PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa comes to the ring accompanied by Maria Conchita - Vamos A Bailar. Battle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. VICTORY REMIX kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Sosa
vs
Battle

188 cm
25
196 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

187 cm
27
197 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alejandro Sosa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dre Battle!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Battle walks into a left hand.
Nice body punch from Battle.
Battle takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Battle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Battle.

Sosa closes the distance and clinches.
Sosa controlling the action here for a moment.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Battle.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Battle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa stalls.
Battle wants to break free but Sosa has control.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Battle tries to throw a body punch but Sosa avoids it by throwing Battle back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa blocks a body shot from Battle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sosa.
Sosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa working aggressively here.
Sosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Battle.
Sosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Battle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Battle avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Battle stops a takedown attempt from Sosa.
Sosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosa throws a head punch that misses.
Sosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Battle's elbow.
Battle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Battle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battle scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Battle finds it's way round the side to connect with Sosa's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa looks to land a left hand but Battle moved out of range nicely.
Battle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Battle.
Nice sprawl there from Battle as Sosa shoots in.
Sosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sosa is breathing heavily.
Battle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sosa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sosa walks into a straight right hand from Battle.
Battle connects with the punch.

Sosa is rocked!
A shot to the liver by Battle. Beautiful body shot.
Battle lands a slapping body shot.
Sosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Battle connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sosa's hands.
Battle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice uppercut lands for Battle. That snapped Sosa's head back.
Oh Sosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Battle cracks Sosa with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dre Battle!
Dre Battle is the new middleweight champion!