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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Vidmar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chael Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chael Sonnen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josip Vidmar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chael Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vidmar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Chael Sonnen has been cut.
Vidmar drops Sonnen with a left and a right! Oh, Sonnen is hurt - Vidmar dives into side control looking to finish!
Sonnen is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Vidmar with the ground and pound but Sonnen regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Sonnen is still in real trouble! Can Vidmar finish him?
Sonnen keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Vidmar is looking for a kimura here.
Sonnen seems to have recovered his senses.
Vidmar thows a huge punch but Sonnen dodges it nicely.
Sonnen kicks off Vidmar and gets to his feet.
Vidmar throws a right and a left that Sonnen avoids nicely.
Vidmar misses with the combination.
Vidmar is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Vidmar.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Vidmar enables Sonnen to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Vidmar manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sonnen lands a couple of digs.
Sonnen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sonnen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sonnen chips away with some ground and pound.
Vidmar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sonnen on the ground.
Sonnen won't allow Vidmar to get back to his feet.
Vidmar is breathing heavily.
Sonnen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sonnen trying to control the position from guard on top but Vidmar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sonnen pushing down on Vidmar's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nice strikes from Sonnen there.
Sonnen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sonnen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sonnen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is nestled in close to Vidmar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sonnen lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Sonnen.
Vidmar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sonnen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sonnen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sonnen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sonnen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sonnen working over Vidmar with some ground and pound. Vidmar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sonnen drops an elbow to the side of Vidmar's head.
Sonnen working the head and body with strikes.
Vidmar is rocked!
Sonnen working over Vidmar with some ground and pound. Vidmar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oh Vidmar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sonnen lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Vidmar! More strikes land and this one is all over! Sonnen jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chael Sonnen!
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hype
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pop
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