PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Sobchek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sherman Tribbett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Sobchek
vs
Tribbett

192 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
213 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Sobchek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sherman Tribbett!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobchek lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sobchek connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sobchek throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sobchek.
A head kick misses from Tribbett.
Sobchek slaps away a takedown attempt from Tribbett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sobchek throws a nice outside leg kick.

Sobchek instigates a clinch.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Sherman Tribbett has been cut.
Sobchek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.
Tribbett looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobchek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Sobchek.
Sobchek holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sobchek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sobchek working Tribbett over with knees to the body.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tribbett's face.

That has opened up Sherman Tribbett's cut even more.
Sobchek working Tribbett over with knees to the body.
Sobchek stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribbett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobchek obliges.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tribbett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tribbett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sobchek lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobchek lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Sherman Tribbett's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tribbett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobchek obliges.
Sobchek prevents Tribbett from breaking the clinch.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek with a knee to the head.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tribbett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.
Sobchek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sobchek crunches a lovely knee into Tribbett's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek lands a damaging elbow.
Sobchek is stalling here.

Sobchek manages to break the clinch.
Tribbett misses with a leg kick
and Sobchek counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Sobchek clinches up with Tribbett and pushes him back against the ropes.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.
Sobchek lands a knee to the body.
Tribbett tries to pull guard but Sobchek won't allow it.
Sobchek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sobchek takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tribbett tries to pull guard but Sobchek won't allow it.
Walter Sobchek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sherman Tribbett.
Sobchek will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tribbett up against the ropes.
Sobchek working Tribbett over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.
Sobchek scores with a knee to the head.
Sobchek scores with a knee to the head.
Sobchek lands a nice knee to the body.
Tribbett tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Tribbett takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobchek obliges.
Sobchek lands a damaging elbow.
Sobchek controlling the action here for a moment.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sobchek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sobchek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sobchek prevents the takedown attempt.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Sobchek stops a takedown attempt from Tribbett.
Sobchek gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tribbett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek lands a good knee to the midsection. Tribbett won't want to take too many of those.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside that Tribbett shrugs off.
Tribbett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sobchek gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobchek obliges.
Sobchek comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sobchek working Tribbett over with knees to the body.
Sobchek leaning against his opponent.
Sobchek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tribbett is trying to force a seperation but Sobchek has the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sobchek lands a knee to the head.
Tribbett tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.
Tribbett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sobchek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Sobchek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sherman Tribbett's cut.
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.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sobchek, right into the meat.
A head kick by Tribbett misses
and Sobchek counters with a left to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tribbett.
Sobchek with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sobchek avoids the head kick by Tribbett.

Sobchek closes the distance and pushes Tribbett back into the ropes.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tribbett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Sobchek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tribbett tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Sobchek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sobchek with a knee to the head.
Sobchek stalls.
Sobchek crunches a lovely knee into Tribbett's ribcage.
Sobchek lands a damaging elbow.
Tribbett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tribbett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobchek.
Sobchek lands an elbow that stopped Tribbett in his tracks for a moment.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tribbett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.
A bit of stalling here from Sobchek.
Tribbett tries to pull guard but Sobchek won't allow it.
Tribbett takes an elbow to the temple.
Tribbett misses with a punch to the body.
Sobchek controlling the action here for a moment.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.

Sobchek breaks from the clinch.
Sobchek connects with a high kick.
Tribbett wants to clinch
and Sobchek counters with a low kick, right behind Tribbett 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tribbett missing with a left hand there. Sobchek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Sobchek gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tribbett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sobchek lands a good knee to the midsection. Tribbett won't want to take too many of those.
Sobchek lands a damaging elbow.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside that Tribbett shrugs off.
Sobchek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tribbett's face.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Tribbett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tribbett has Sobchek pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Sobchek manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Walter Sobchek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sherman Tribbett.
Tribbett is trying to stall.
Sobchek working Tribbett over with knees to the body.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.
Sobchek effectively controlling the action here.
Sobchek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tribbett.
Tribbett goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sobchek prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tribbett letting Sobchek take a breather here.
Sobchek with a knee to the head.
Tribbett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sobchek effectively controlling the action here.
Tribbett looking to throw knees to the head but Sobchek is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sobchek - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sobchek for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Tribbett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tribbett has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sobchek is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tribbett has Sobchek pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Sobchek manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tribbett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sobchek slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sobchek lands a damaging elbow.
Tribbett has had enough of the clinch but Sobchek keeps him there for the moment.
Tribbett fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobchek.
Sobchek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sobchek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tribbett tries to break the clinch but Sobchek is controlling the position.
Walter Sobchek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tribbett takes a knee to the side of the body.

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

Sobchek clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Sobchek.
Tribbett has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sobchek avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sobchek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sobchek pressing his opponent against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Sobchek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sherman Tribbett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sobchek throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tribbett.
Tribbett closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sobchek counters with a leg kick.

Sobchek closes the distance and clinches.
Tribbett tries for a takedown but Sobchek manages to get underhooks.
Tribbett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sobchek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sobchek lands an elbow just above Tribbett 's eye.
Tribbett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sobchek gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sobchek lands a knee to the head.

Sobchek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sobchek connects with a solid leg kick.
Walter Sobchek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sobchek clobbers Tribbett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sobchek lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sobchek has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sobchek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sobchek gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tribbett.
Walter Sobchek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sherman Tribbett.
Sobchek with a knee to the head.
Sobchek with a knee to the head.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.
Sobchek lands an elbow that stopped Tribbett in his tracks for a moment.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Sobchek controlling the action here for a moment.
Sobchek crunches a lovely knee into Tribbett's ribcage.
Sobchek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribbett jumps guard but Sobchek stands there with Tribbett around his waist. Tribbett gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Sobchek lands a nice knee to the body.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Tribbett tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sobchek smiles and moves away.

Sobchek drives through and clinches with Tribbett against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Sobchek.
Tribbett can't get the takedown.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Tribbett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tribbett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobchek obliges.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek has Tribbett pressed against the ropes.
Tribbett misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tribbett jumps guard but Sobchek stands there with Tribbett around his waist. Tribbett gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sobchek scores a nice knee to the body.
Tribbett is looking to break free of the clinch but Sobchek has double underhooks.
Sobchek has Tribbett pushed against the ropes.
Sobchek tries to land knees in the clinch but Tribbett avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Tribbett looking to stall.
Sobchek stalling against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobchek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sobchek lands a knee to the body.
Tribbett fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sobchek creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tribbett's defenses.
Sobchek has Tribbett pressed against the ropes.
Sobchek seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tribbett tries to pull guard but Sobchek holds him up against the ropes and eventually Tribbett drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sobchek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Sobchek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sobchek has managed to clinch.
Tribbett jumps guard but Sobchek stands there with Tribbett around his waist. Tribbett gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sobchek just leaning against Tribbett, taking a breather.
Sobchek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sherman Tribbett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sobchek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sobchek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tribbett can do to turn this around?
Tribbett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sobchek is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Sobchek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sobchek has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Sobchek!