PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between dawid wiszniewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

wiszniewski
vs
Sobral

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, dawid wiszniewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pierre Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wiszniewski misses with a takedown attempt - Sobral sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from wiszniewski is defended easily by Sobral.

Sobral shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Sobral.
wiszniewski tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

wiszniewski actively working from the bottom here.
wiszniewski throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
wiszniewski is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sobral's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sobral's back!
Sobral tries to escape but wiszniewski has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Sobral wants to control his opponent's hands but wiszniewski gets his hands free.
Sobral wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is trying to break free.
wiszniewski gets his hands free as Sobral looks to control.
Sobral tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sobral is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

wiszniewski goes for an armbar but Sobral turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sobral.

Sobral stands up from wiszniewski's guard - Sobral perhaps looking for a knockout.

Sobral drives through with a takedown into guard.
wiszniewski is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wiszniewski striking off his back but it's not causing Sobral any problems.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sobral's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
wiszniewski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sobral on the ground.
wiszniewski throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sobral trying to control but wiszniewski is working from the bottom.

wiszniewski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sobral is aware though and is defending well.
Sobral content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sobral slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
A lull in the action here.
Sobral wants to control but wiszniewski is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wiszniewski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sobral wants to lay and pray for a moment but wiszniewski keeps working.
Sobral passes to full mount! That's big trouble for wiszniewski!
Sobral looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sobral looking to control but wiszniewski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
wiszniewski tries to lock up and control but Sobral gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sobral lands a big shot there that rocks wiszniewski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sobral is in the full mount, landing strikes.
wiszniewski swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sobral controlling from mount.
The referee warns wiszniewski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sobral is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Sobral dominated that round.
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.

wiszniewski misses with a takedown attempt

and Sobral counters by clinching up.

wiszniewski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
wiszniewski tries for a takedown but Sobral circles away easily

so Sobral counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sobral passes into half guard.
wiszniewski throws a strike from the bottom but Sobral passes into side control!
Sobral is chipping away with strikes.
Sobral just content to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral trying to control the position but wiszniewski is working away.
wiszniewski wants to control but Sobral postures up.
Sobral creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Sobral stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Sobral darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sobral lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wiszniewski is trying to maintain the position but Sobral is very close to passing his half guard.
Pierre Sobral has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sobral moves nicely into side control.
wiszniewski throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
wiszniewski tries to buck Sobral off but Sobral is having none of it.
wiszniewski is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Sobral stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Sobral scores a takedown into full mount!
wiszniewski flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral lands a big shot there that rocks wiszniewski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
wiszniewski is trying to escape the mount.
Sobral controlling his opponent.
wiszniewski throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
wiszniewski working to try and regain half guard.
wiszniewski is working hard here to advance position.
Sobral sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sobral cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
wiszniewski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sobral controlling from mount.
wiszniewski tries to reverse the position but Sobral maintains control.
Sobral takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Sobral showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sobral shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches wiszniewski napping and manages to drive through into side control!
wiszniewski wants to control but Sobral postures up.
wiszniewski gets back to half guard.
Sobral blocks the strikes from wiszniewski.
Sobral is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sobral passes to side control.
wiszniewski tries to strike but it doesn't land.
wiszniewski is trying to control Sobral's posture but Sobral avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
wiszniewski is not content to let Sobral control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sobral tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sobral has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
wiszniewski wants to control but Sobral postures up.
A lull in the action here.
Sobral wants to lay and pray for a moment but wiszniewski keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wiszniewski is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sobral connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused wiszniewski some visible discomfort.
wiszniewski is trying to get back to half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sobral feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
wiszniewski is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

wiszniewski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sobral lands a couple of decent looking shots.
wiszniewski will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
wiszniewski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
dawid wiszniewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sobral sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed wiszniewski's guard.

wiszniewski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sobral frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sobral connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sobral avoids the attempt from wiszniewski to control.
Sobral working wiszniewski over with strikes here.
Sobral controlling from the full mount.
wiszniewski is trying to escape the mount.
Sobral with a couple of short strikes.
Pierre Sobral is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
wiszniewski throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sobral. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Sobral comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sobral has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Sobral!