PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mack Mayberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chael Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayberry comes to the cage accompanied by Bone Thugs feat 2Pac - Thug Luv. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mayberry
vs
Sonnen

188 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mack Mayberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chael Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sonnen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Sonnen is trying to get an arm triangle but Mayberry is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sonnen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mayberry keeps working.
Sonnen in side control, throwing shots but Mayberry defends.

Sonnen stands up.
Mayberry shoots in for a takedown but Sonnen shows good takedown defense.
Mayberry lands with a right hand.
Mayberry thuds a left hand into Sonnen's body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mayberry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayberry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mayberry lands a lovely overhand right.
Horrible takedown by Sonnen or perhaps it was just good defense by Mayberry which made him look bad.
Mayberry fails to land with a series of punches.
Mayberry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sonnen backs up against the cage.

Sonnen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sonnen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mayberry is trying to control the position but Sonnen postures up.
Mayberry wants to sweep here but Sonnen controlling him for the moment.
Mayberry is breathing heavily.
Sonnen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is looking to work some ground and pound but Mayberry has wrist control.
Mayberry wants to stand but Sonnen is controlling the position.

Sonnen decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mayberry, up you get!
Mayberry stuffs the takedown.
Sonnen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mayberry tries to avoid it but Sonnen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mayberry to the ground. Mayberry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mack Mayberry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chael Sonnen.
Sonnen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Mayberry looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Sonnen looking for a guillotine here but Mayberry defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sonnen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mayberry trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sonnen's guard.
Mayberryis looking to pass into half guard but Sonnen pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sonnen is in guard.
Sonnen pushing down on Mayberry's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sonnen throwing shots but Mayberry is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayberry has hold of Sonnen's hands but Sonnen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mayberry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sonnen on the ground.
Sonnen trying to control the pace.

Sonnen is working for a kimura but Mayberry is defending it quite comfortably.
Sonnen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Mayberry!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sonnen landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chael Sonnen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sonnen misses with a takedown attempt - Mayberry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mayberry but Mayberry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mayberry lunges at Sonnen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sonnen's hand.
Sonnen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mack Mayberry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chael Sonnen.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mayberry sprawls well. Mayberry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sonnen gets slowly back to his feet.
Sonnen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mayberry sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jab, jab by Mayberry - just one landing.
Sonnen needs to keep his hands up - Mayberry had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mayberry is fending him off so far but Sonnen persists. Nope, Mayberry circles away and we're back to standing.
Sonnen is breathing heavily.
Mayberry dips to his left and cracks Sonnen with an uppercut!
Mayberry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sonnen circles away.
Horrible takedown by Sonnen or perhaps it was just good defense by Mayberry which made him look bad.
Mayberry fails with a takedown attempt.
Mayberry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sonnen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sonnen throws out a loose jab but Mayberry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sonnen shoots in but Mayberry avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mayberry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sonnen on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayberry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chael Sonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sonnen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Sonnen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mayberry's guard.
Sonnen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sonnen works over Mayberry with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonnen wants to control from the top but Mayberry keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sonnen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sonnen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mayberry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sonnen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sonnen is putting a hurting on Mayberry here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mayberry is trying to work for a sweep but Sonnen has mounted him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mayberry looks a forlorn figure.
Mayberry taking shots to the head.

Mayberry defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sonnen.
Mayberry is bucking up trying to escape but Sonnen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sonnen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sonnen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mayberry hang on?
Sonnen looking to finish Mayberry with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mayberry!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chael Sonnen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sonnen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Sonnen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mayberry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sonnen is pushing down on Mayberry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mayberry is fighting to maintain full guard but Sonnen has managed to sneak the leg through.

Sonnen escapes and gets back to his feet.

Mayberry gets caught flat footed, as Sonnen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Sonnen stands up and waves to Mayberry to follow him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayberry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayberry shoots in for a double leg but Sonnen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Sonnen shoots in and gets a takedown into Mayberry's guard.
Sonnen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sonnen preventing the sweep.
Mayberry being controlled here, momentarily.
Sonnen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mayberry wants to get back to his feet but Sonnen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sonnen stands up over Mayberry, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mayberry keeping moving, preventing Sonnen from controlling successfully.
Sonnen throwing strikes but missing.
Sonnen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sonnen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sonnen is pushing down on Mayberry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mayberry is fighting to maintain full guard but Sonnen has managed to sneak the leg through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mayberry has hold of Sonnen's hands but Sonnen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sonnen stops Mayberry from getting back to his feet.
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 passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Mayberry!

Sonnen has hold of Mayberry's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mayberry manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Sonnen looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Sonnen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sonnen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mack Mayberry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chael Sonnen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mayberry on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mayberry tries to get out of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayberry is bucking up trying to escape but Sonnen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chael Sonnen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sonnen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chael Sonnen!