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1st round – Mario Yamasaki is the referee for this rematch. Soszynski comes out and takes it to Bonnar. Bonnar has his knee buckled by a low leg kick from Soszynski. Bonnar gets a takedown and is in Soszynski’s full guard. Bonnar stands up in Soszynski’s full guard, but cant get much off. Soszynski is holding onto Bonnar. Soszynski rolls out and stands up and lands some heavy shots to Bonnar’s face and body. Soszynski pins Bonnar up against the fence and gets a body lock. Bonnar gets loose and lands some elbows on Siszynski. Bonnar lands a couple of rights and a leg kick. Soszynski keeps coming forward though. Bonnar misses a spinning back kick and gets tangled up with his opponent. They clinch again and Bonnar lands the better strikes from the clinch. Soszynski lands a nice kick to the body. They clinch and Soszynski is pressing Bonnar against the fence. Soszynski lands a hard right and then a left putting Bonnar against the fence. Bonnar stays in it and gets in tight with his opponent. He misses a high kick but hits with a front kick before the bell ends the round. (Soszynski 10-9)
2nd round – I think both fighters look fresh coming into the 2nd round. Soszynski puts his head down and lands some heavy strikes that puts Bonnar on his heels. They come together and Bonnar lands a knee and some uppercuts . Soszynski lands a hard right as he backed up and is now in control of this back and forth bout. Bonnar gets in front of Siszynski and hits with a high kick as well as some heavy punches. Bonnar hits with another kick but Soszynski clinches. Bonnar gets Soszynski to the ground where he begins to land some strikes to the body of Soszynski. Soszynski gets to his feet and Bonnar lands a knee that puts his opponent on his face. Bonnar begins to lands punch after punch, somwhere around twenty, before Yamasaki steps in and stops it.
Official Decision – Bonnar over Soszynski 2nd round (3:08) TKO