PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jan Sokol (ranked 439 p4p, 1312 weight class) and Unang Zemin (ranked 32 p4p, 97 weight class). Zemin has chosen 부모님 은혜 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Unang Zemin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jan Sokol's chin.

Sokol
vs
Zemin

182 cm
30
135
19 - 15 - 1

169 cm
28
135
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sokol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Unang Zemin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zemin staying out of range there.
A countering left hand to the body from Zemin misses.
Zemin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zemin misses with a two punch combination.
Sokol connects with a nice looking jab.
Zemin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sokol avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zemin moves away from the strike by Sokol.
Sokol misses with a hook. Zemin ducked under it nicely.
Sokol connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zemin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zemin with a nice cross.
Zemin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zemin throws a right and a left that Sokol avoids nicely.
Sokol throwing a counter right hand but Zemin manages to avoid it.
Sokol does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zemin misses with a looping left.
Sokol ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zemin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zemin misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokol with a jab.
Sokol looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice cross by Sokol.
Jan Sokol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sokol lands a nice hook to Zemin's body. Zemin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sokol throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zemin on the side of the head.

Sokol moves into the clinch successfully.
Sokol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zemin lands with a right to the head.
Zemin lands with a right to the head.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sokol lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sokol content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Zemin fails to land.
Sokol lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zemin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zemin blocking some punches.
Zemin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zemin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokol misses with some punches.
Zemin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zemin tries a knee to the head but Sokol blocks it.
Zemin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sokol in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zemin presses Sokol against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sokol.
Zemin throws a punch but it's blocked by Sokol.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sokol lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sokol is looking to control Zemin's arms but Zemin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sokol has his back to the cage.
Sokol is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Sokol scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sokol.
Sokol softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sokol stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zemin lands a knee to the body.
Zemin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sokol.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sokol fails to land.
Sokol swings wildly with an uppercut but Zemin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zemin working aggressively here.
Sokol doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Sokol pulls guard.
Zemin wants to stand but Sokol is controlling his posture from full guard.
Zemin is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sokol really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin wants to stand and escape but instead Sokol has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sokol wants to pass the guard but Zemin is keeping the position.
Sokol throwing strikes but missing.
Zemin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sokol is controlling him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jan Sokol will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sokol avoids the head kick by Zemin.
Jab from Sokol.
Sokol throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big left from Sokol misses.
Zemin misses with a body shot.
Sokol throws a jab but it's blocked by Zemin.
Sokol misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zemin.
Sokol slips a jab and a cross from Zemin.
Unang Zemin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sokol slips a jab from Zemin.
Sokol thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some wild striking there from Zemin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sokol jabs Zemin right on the nose. Zemin blinks but takes it well.
Zemin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sokol.
Zemin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sokol looks to land a left hand but Zemin moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sokol thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sokol swings widly with a right hand
and Zemin counters with a series of strikes. Sokol will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sokol catches Zemin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Unang Zemin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sokol closes the distance and clinches.
Zemin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sokol avoids it.
Zemin landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sokol throws a punch but it's blocked by Zemin.
Sokol pushes Zemin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zemin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zemin is struggling to control the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zemin as Sokol tries to tie him up.
Zemin trying to control the position but instead, Sokol has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zemin into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zemin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokol tries to pull guard but Zemin won't allow it.
Sokol letting Zemin take a breather here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sokol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sokol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin scores with a shoulder strike.
Sokol misses with a punch on the inside.
Zemin lands a nice uppercut.
Sokol is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Zemin looking to throw knees to the head but Sokol is blocking nicely.
Sokol blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zemin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zemin has Sokol pushed against the cage.
Sokol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sokol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zemin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sokol's face.
Sokol blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Sokol drags the fight down to the ground.
Zemin tries to stand but Sokol is controlling from the bottom.
Sokol controls Zemin momentarily but Zemin frees himself.
Sokol is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Zemin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sokol pulls Zemin in close to prevent any damage.
Zemin wanted to stand there but Sokol had control of the position.
Sokol pulls Zemin in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin wants to get up but he can't break Sokol's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sokol trying to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Zemin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sokol needs to keep his hands up - Zemin had a free shot at his head there.

Sokol drives through and clinches with Zemin against the cage.
Sokol jumps guard but Zemin stands there with Sokol around his waist. Sokol gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Sokol. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zemin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sokol backwards.
Zemin misses with a punch on the inside.
Zemin lands a left hand.
Sokol drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sokol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Unang Zemin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A slow jab from Sokol misses its intended target.

Zemin lands a left and a right that send Sokol crashing to the mat, dazed. Zemin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sokol is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Zemin has cracked Sokol with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Zemin lands another huge swinging hook and Sokol tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Sokol, before Zemin can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Unang Zemin!