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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chael Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zanderson Zilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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196 lbs
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193 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chael Sonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zanderson Zilva!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown but Zilva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Zilva throws a right hand that Sonnen ducks under and follows up with a left that Sonnen also avoids with ease.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown but Zilva shows good takedown defense.
Zilva lands with an overhand left.
Zilva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sonnen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chael Sonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zilva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zilva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Chael Sonnen has been cut.
Zilva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sonnen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zilva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sonnen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zilva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zilva lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zilva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zilva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sonnen's hands.
Sonnen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zilva lands with a cross.
Sonnen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sonnen shoots in but no luck this time.
Sonnen is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zilva lands an overhand right.
Zilva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Zilva duly obliges.
Sonnen is rocked!
Zilva closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sonnen quickly recovers to half guard.
Oh Sonnen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zilva thows a huge punch but Sonnen dodges it nicely.
Zilva stands up and beckons Sonnen to join him on the feet.
Sonnen misses with the combination.
Sonnen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
OH! Sonnen has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Zilva smells blood and charges in for the finish! Zilva unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Sonnen sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zanderson Zilva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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