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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cleveland Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fail Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown's entrance music is Cleveland Brown Rap. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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254 lbs
23 - 10 - 1 |
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180 cm
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232 lbs
12 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cleveland Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Fail Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sonnen's calf.
Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Sonnen is working for takedown but Brown is calmly controlling the position for now.
Brown's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sonnen's elbow.
Brown is pressed up against the cage. Sonnen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brown down to the mat. Brown avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Brown closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brown blocks a head kick by Sonnen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sonnen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Sonnen.
Sonnen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Sonnen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sonnen tries to work over Brown's front leg with a kick but Brown checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brown has Sonnen up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sonnen backwards.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sonnen struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sonnen avoids it.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sonnen looks gassed!
Brown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown lands an elbow just above Sonnen 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown working Sonnen over with knees to the body.
Brown is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brown pushes Sonnen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Brown.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Nice body punch from Brown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fail Sonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sonnen drops his hands momentarily and Brown needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Sonnen just on the top of the head. Sonnen drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Sonnen - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cleveland Brown!
During a confident post fight interview, Cleveland Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
68% |
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