slater pushes down on Sonnen's head and hops out.
Sonnen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Slater sprawls well. Slater wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sonnen gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Sonnen.
Sonnen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sonnen is leaning against Slater and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sonnen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sonnen has Slater pushed against the cage.
Sonnen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Sonnen.
Sonnen goes for a takedown attempt but Slater pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Sonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sonnen unloading with bombs!
Sonnen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sonnen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slater can do to turn this around?
Slater avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sonnen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sonnen throwing strikes here but Slater is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sonnen looking to finish with strikes here!
Slater is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sonnen raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sonnen throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Slater wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sonnen.
Sonnen looking to finish with strikes here!
Ryan Sonnen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slater is squirming around, avoiding Sonnen's attempts to control the action.
Poor strikes thrown by Sonnen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sonnen breaks from Slater's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sonnen punching from mount but Slater doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sonnen wants to control the pace but Slater is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Sonnen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Slater trying desperately to get to his feet.
Tom Slater has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Slater can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sonnen unloads with some shots from mount but Slater bucks and avoids them well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poor strikes thrown by Sonnen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ryan Sonnen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sonnen lands a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Sonnen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sonnen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Sonnen!
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