PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Seletzsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seletzsky comes to the cage accompanied by Viva Colonia!. Sosa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by HELLUVA LIFE. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Seletzsky
vs
Sosa

170 cm
21
150 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

169 cm
23
147 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Seletzsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seletzsky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seletzsky moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sosa.
Sosa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sosa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Seletzsky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
Seletzsky ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Seletzsky wants to clinch.

Seletzsky drives through and clinches with Sosa against the cage.
A hook to the body from Sosa.
Seletzsky misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Sosa.
Seletzsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa is trying to break the clinch but Seletzsky has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosa.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seletzsky has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seletzsky.
Seletzsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seletzsky has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.

Sosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sosa slips under a jab from Seletzsky.
Marcello Sosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Seletzsky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seletzsky gets through Sosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seletzsky misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosa.
Sosa wants to break the clinch but can't.
A bit of stalling here from Sosa.
A frustrated look appears on Sosa's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Seletzsky working aggressively here.
Seletzsky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sosa is trying to break the clinch but Seletzsky has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Seletzsky fails to land.
Sosa is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Seletzsky fails to land.
Sosa prevents a body shot from Seletzsky.
A shot in the inside from Seletzsky.
Seletzsky lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sosa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Seletzsky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sosa working hard to break the clinch.
Seletzsky tries a body shot but Sosa blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seletzsky makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seletzsky digs a right hand into Sosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sosa's gas tank.
Seletzsky throws a head punch that misses.
The referee calls for Sosa to work.
Seletzsky throws a head punch that misses.
Seletzsky jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sosa walks away with a smile on his face. Seletzsky gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Seletzsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sosa lands with an uppercut that bounces Seletzsky off the cage and back into rage.
Seletzsky on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sosa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sosa throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the body from Seletzsky misses
letting Sosa counter with a right hand.
Sosa punishes Seletzsky's body with a nice straight punch.
Seletzsky throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seletzsky darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sosa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Seletzsky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
Sosa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sosa lands a nice looking body shot.
Sosa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Seletzsky's head.
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa throws a body punch but Seletzsky moves out of range.
Seletzsky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sosa's corner calls for a 1-2. Sosa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sosa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Seletzsky walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Seletzsky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sosa counters with a left to the body.
Seletzsky throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Seletzsky misses with a jab to the body
and Sosa counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to de liver by Sosa. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Seletzsky throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Seletzsky is out of range.
Sosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Seletzsky looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seletzsky scores with a one two! Sosa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sosa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Seletzsky walks into a stiff left hand from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sosa missing with a left hand there. Seletzsky was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seletzsky manages to avoid it.
Seletzsky misses with the combination.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Seletzsky takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Seletzsky falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seletzsky slips under a jab from Sosa.

Seletzsky moves into range and clinches up with Sosa.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexander Seletzsky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Seletzsky avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Seletzsky keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Marcello Sosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Seletzsky closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seletzsky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seletzsky presses Sosa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seletzsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Sosa.
Sosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Seletzsky has double underhooks.
Seletzsky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Seletzsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seletzsky misses with some punches.
Sosa scores with a shoulder strike.

Sosa manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Seletzsky.
Seletzsky steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
Seletzsky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sosa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Seletzsky's head.
Sosa misses with a hook. Seletzsky ducked under it nicely.
Seletzsky stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sosa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seletzsky momentarily.
Sosa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Seletzsky on the side of the head.
Seletzsky smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seletzsky misses with a looping left.
A punch lands to the side of Seletzsky 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seletzsky walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Seletzsky misses the jab.
Seletzsky looks to land a left hand but Sosa moved out of range nicely.
Seletzsky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Seletzsky is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Seletzsky.
Seletzsky tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Sosa misses.
Seletzsky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosa circles away quickly and effectively.
Sosa blocks a jab.
Sosa swings for the body but Seletzsky moves out of range.
Sosa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seletzsky.
Seletzsky ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Seletzsky. Seletzsky circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Seletzsky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seletzsky throws a body punch but Sosa moves out of range.
Seletzsky misses with a straight right.
Seletzsky loads up on a big right hand but Sosa slips the punch.
Seletzsky ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seletzsky.
Sosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice cross by Seletzsky.
Sosa throws a shot from downtown. Seletzsky moves away and avoids it.
Seletzsky looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Seletzsky closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sosa counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa connects with a nice looking jab.
Seletzsky looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Sosa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Seletzsky lands with a nice combination. Sosa backs away looking to recover.
Sosa misses with a hook. Seletzsky ducked under it nicely.
Sosa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seletzsky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Sosa.
Sosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sosa connects with a looping right hand.

Seletzsky drives through and clinches with Sosa against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Seletzsky fails to land.

Sosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seletzsky tries to clinch but Sosa is having none of it.
Sosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seletzsky was well out of range. Poor timing from Sosa.
Seletzsky scores with a decent looking hook.
Seletzsky throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Sosa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Seletzsky's hands.

Seletzsky pushes Sosa up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seletzsky working aggressively here.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.
Seletzsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Seletzsky on the inside.
Seletzsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seletzsky throws a head punch that misses.
Seletzsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Seletzsky misses with the head strike.

Seletzsky wants the takedown. Sosa is fighting it off but Seletzsky persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sosa's guard against the cage.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Seletzsky is fighting to break Sosa's control of his arms but Sosa is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Seletzsky drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Seletzsky jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alexander Seletzsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seletzsky preventing the sweep.
Seletzsky wants to control from the top but Sosa keeps moving.
Seletzsky looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sosa is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Seletzsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Sosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sosa blocks a jab.
Seletzsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seletzsky throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Sosa thows a body shot but no joy.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Seletzsky is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Seletzsky. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Seletzsky.
Sosa scores with a hook to the body. Seletzsky takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sosa slips a jab from Seletzsky.
Seletzsky scores with a punch to the head.
Seletzsky throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
Sosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Seletzsky finds it's way round the side to connect with Sosa's head.
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Seletzsky.
Seletzsky throws a combination that misses
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Seletzsky takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa loads up on a big right hand but Seletzsky slips the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sosa, as that shot connected.
Sosa lands a jab to Seletzsky's midsection.
Sosa moves away from the strike by Seletzsky.
Seletzsky throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Seletzsky just misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa misses with a hook. Seletzsky ducked under it nicely.
Sosa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Seletzsky's head.
A jab from Sosa finds it's way through Seletzsky's defenses.

Seletzsky is rocked!
Sosa throws a monster overhand right that drops Seletzsky! Sosa follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcello Sosa!