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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Andrews will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nate Sonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown but Andrews shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sonnen tries to clinch but Andrews is having none of it.
Andrews lands a jab.
Sonnen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Andrews jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sonnen misses with a takedown attempt - Andrews sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sonnen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Andrews pinned against the cage. Andrews gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Sonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andrews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Andrews throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sonnen tries for a takedown but Andrews sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Andrews.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Andrews gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sonnen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sonnen throwing strikes but missing.
Sonnen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andrews working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sonnen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrews wants to stand but Sonnen is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Andrews can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sonnen throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sonnen throws and elbow that misses. Andrews uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sonnen's guard. Nice move by Andrews!
Andrews is looking to work some ground and pound but Sonnen has wrist control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sonnen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Andrews.
Andrews pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Andrews misses the shot to the body.
Andrews misses the jab.
Sonnen closes the distance and clinches up with Andrews, looking for a takedown. Sonnen pushes Andrews against the cage but Andrews circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andrews throws a hook to the side of Sonnen's head but Sonnen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James Andrews is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sonnen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sonnen thows a huge punch but Andrews dodges it nicely.
Andrews wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sonnen connects with a nice short shot to Andrews's temple.
Andrews blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sonnen.
Andrews has hold of Sonnen's hands but Sonnen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sonnen throwing shots but Andrews is blocking nicely.
Andrews on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Andrews is looking to stand up but Sonnen isn't so interested in that idea.
Sonnen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Andrews is keeping the position for now.
Sonnen throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throwing strikes from guard but Andrews blocks nicely.
Andrews is looking to sweep but instead, Sonnen has passed into half guard.
Ground and pound from Sonnen.
Sonnen drops an elbow to the side of Andrews's head.
Andrews looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sonnen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Sonnen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Andrews misses the shot to the body.
Sonnen fails with a takedown attempt.
Sonnen slips a straight right by Andrews.
Andrews looks to land a right hand but Sonnen moved out of range.
Sonnen misses with the combination.
Nice defenses there by Sonnen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Andrews throws out the jab.
Sonnen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sonnen cracks Andrews with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen scores with punches from side control.
Sonnen scores with punches from side control.
Andrews managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sonnen.
The strikes coming from Sonnen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Andrews tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sonnen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Andrews wants to get back to his feet.
Sonnen landing strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Sonnen.
Sonnen working away.
Sonnen lands a nice forearm strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throws a strike aimed at the side of Andrews's head but Andrews avoids it well.
Andrews sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sonnen working the head and body with strikes.
Sonnen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Andrews defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sonnen connects with a nice short shot to Andrews's temple.
Andrews has one foot on Sonnen's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Andrews looks to land a right hand but Sonnen moved out of range.
Andrews misses with a wild body shot.
Sonnen tries to clinch up.
Andrews throws a big shot that misses.
James Andrews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrews takes a swing at Sonnen's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen moves out of range of the strikes.
Andrews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sonnen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Andrews pinned against the cage. Andrews gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sonnen slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Sonnen.
Andrews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Andrews throws a shot from downtown. Sonnen moves away and avoids it.
Andrews misses with a looping left.
Sonnen darts in and clinches Andrews up against the cage.
Andrews breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Andrews stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Andrews wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Sonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andrews scores with a sloppy right hand. Sonnen should have avoided that one.
Andrews gets caught flat footed, as Sonnen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sonnen thows a big elbow that misses.
Andrews utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sonnen chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sonnen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Andrews is on top in guard.
Andrews won't allow Sonnen to get back to his feet.
Nate Sonnen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Andrews trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sonnen wants to get back to his feet but Andrews is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Andrews wants to get up but he can't break Sonnen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Sonnen dominated that second round.
That's time! Sonnen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Andrews throws the left hand but Sonnen avoids the punch easily.
Andrews throws a lazy right hand but Sonnen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Andrews misses with a looping right.
Andrews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Andrews throws a hook but Sonnen avoids it easily.
Andrews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Horrible takedown by Sonnen or perhaps it was just good defense by Andrews which made him look bad.
Sonnen takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen slips a straight right by Andrews.
Andrews stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Andrews wants it to stay on the feet.
Andrews misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen wants to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Sonnen or perhaps it was just good defense by Andrews which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Sonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andrews throws a shot to the body.
Andrews throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sonnen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sonnen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sonnen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Andrews is avoiding damage well.
Andrews sneaks back into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is trying to stand up here but Sonnen is controlling him well.
Sonnen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sonnen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sonnen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Andrews keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Andrews moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sonnen works over Andrews with some ground and pound from guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Andrews holds on and takes a little breather.
Andrews is trying to keep Sonnen in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sonnen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sonnen is working Andrews over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Andrews is on top in guard.
Sonnen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Andrews is controlling him.
Sonnen is wriggling around but Andrews manages to pass to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sonnen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sonnen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Andrews.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrews passes to side control.
Andrews landing strikes.
Andrews misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Andrews misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sonnen tries to escape but Andrews is in control.
The ground and pound from Andrews seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Andrews throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sonnen wants to get back to his feet but Andrews drags him back down.
The ground and pound from Andrews seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sonnen avoids the body shot from Andrews.
Sonnen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Andrews manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sonnen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Andrews.
I think Sonnen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Sonnen!
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