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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Sonnen (ranked 5783 p4p, 2311 weight class) and Diego Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Sonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sonnen misses with a takedown
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sonnen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sonnen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sonnen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Garcia tries to roll over but Sonnen keeps him under control.
We've been hearing good reports from Sonnen's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Garcia gets back to full guard.
Garcia has his feet on Sonnen's thighs here. He's pushed Sonnen off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sonnen screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diego Garcia!
An out of breath Diego Garcia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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