PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ren Naga-Wing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Sonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonnen has chosen Scream Aim Fire as his entrance music. Leo Sonnen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ren Naga-Wing's chin.

Naga-Wing
vs
Sonnen

185 cm
24
278 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
261 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ren Naga-Wing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naga-Wing swings widly with a right hand
and Sonnen counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ren Naga-Wing has been cut.
Naga-Wing scores with a decent looking hook.
Naga-Wing slips under a jab.
Sonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - Naga-Wing circles away.
It appears Naga-Wing was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sonnen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Naga-Wing can pounce on him.
Leo Sonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Naga-Wing lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sonnen takes a step back to recover.
Naga-Wing closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sonnen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Naga-Wing finds it's way round the side to connect with Sonnen's head.
Naga-Wing looks for a takedown but Sonnen sprawls well.
Naga-Wing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sonnen.
Naga-Wing moves out of range as Sonnen strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Naga-Wing misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naga-Wing connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sonnen connects with a jab.
Naga-Wing throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sonnen counters with a straight right hand.
Sonnen misses with a left hand
and Naga-Wing cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sonnen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sonnen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sonnen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sonnen misses with an uppercut.
Sonnen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sonnen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Naga-Wing takes a swing at Sonnen's ribcage but misses.
Naga-Wing slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throws an overhand right that lands on Naga-Wing's shoulder, as Naga-Wing tries to avoid the shot.
Naga-Wing throwing a counter right hand but Sonnen manages to avoid it.
Naga-Wing scores with a jab. Sonnen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonnen checks a leg kick.
Naga-Wing misses with a hook. Sonnen ducked under it nicely.
Naga-Wing scores with a nice right hand.
Naga-Wing misses with a hook.
Naga-Wing dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sonnen. That did some damage!
Naga-Wing staying out of range there.
Naga-Wing throws a head kick that half lands.
Sonnen misses with an uppercut. Naga-Wing saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Sonnen.
Naga-Wing definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sonnen lands with an uppercut that bounces Naga-Wing off the cage and back into range.

Ren Naga-Wing's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naga-Wing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sonnen avoids the head kick by Naga-Wing.
Sonnen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Naga-Wing.
Naga-Wing scores with a jab to the head.
Sonnen misses the body punch
enabling Naga-Wing to counter with a crisp jab.
Sonnen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Naga-Wing in his tracks.
Naga-Wing is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sonnen misses with a straight right.
Naga-Wing shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sonnen sprawls well. Sonnen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Naga-Wing gets slowly back to his feet.
Naga-Wing lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen cracks Naga-Wing with a right hand to the side of the head.
Naga-Wing lands a really nice looking cross but Sonnen seems unphased.
Naga-Wing is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Naga-Wing uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sonnen.
Naga-Wing lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonnen tries to clinch
and Naga-Wing counters with a nice uppercut.

Sonnen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Naga-Wing!
Naga-Wing tries to improve position but can't.
Naga-Wing is working hard here to advance position.
Sonnen working the head and body with strikes.
Naga-Wing is looking for a sweep.
Naga-Wing manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ren Naga-Wing will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ren Naga-Wing's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sonnen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sonnen tries to clinch up but Naga-Wing circles away and keeps his distance.
Naga-Wing appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sonnen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sonnen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ren Naga-Wing is winning the standup battle so far.
Naga-Wing tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sonnen was well out of range. Poor timing from Naga-Wing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Naga-Wing.
Sonnen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Naga-Wing counters with a low kick, right behind Sonnen 's knee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naga-Wing uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sonnen.
Naga-Wing throws a hook but Sonnen blocks it.
Naga-Wing avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Sonnen misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sonnen throws a hook but Naga-Wing blocks it.
Naga-Wing has a takedown stuffed.
Sonnen throws a jab but it's blocked by Naga-Wing.
Sonnen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Naga-Wing.
Naga-Wing fails with a takedown attempt.
Sonnen throws a lazy right hand but Naga-Wing sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Naga-Wing misses the target.
Sonnen has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Sonnen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sonnen throws a hook to the side of Naga-Wing's head but Naga-Wing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Naga-Wing moves out of range of the strikes.
Naga-Wing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sonnen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Sonnen.

