PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick sanfillipo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Runar Soegaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soegaard has chosen Final countdown as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

sanfillipo
vs
Soegaard

188 cm
22
194 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

187 cm
26
199 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick sanfillipo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Runar Soegaard!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soegaard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Runar Soegaard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
sanfillipo throws out a loose jab but Soegaard uses good head movement to avoid it.
sanfillipo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soegaard misses with a two punch combination.
Soegaard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Soegaard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from sanfillipo.
Soegaard is looking to clinch.
sanfillipo fails with a takedown attempt.
sanfillipo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
sanfillipo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Soegaard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by sanfillipo.
Soegaard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Soegaard tries to clinch but sanfillipo is having none of it.
sanfillipo misses with an uppercut.
Soegaard throws a leg kick which misses sanfillipo's front leg but catches the back leg as sanfillipo tries to avoid it.

Soegaard gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Soegaard.
sanfillipo is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Soegaard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soegaard chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soegaard forces sanfillipo back against the cage and clinches.
sanfillipo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Soegaard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick sanfillipo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soegaard connects with a nasty looking knee right to sanfillipo's face.
Soegaard with a knee to the head.

Soegaard manages to break the clinch.
Soegaard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sanfillipo circles away quickly and effectively.
Soegaard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Soegaard tries to clinch there but sanfillipo circles away.
Soegaard tries to clinch up but sanfillipo circles away and keeps his distance.

sanfillipo tries to keep at a distance but Soegaard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Soegaard lands an elbow that stopped sanfillipo in his tracks for a moment.
Soegaard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Soegaard on the inside.
Soegaard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Soegaard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soegaard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soegaard fails to land with a series of punches.
Soegaard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Soegaard lands with a kick to the temple. sanfillipo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Nick sanfillipo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
sanfillipo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Soegaard throws a head kick that sanfillipo semi-blocks.
A punch combination from Soegaard misses.
sanfillipo slips under a jab from Soegaard.
sanfillipo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Soegaard can pounce on him.
sanfillipo tries to move into range but Soegaard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Soegaard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on sanfillipo. That did some damage!
Soegaard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sanfillipo circles away quickly and effectively.
sanfillipo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from sanfillipo.

Soegaard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soegaard landing knees to the body.
Soegaard stalling the fight.
sanfillipo looking for a takedown.
Soegaard avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Soegaard.
Soegaard scores a nice knee to the body.
sanfillipo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Soegaard lands a knee to the head.
Soegaard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Soegaard stalls.
sanfillipo is trying to break the clinch but Soegaard is controlling him.

Soegaard breaks from the clinch.
sanfillipo fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanfillipo looks to land a left hand but Soegaard moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Soegaard.
Soegaard pushes sanfillipo away with a front kick.
sanfillipo avoids a punch combination nicely.
sanfillipo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soegaard was well out of range. Poor timing from sanfillipo.
Soegaard scores with the left hand. sanfillipo knows he should have avoided that one.

Soegaard forces sanfillipo back against the cage and clinches.
sanfillipo trying to stall but Soegaard improves his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soegaard avoiding damage.
Soegaard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Soegaard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
sanfillipo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Runar Soegaard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick sanfillipo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Soegaard misses with a low kick.
sanfillipo shoots in but Soegaard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Soegaard throws a head kick that misses.
sanfillipo throws a nice looking combination but Soegaard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
sanfillipo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Soegaard but Soegaard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Soegaard lands with a slapping head kick.
Soegaard wants to clinch up but sanfillipo keeps it at a distance.
Soegaard fails in his attempt to clinch.
sanfillipo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Soegaard tries to avoid it but sanfillipo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Soegaard to the ground. Soegaard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick sanfillipo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
sanfillipo swinging wildly here.
Soegaard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but sanfillipo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soegaard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soegaard throws a left and a right that both miss

and sanfillipo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Soegaard holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soegaard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Soegaard pushes sanfillipo off, looking to escape but sanfillipo dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Soegaard is forced to tap! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nick sanfillipo!