PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yu Liang (ranked 4449 p4p, 3870 weight class) and Sheldon Soucy (ranked 454 p4p, 418 weight class). Yu Liang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Liang
vs
Soucy

183 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
180
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yu Liang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sheldon Soucy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soucy throws a body shot but no joy.
Sheldon Soucy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soucy throws a leg kick

and Liang counters with a takedown into side control.
Liang sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Soucy is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Liang scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Soucy to see if he's OK.
Soucy parries the strikes from Liang easily there. Liang is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Soucy to escape.
Liang scoring with punches and elbows.
Liang lands a nice forearm strike.
Liang throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Liang working the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liang lands some shots froms side control.
Liang in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Soucy is rocked!
Check out the look on Liang's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Soucy is still in real trouble! Can Liang finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Soucy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Liang in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Soucy looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Liang turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yu Liang!