{"id":74888,"date":"2013-11-16T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T04:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=74888"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:29:22","slug":"ufc-167-results-evans-earns-tko-victory-finishes-sonnen-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-167-results-evans-earns-tko-victory-finishes-sonnen-in-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 167 Results: Evans Earns TKO Victory, Finishes Sonnen In First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RASHAD-EVANS-WINS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RASHAD-EVANS-WINS.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"RASHAD EVANS WINS\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RASHAD-EVANS-WINS.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RASHAD-EVANS-WINS-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RASHAD-EVANS-WINS-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chael Sonnen and Rashad Evans are two experienced wrestlers, so it wasn&#8217;t a surprise when Sonnen shot for a takedown almost immediately. Evans defended intelligently and after jockeying for position, he was able to take Sonnen down himself. That&#8217;s where things began to get interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Rashad Evans postured up over Chael Sonnen and slammed his elbow into his face. Sonnen didn&#8217;t like that all too much and turned away from Evans, giving up his back in the process. Evans saw this as an opportunity to throw a barrage of unanswered punches. After switching from full mount to having control of Sonnen&#8217;s back, Evans landed too many unanswered punches which forced Herb Dean to call and end to the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Rashad Evans has now won two fights in a row, last defeating Dan Henderson at UFC 161.<\/p>\n<p>Rashad Evans defeated Chael Sonnen by way of TKO (Punches) 4:05 of Round 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chael Sonnen and Rashad Evans are two experienced wrestlers, so it wasn&#8217;t a surprise when Sonnen shot for a takedown almost immediately. 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