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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chew Bacca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dao Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dao Sonnen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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185 lbs
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198 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chew Bacca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dao Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonnen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Decent striking displayed by Sonnen there.
Sonnen throws a leg kick but Bacca checks it.
Sonnen throws a shot to the body.
Sonnen stuns Bacca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Sonnen. That snapped Bacca's head back.
Dao Sonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sonnen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bacca doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sonnen throws the left hand but Bacca avoids the punch easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sonnen has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sonnen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bacca circles away quickly and effectively.
Bacca is looking to counter the offense by Sonnen and move into the clinch.
Sonnen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fighters circling - Sonnen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sonnen throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sonnen tries to land a front kick but Bacca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bacca tries to counter by clinching up but Sonnen breaks away and moves out of range.
Sonnen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bacca rather than just go for the knockout.
Bacca misses with a right hand
and Sonnen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen throws a wild body kick that Bacca sees coming a mile off.
Sonnen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sonnen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bacca stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Good shot there by Sonnen.
Sonnen with a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bacca checks a leg kick.
Bacca tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sonnen manages to circle out of the way.
Bacca doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sonnen lands a jab to the nose.
Sonnen misses with a two punch combination.
Bacca tries to clinch but Sonnen is having none of it.
Sonnen scores with the left hand. Bacca knows he should have avoided that one.
Sonnen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sonnen drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bacca looking for a sweep. Not yet Bacca, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is stalling in the full guard.
Sonnen throws a big right hand that misses.
Sonnen forces his way into half guard.
Sonnen wants to work for an arm triangle but Bacca is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bacca is staying active underneath Sonnen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sonnen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sonnen working for a guillotine from mount but Bacca is in no mood to give up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacca has given up his back here.
Sonnen is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bacca has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Sonnen has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Bacca is defending well but eventually Sonnen manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Bacca has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dao Sonnen!
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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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