Ren Naga-Wing's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Naga-Wing changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Naga-Wing swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sonnen.

Naga-Wing closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sonnen can't do much from the bottom here.

Naga-Wing tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Naga-Wing has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sonnen is trying to get back to half guard.

Naga-Wing is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sonnen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naga-Wing tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sonnen regains half guard.
Naga-Wing missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Naga-Wing sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sonnen defending well though.
Naga-Wing throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Naga-Wing thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Naga-Wing is working for a kimura but Sonnen is defending it quite comfortably.

Naga-Wing is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sonnen defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is looking to escape.
Naga-Wing is trying to control the action in half guard but Sonnen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sonnen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sonnen trying to control from the bottom.
Sonnen is looking for a sweep. Naga-Wing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sonnen wants to control but Naga-Wing is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sonnen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sonnen misses with a hook. Naga-Wing ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ren Naga-Wing will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ren Naga-Wing's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sonnen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sonnen throws a right hand that misses
and Naga-Wing counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Naga-Wing.
Sonnen misses with a hook to the body
letting Naga-Wing counter with a right hand.
Sonnen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Naga-Wing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sonnen! But no joy.
Naga-Wing throws out a loose jab but Sonnen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sonnen throws an overhand right that lands on Naga-Wing's shoulder, as Naga-Wing tries to avoid the shot.
Sonnen tries to bum rush Naga-Wing with a series of wild strikes but Naga-Wing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen misses with a hook. Naga-Wing ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Naga-Wing throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sonnen slips a straight right by Naga-Wing.
Sonnen misses with a hook. Naga-Wing ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Naga-Wing sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Sonnen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Naga-Wing blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Sonnen on the inside.
Sonnen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Naga-Wing escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Naga-Wing misses.
Sonnen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sonnen takes a swing at Naga-Wing's ribcage but misses.
Sonnen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Naga-Wing walks into a left hand.
Naga-Wing looks to score with a jab to the body but Sonnen is just out of range.
Nice body kick there by Naga-Wing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Sonnen misses.
Sonnen misses with an uppercut. Naga-Wing saw that one coming.
Sonnen swings for the body but Naga-Wing moves out of range.
Naga-Wing changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sonnen tries to avoid it but Naga-Wing manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sonnen to the ground. Sonnen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sonnen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Naga-Wing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sonnen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Naga-Wing. Naga-Wing obviously looking to wear him down.
Naga-Wing tests Sonnen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Sonnen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Naga-Wing thumps Sonnen with a low kick.
Sonnen misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Sonnen.
Sonnen loads up on a big right hand but Naga-Wing slips the punch.
Leo Sonnen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen misses with an uppercut. Naga-Wing saw that one coming.
Naga-Wing feinted with a counter takedown.
Naga-Wing throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Naga-Wing.
Sonnen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Naga-Wing.
Naga-Wing slips a jab from Sonnen.
Sonnen throws a shot from downtown. Naga-Wing moves away and avoids it.
Naga-Wing tries for a takedown but Sonnen circles away easily

and Sonnen counters with a crisp one two that drops Naga-Wing! Sonnen thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Naga-Wing to his feet! Naga-Wing is in big trouble!
Sonnen takes a swing at Naga-Wing's ribcage but misses.
Sonnen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Naga-Wing counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Naga-Wing darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Sonnen has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Naga-Wing is on him like a limpet, forcing Sonnen back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sonnen is leaning against Naga-Wing and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Sonnen is fighting off a takedown attempt but Naga-Wing is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sonnen to the mat. Sonnen regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Sonnen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Naga-Wing's guard.

Naga-Wing looking for a sweep. Not yet Naga-Wing, not yet.
Leo Sonnen has got the better of the ground game so far.

Naga-Wing looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sonnen has picked Naga-Wing up and slammed him! Naga-Wing can't keep hold of the triangle and Sonnen manages to pass to side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Naga-Wing is looking for a sweep.

Sonnen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Naga-Wing is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Naga-Wing manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo Sonnen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Naga-Wing 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ren Naga-Wing!
An out of breath Ren Naga-Wing thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Leo Sonnen was interviewed post fight and said 'Dislocated my shoulder at the start, i'll be back and better than ever! '.