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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Campbell (ranked 24726 p4p, 6369 weight class) and Ben Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Sonnen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ Blue 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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonnen shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sonnen showed some decent athleticism there.
Campbell taking some punishment here, with Sonnen in his half guard.
Sonnen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Campbell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sonnen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Campbell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sonnen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Campbell looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sonnen is trying to control. Campbell wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sonnen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sonnen.
Sonnen prevents Campbell from standing back up.
Sonnen throwing shots but Campbell is blocking nicely.
Sonnen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Campbell's coaches at Cozad MMA Las Vegas have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Campbell regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sonnen.
Sonnen with a nice head shot there.
Campbell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sonnen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sonnen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sonnen trying to control the position from guard on top but Campbell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sonnen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sonnen postures up and lands a big shot to Campbell's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throws a big elbow that misses.
Sonnen throwing strikes from guard but Campbell blocks nicely.
Sonnen throws a big right hand that misses.
Campbell is breathing heavily.
Sonnen lands a couple of digs.
Campbell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sonnen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Campbell's head.
Sonnen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sonnen throws a big elbow that misses.
Sonnen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sonnen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Campbell is keeping the position for now.
Sonnen cracks Campbell with a solid left hand.
Sonnen works over Campbell with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sonnen throws an elbow that misses. Campbell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sonnen's guard. Nice move by Campbell!
Sonnen wants to sweep here but Campbell controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sonnen is adopting a defensive guard.
Sonnen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Campbell's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throwing strikes but missing.
Sonnen works over Campbell with some ground and pound from guard.
Sonnen landing some decent shots from guard.
Sonnen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sonnen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Campbell's head.
Sonnen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sonnen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sonnen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Campbell keeping moving, preventing Sonnen from controlling successfully.
Sonnen distracts Campbell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Sonnen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Campbell pushes Sonnen up against the cage in a clinch.
Campbell tries to pull guard but Sonnen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Campbell pulls guard.
Sonnen with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campbell is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sonnen landing some decent shots from guard.
Sonnen is in close to Campbell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sonnen distracts Campbell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sonnen cracks Campbell with a solid left hand.
Sonnen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Campbell can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sonnen controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Campbell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sonnen scoring with some ground and pound.
Sonnen trying to control but Campbell is working from the bottom.
Sonnen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sonnen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sonnen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sonnen lands a couple of elbows.
Campbell is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sonnen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oh Campbell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sonnen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sonnen loads up on a big left hand. Campbell felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sonnen looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Campbell can't hide his disappointment, as Sonnen celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Sonnen!
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hype
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mgr
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