PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dao Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Big Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big Man comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Big Man kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sonnen
vs
Big Man

183 cm
21
198 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
190 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

GREEN!160

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dao Sonnen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Big Man!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonnen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Sonnen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Sonnen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Sonnen is trying to get an arm triangle but Big Man is defending well.
Sonnen is looking to take a break and control but Big Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Sonnen is working to tighten his grip on Big Man's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Big Man has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Sonnen is really squeezing tight and eventually Big Man passes out! Sonnen breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dao Sonnen!
Dao Sonnen retains his middleweight title!