Chael Sonnen has lengthy been known for his floor activity, but it wasn't until his success over Mauricio Rua on Weekend evening that he shown how easily he can complete battles there.
After a back-and-forth first circular, Sonnen closed up a guillotine jampacked delayed in the starting structure, pushing the former UFC mild great quality champ to tap out at the 4:47 indicate of Round 1.The mild great quality round headlined Saturday's UFC Battle Night 26 occasion at Boston's TD Lawn. It broadcasted on FOX Activities 1 as aspect of the new wire channel's first day on air.
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Sonnen's signature design was on show beginning as he missing little time snorkeling for the takedown and growing "Shogun" on the mat in the starting a few moments of the round. Rua wasn't material to remain there lengthy, however, and he easily scrambled to his legs and got a takedown of his own to even factors up.
To Sonnen's credit score, he remained relaxed and gathered beginning on, and it wasn't lengthy before he had changed the place and started again the farming, ground-and-pound design from the top that most individuals predicted from him in this fight. But the actual shock came in the ultimate moment of the circular, when Sonnen closed up the guillotine jampacked and completed it from his returning, making his Brazil challenger with no evade path as he packed for the distribution success.
After the battle, the always-verbose Sonnen first devoted his win to his granny, who he said has fought melanoma, then released almost instantly into his pro wrestling-style schtick, enjoying his own performance with an unplanned poetry and then contacting out long time Brazil competing Wanderlei Silva.
"Right here on the UFC's new house, FOX Activities 1, Wanderlei Silva, 6 ft. great and 205 weight," Sonnen said in his post-fight meeting with UFC shade commentator Joe Rogan. "Boy, until I met you, I didn't know they could collection junk that great."
After being temporarily disturbed by Rogan, Sonnen was soon returning to normal, providing Silva an argument in three months' time before storming out of the crate.
With the win, Sonnen (28-13-1 MMA, 7-6 UFC) gets his first success since Jan 2012, taking a two-fight dropping ability that saw him experience beats in fights for both the UFC middleweight and mild great quality headings. Rua (21-8 MMA, 5-6 UFC) has now missing two in a row in the UFC.
Full UFC Battle Night 26 results:
Chael Sonnen def. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via distribution (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 4:47
Travis Browne def. Alistair Overeem via KO (head punch, punches) — Round 1, 4:08
Urijah Faber def. Yuri Alcantara via single choice (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Matt Brownish def. Scott Pyle via KO (punches) — Round 1, 0:29
John Howard def. Uriah Area via divided choice (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Michael Brown def. Joe Lauzon via single choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
Michael McDonald def. Kaira Pickett via distribution (triangle choke) — Round 2, 3:43
Conor McGregor def. Max Holloway via single choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Steven Siler def. Scott Brownish via KO (punches) — Round 1, 0:50
Diego Brandao def. Daniel Pineda via single choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Manny Gamburyan def. Cole Burns via single choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Ovince St. Preux def. Cody Donovan via KO (punches) — Round 1, 2:07
James Vick def. Ramsey Nijem via distribution (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 0:58
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