PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf (ranked 3634 p4p, 4610 weight class) and Ben Sonnen (ranked 80 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Sonnen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tamdfjsmf
vs
Sonnen

184 cm
29
190
8 - 22 - 0

185 cm
19
188
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 8 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Sonnen!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonnen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tamdfjsmf's waist but Tamdfjsmf gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sonnen off to one side.
Sonnen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tamdfjsmf defends well and Sonnen ends up having to push Tamdfjsmf into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Sonnen gets tackled into the cage by Tamdfjsmf. Tamdfjsmf maintains the clinch.

Tamdfjsmf turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Sonnen tries to bench press Tamdfjsmf off him but Tamdfjsmf keeps the position.
Tamdfjsmf content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Tamdfjsmf goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Sonnen has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Tamdfjsmf but great work by Sonnen.
Tamdfjsmf gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamdfjsmf is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Tamdfjsmf striking from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tamdfjsmf manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sonnen distracts Tamdfjsmf with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sonnen trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamdfjsmf is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sonnen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sonnen wants to control from the top but Tamdfjsmf keeps moving.
Sonnen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sonnen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tamdfjsmf works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tamdfjsmf keeping moving, preventing Sonnen from controlling successfully.
Tamdfjsmf is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sonnen stopping the sweep attempt from Tamdfjsmf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sonnen is stalling in the full guard.
Tamdfjsmf utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sonnen swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamdfjsmf.

Sonnen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tamdfjsmf looking to control.

Tamdfjsmf is looking for a triangle but Sonnen pushes his legs off easily.
Sonnen trying to control but Tamdfjsmf is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tamdfjsmf works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tamdfjsmf utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Tamdfjsmf is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sonnen is aware though and is defending well.
Tamdfjsmf avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tamdfjsmf is pulling down on Sonnen's head. It's preventing any offense from Sonnen, at least for the moment.
Sonnen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tamdfjsmf looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sonnen is one step ahead there.
Sonnen throws a strike but Tamdfjsmf rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Sonnen is looking to sweep but instead, Tamdfjsmf has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sonnen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tamdfjsmf.
Sonnen won't allow Tamdfjsmf to pass to mount.
Tamdfjsmf takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tamdfjsmf lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sonnen tries to kick Tamdfjsmf off but Tamdfjsmf keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tamdfjsmf not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tamdfjsmf tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tamdfjsmf tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sonnen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Tamdfjsmf closes the distance and clinches.
Tamdfjsmf goes for a takedown attempt but Sonnen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Sonnen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sloppy strikes there by Sonnen.
Sonnen cracks Tamdfjsmf with a big elbow.
Tamdfjsmf tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen grinds an elbow into Tamdfjsmf's temple.
Tamdfjsmf dodges the ground and pound from Sonnen.
Tamdfjsmf wants to control but Sonnen postures up.
Sonnen slows the pace down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonnen working away.
Sonnen cracks Tamdfjsmf with a big right hand but Tamdfjsmf just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sonnen throws an elbow but Tamdfjsmf slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sonnen wants to control but Tamdfjsmf is keeping him busy.
Sonnen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tamdfjsmf is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sonnen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sonnen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tamdfjsmf's head.
Sonnen prevents Tamdfjsmf from standing back up.
Sonnen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sonnen scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf gets back to full guard.
Sonnen stopping the sweep attempt from Tamdfjsmf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sonnen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sonnen lands a couple of digs.
Tamdfjsmf tries to strike from the bottom.
Sonnen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sonnen wants to pass the guard but Tamdfjsmf is keeping the position.
Sonnen lands a couple of digs.
Ben Sonnen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tamdfjsmf working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sonnen.
Sonnen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tamdfjsmf's head.
Tamdfjsmf working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sonnen.
Sonnen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tamdfjsmf utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen is looking to work some ground and pound but Tamdfjsmf has wrist control.
Sonnen throwing strikes from guard but Tamdfjsmf blocks nicely.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sonnen shoots for a takedown but Tamdfjsmf saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tamdfjsmf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sonnen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tamdfjsmf stuffs the takedown attempt from Sonnen. Sonnen gets slowly back to his feet.
Tamdfjsmf slaps away a takedown attempt from Sonnen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Sonnen.
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown but Tamdfjsmf shows good takedown defense.

Tamdfjsmf shoots in and gets a takedown into Sonnen's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sonnen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sonnen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sonnen keeps trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonnen keeping moving, preventing Tamdfjsmf from controlling successfully.
Sonnen trying to keep a closed guard but Tamdfjsmf is proving a slippery customer.
Sonnen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tamdfjsmf's guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Tamdfjsmf has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Sonnen is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ben Sonnen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sonnen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tamdfjsmf counters with a left and a right that stings Sonnen.
Tamdfjsmf shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sonnen but Sonnen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tamdfjsmf backing away here, and Sonnen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sonnen.
Tamdfjsmf leaves Sonnen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Sonnen.
Tamdfjsmf closes the distance looking to clinch

and Sonnen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tamdfjsmf has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sonnen is working away from the top position though.
Sonnen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tamdfjsmf is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Crapollas Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sonnen.
Tamdfjsmf is in trouble now - Sonnen has advanced to mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tamdfjsmf is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tamdfjsmf bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sonnen pulls Tamdfjsmf in close to prevent any damage.
Tamdfjsmf stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sonnen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sonnen controls Tamdfjsmf momentarily but Tamdfjsmf frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf trying to control the position from guard on top but Sonnen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sonnen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tamdfjsmf stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sonnen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sonnen managing to control the position.
Sonnen wants to improve his position but instead Tamdfjsmf has moved into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf trying to control the action but Sonnen is working from the bottom.
Sonnen is holding on to half guard well.

Tamdfjsmf is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sonnen wants to improve his position but Tamdfjsmf is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tamdfjsmf not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Tamdfjsmf looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Tamdfjsmf gets a clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Tamdfjsmf pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tamdfjsmf turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tamdfjsmf 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf!