Post by The Sandmen on Dec 6, 2012 15:58:45 GMT -5
Dan Henderson looks like he's feeling the pressure.
Ferocious staredown by Sonnen while John McCarthy recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Sonnen is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
Chael Sonnen comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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Henderson and Sonnen move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
A right hand from Dan Henderson
makes Sonnen stumble back!
Sonnen wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sonnen moves forward and holds Henderson
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sonnen tries to take Dan Henderson down... Henderson stumbles backwards and Chael Sonnen launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Henderson's jaw!
Henderson's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The fighters are clinching.
Sonnen launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Henderson struggles and protects himself.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sonnen launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Dan Henderson's ribs shows the damage! Chael Sonnen is working his opponent ribs!
Henderson ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson grapple with Chael Sonnen and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Sonnen manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Henderson seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Henderson launches a hook to the body
Bang! Sonnen stops that one with his ribs!
Crushing shot to Sonnen's body! He's holding his side
Dan Henderson tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Dan Henderson who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Chael Sonnen tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Henderson is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Henderson is launching some bone breaking punches to Sonnen's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Chael Sonnen's eyes.
Sonnen doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Dan Henderson embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sonnen who put distance between them
Sonnen tries to grapple
Henderson moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Chael Sonnen and Henderson engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Dan Henderson is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Chael Sonnen tries to bring the fight to the ground
Henderson goes down.
Chael Sonnen is in open guard over Henderson
Sonnen fires a barrage of punches at Henderson's head!
The punches go wide.
Sonnen clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Henderson tries to close his guard around Sonnen
He succeeds!
Chael Sonnen is in closed guard over Henderson
Sonnen is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chael Sonnen!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Chael Sonnen moves to half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson is cooling the fight on the ground
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Chael Sonnen attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson pushes Sonnen's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Henderson who is in full mount! Sonnen is in trouble now!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson hovers above Sonnen
Good punches to Sonnen's body.
Crushing shot to Sonnen's body! He's holding his side
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen is cooling the fight on the ground
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen launches a few punches to Henderson's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Henderson tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen launches a few punches to Henderson's cheek from the guard.
Dan Henderson uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches Sonnen.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Sonnen tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sonnen's moves.
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Chael Sonnen. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Bell Centre (Montreal, Quebec) are cheering for the fighters.
Dan Henderson launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Sonnen blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Chael Sonnen's cheek! Sonnen stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Henderson is standing while Sonnen is on the ground on his back
Dan Henderson steps back and allows Sonnen to get back to his feet.
Chael Sonnen is on his feet again.
Dan Henderson launches a rapid series of punches
taking Sonnen from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Several good body shots
are evaded by Henderson.
Henderson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Dan Henderson tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Dan Henderson who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Dan Henderson has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Chael Sonnen tries to bring the fight to the ground
Henderson goes down.
Chael Sonnen is in open guard over Henderson
Sonnen tries to jump to side mount.
Dan Henderson jumps and show some wrestling skills as he positions himself for continuing the fight in side control.
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson tries to better his position on the ground...
Henderson breaks the closed guard of Chael Sonnen and moves to half guard
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen attempts to trap Dan Henderson in his guard.
Chael Sonnen manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Sonnen measures the resilience of Henderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Henderson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Dan Henderson looks to counter!
Body shots by Dan Henderson
Solid blows to Sonnen's abdomen.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches Sonnen.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Sonnen
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Henderson struggles on the ground and tries to break Chael Sonnen's guard...
Dan Henderson is in Sonnen open guard now
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sonnen
Sonnen tries to stand up!
Henderson doesn't allow him!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson tries to pass to half guard...
Chael Sonnen can't prevent his opponent from passing. Henderson looks to work from half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Henderson tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Sonnen from the side mount!
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Good looking punches from Dan Henderson on the ground
They could take their toll on Sonnen.
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson looks to mount Chael Sonnen...
Dan Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Sonnen tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Chael Sonnen. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Dan Henderson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Bone shattering straight left hand from Dan Henderson!
Sonnen is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Sonnen steps forward
Dan Henderson catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Sonnen's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Chael Sonnen's Nose
Sonnen is hurt... He should be looking to avoid more damage or he will lose this fight.
Sonnen is holding Dan Henderson's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dan Henderson shows great balance while pushing away Chael Sonnen
Shovel hook by Chael Sonnen
goes nowhere.
Henderson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Henderson is holding Chael Sonnen's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Chael Sonnen loses balance and goes to the ground.
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson hovers above Sonnen
Good punches to Sonnen's body.
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Sonnen's face!
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson looks to mount Chael Sonnen...
Dan Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Henderson throws a few hammer fists to the face of Chael Sonnen
Solid shots!
John McCarthy has seen enough! The fight is over! Sonnen was not intelligently defending himself!
Winner is Dan Henderson by TKO (GnP) at 4:03 Round 2
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 17/21 (81%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/3 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 27/30 (90%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 302 s
Statistics: Chael Sonnen
Punches 0/7 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/11 (36%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 2/13 (15%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 313 s
Henderson wins. Pretty one-sided affair. Trash talk fail.
Ferocious staredown by Sonnen while John McCarthy recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Sonnen is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
Chael Sonnen comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Henderson and Sonnen move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
A right hand from Dan Henderson
makes Sonnen stumble back!
Sonnen wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sonnen moves forward and holds Henderson
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sonnen tries to take Dan Henderson down... Henderson stumbles backwards and Chael Sonnen launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Henderson's jaw!
Henderson's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The fighters are clinching.
Sonnen launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Henderson struggles and protects himself.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sonnen launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Dan Henderson's ribs shows the damage! Chael Sonnen is working his opponent ribs!
Henderson ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson grapple with Chael Sonnen and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Sonnen manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Henderson seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Henderson launches a hook to the body
Bang! Sonnen stops that one with his ribs!
Crushing shot to Sonnen's body! He's holding his side
Dan Henderson tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Dan Henderson who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Chael Sonnen tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Henderson is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Henderson is launching some bone breaking punches to Sonnen's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Chael Sonnen's eyes.
Sonnen doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Dan Henderson embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sonnen who put distance between them
Sonnen tries to grapple
Henderson moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Chael Sonnen and Henderson engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Dan Henderson is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Chael Sonnen tries to bring the fight to the ground
Henderson goes down.
Chael Sonnen is in open guard over Henderson
Sonnen fires a barrage of punches at Henderson's head!
The punches go wide.
Sonnen clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Henderson tries to close his guard around Sonnen
He succeeds!
Chael Sonnen is in closed guard over Henderson
Sonnen is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chael Sonnen!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Chael Sonnen moves to half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson is cooling the fight on the ground
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Chael Sonnen attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson pushes Sonnen's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Henderson who is in full mount! Sonnen is in trouble now!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson hovers above Sonnen
Good punches to Sonnen's body.
Crushing shot to Sonnen's body! He's holding his side
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen is cooling the fight on the ground
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen launches a few punches to Henderson's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Henderson tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen launches a few punches to Henderson's cheek from the guard.
Dan Henderson uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches Sonnen.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Sonnen tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sonnen's moves.
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Chael Sonnen. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Bell Centre (Montreal, Quebec) are cheering for the fighters.
Dan Henderson launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Sonnen blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Chael Sonnen's cheek! Sonnen stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Henderson is standing while Sonnen is on the ground on his back
Dan Henderson steps back and allows Sonnen to get back to his feet.
Chael Sonnen is on his feet again.
Dan Henderson launches a rapid series of punches
taking Sonnen from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Several good body shots
are evaded by Henderson.
Henderson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Dan Henderson tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Dan Henderson who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Dan Henderson has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Chael Sonnen tries to bring the fight to the ground
Henderson goes down.
Chael Sonnen is in open guard over Henderson
Sonnen tries to jump to side mount.
Dan Henderson jumps and show some wrestling skills as he positions himself for continuing the fight in side control.
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson tries to better his position on the ground...
Henderson breaks the closed guard of Chael Sonnen and moves to half guard
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen attempts to trap Dan Henderson in his guard.
Chael Sonnen manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Sonnen measures the resilience of Henderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Henderson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Dan Henderson looks to counter!
Body shots by Dan Henderson
Solid blows to Sonnen's abdomen.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches Sonnen.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Sonnen
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Sonnen
Henderson struggles on the ground and tries to break Chael Sonnen's guard...
Dan Henderson is in Sonnen open guard now
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sonnen
Sonnen tries to stand up!
Henderson doesn't allow him!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sonnen
Dan Henderson tries to pass to half guard...
Chael Sonnen can't prevent his opponent from passing. Henderson looks to work from half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sonnen
Henderson tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Sonnen from the side mount!
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Good looking punches from Dan Henderson on the ground
They could take their toll on Sonnen.
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson looks to mount Chael Sonnen...
Dan Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Sonnen tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Chael Sonnen. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Dan Henderson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Bone shattering straight left hand from Dan Henderson!
Sonnen is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Sonnen steps forward
Dan Henderson catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Sonnen's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Chael Sonnen's Nose
Sonnen is hurt... He should be looking to avoid more damage or he will lose this fight.
Sonnen is holding Dan Henderson's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dan Henderson shows great balance while pushing away Chael Sonnen
Shovel hook by Chael Sonnen
goes nowhere.
Henderson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Henderson is holding Chael Sonnen's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Chael Sonnen loses balance and goes to the ground.
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson hovers above Sonnen
Good punches to Sonnen's body.
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Sonnen's face!
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Chael Sonnen
Dan Henderson looks to mount Chael Sonnen...
Dan Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Chael Sonnen
Henderson throws a few hammer fists to the face of Chael Sonnen
Solid shots!
John McCarthy has seen enough! The fight is over! Sonnen was not intelligently defending himself!
Winner is Dan Henderson by TKO (GnP) at 4:03 Round 2
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 17/21 (81%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/3 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 27/30 (90%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 302 s
Statistics: Chael Sonnen
Punches 0/7 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/11 (36%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 2/13 (15%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 313 s
Henderson wins. Pretty one-sided affair. Trash talk fail.