PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sonnen
vs
Immanuel

185 cm
32
185 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

177 cm
34
184 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 25 - 16 - 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 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immanuel slips a jab from Sonnen.
Sonnen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Immanuel counters with a low kick, right behind Sonnen 's knee.
Immanuel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yeshua Immanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Immanuel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sonnen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Immanuel can pounce on him.
Immanuel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Immanuel tries a head kick but it misses.
Immanuel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Immanuel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Immanuel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sonnen throws a right hand that misses
and Immanuel counters with an inside leg kick.
Immanuel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sonnen's calf.
Immanuel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Immanuel lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Immanuel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sonnen.
Immanuel connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Immanuel connects with a solid leg kick.
Immanuel scores with a body shot.
Sonnen throws a looping overhand right but Immanuel ducks down to avoid it.

Immanuel clinches up against the cage.
Sonnen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Sonnen fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Immanuel.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Immanuel.
Immanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Sonnen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Immanuel works on Sonnen's body with a couple of short punches.
Immanuel tries a body shot but Sonnen blocks it.
Nice body punch from Immanuel.
Sonnen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sonnen blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Sonnen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Immanuel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sonnen can't find room to land a body shot as Immanuel controls the action.
Nice elbow from Immanuel.
Immanuel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Immanuel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ryan Sonnen has been cut.
Immanuel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Immanuel.
Sonnen prevents a body shot from Immanuel.
Immanuel misses with a punch on the inside.
Immanuel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sonnen misses with a punch on the inside.
Sonnen misses with a punch on the inside.
Immanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Immanuel.
Immanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Immanuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonnen misses with a body punch.
Immanuel misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Immanuel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sonnen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice elbow from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Immanuel misses with some punches.
Immanuel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Ryan Sonnen's cut is getting worse.
Immanuel lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Immanuel.

Sonnen is rocked!
Immanuel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Immanuel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sonnen lands a nice uppercut.
Immanuel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Immanuel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Immanuel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Immanuel throws a punch but it's blocked by Sonnen.
Immanuel misses with a punch on the inside.
Immanuel has a couple of punches blocked by Sonnen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Immanuel lands an elbow just above Sonnen 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Immanuel.
Sonnen can't find room to land a body shot as Immanuel controls the action.
Sonnen lands a left hand.
Sonnen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonnen misses with some punches.
Immanuel lands a left hand.
Immanuel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sonnen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sonnen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Immanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands with a left to the head.

Ryan Sonnen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sonnen throws a head punch that misses.
Immanuel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Sonnen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Immanuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonnen seems to have got his legs back now.
Sonnen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Immanuel blocks a body shot from Sonnen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yeshua Immanuel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Sonnen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sonnen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Immanuel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Immanuel pushes Sonnen away with a front kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Immanuel.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Immanuel. Sonnen shrugs it off though.
Immanuel has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sonnen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sonnen throws a nice looking combination but Immanuel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Immanuel looks to land a left hand but Sonnen moved out of range nicely.
Immanuel scores with a leg kick.
Immanuel throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sonnen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Immanuel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen avoids the body shot from Immanuel.
Immanuel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Immanuel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sonnen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sonnen moves out of range of the body kick.
Immanuel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Immanuel cracks Sonnen with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Immanuel there.
Immanuel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sonnen.
Immanuel lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sonnen takes a step back to recover.

Sonnen gets a clinch.
Sonnen blocks a body shot from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands a body punch.
Immanuel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Immanuel scores with a shoulder strike.
Sonnen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sonnen has a couple of punches blocked by Immanuel.
Immanuel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Immanuel working aggressively here.
Immanuel tries a body shot but Sonnen blocks it.
Immanuel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sonnen.
A short right from Immanuel.
Immanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sonnen's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sonnen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Immanuel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sonnen misses with a punch to the body.
Sonnen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Immanuel scores with a shot to the side of Sonnen's head.
Sonnen struggles to land a body shot inside as Immanuel controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Immanuel fails to land.
Immanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Sonnen controls his hands.
Yeshua Immanuel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sonnen.
Immanuel swings wildly with an uppercut but Sonnen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Immanuel lands an elbow just above Sonnen 's eye.
Sonnen prevents a body shot from Immanuel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonnen.
Sonnen lands with a short shot to the head.
Immanuel takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Immanuel.
Immanuel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sonnen backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen tries to work over Immanuel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sonnen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Immanuel blocks an uppercut.
Sonnen tries to throw a body punch but Immanuel avoids it by throwing Sonnen back against the cage.
Sonnen misses with a body punch.
Immanuel tries to throw a body punch but Sonnen avoids it by throwing Immanuel back against the cage.
Sonnen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sonnen misses with a body punch.
Sonnen tries to throw a body punch but Immanuel avoids it by throwing Sonnen back against the cage.
Immanuel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sonnen scores with a shoulder strike.
Immanuel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sonnen or not.
Immanuel blocking some punches.
Immanuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Immanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Immanuel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Immanuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Immanuel blocks a body shot from Sonnen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Immanuel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sonnen blocks an uppercut.
Sonnen working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Immanuel.
Sonnen working aggressively here.
Immanuel throws a head punch that misses.
Immanuel tries a body shot but Sonnen blocks it.
Sonnen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Immanuel lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Immanuel digs a right hand underneath Sonnen's ribcage. Sonnen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Immanuel.
Immanuel scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Jeez, Ryan Sonnen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Sonnen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Immanuel misses with the head strike.
Immanuel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sonnen lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonnen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yeshua Immanuel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Sonnen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. 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 walks into a jab.

Immanuel lands a left and a right that send Sonnen crashing to the mat, dazed. Immanuel thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Nice body punch from Immanuel.

Immanuel moves into the clinch.
Sonnen throws a punch but it's blocked by Immanuel.
Immanuel lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sonnen to his knees! Immanuel keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yeshua Immanuel!
During a confident post fight interview, Yeshua Immanuel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.