PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuki De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Sots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuki De Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Silva
vs
Sots

185 cm
25
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yuki De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Sots!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sots sprawls well. Sots wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. De Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
De Silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
De Silva avoids the head kick by Sots.
Sots connects with a leg kick. De Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sots moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Silva moves in looking to clinch but Sots pushes him off.

Sots scores a takedown into full mount!
De Silva blocking the ground and pound.
De Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sots content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sots's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
De Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Sots thowing shots but they're missing.
Sots unloads with some shots from mount but De Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Sots controlling the pace for now.

That's two 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.
Sots looking to finish De Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for De Silva!
Sots controlling the pace for now.
Sots pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sots throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sots cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sots cracks De Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sots takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sots working the ground and pound effectively.
Sots with the ground and pound from mount.
Sots takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sots sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sots controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. George Sots wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sots cracks De Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Sots dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice uppercut there from Sots.
De Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab, jab by Sots - just one landing.
Sots ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sots lands a jab to the nose.
Sots scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Silva in his tracks.
Sots throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sots throws a good cross that connects.

Sots closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. De Silva did well to prevent Sots getting side control.
Sots throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sots has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sots takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sots missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sots seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

OK we're going to have a standup here. George Sots hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sots scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sots swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Sots closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sots throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
De Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sots.
Sots postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
De Silva dodges the ground and pound from Sots.
Sots in side control, throwing shots but De Silva defends.
Sots in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sots advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sots thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
De Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sots.
De Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
George Sots has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sots controlling his opponent.
Sots thowing shots but they're missing.
Sots pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sots lands a nice shot to the head.
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.
Sots lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De Silva hang on?
Sots controlling from mount.
Sots looking to ground and pound but De Silva is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Sots 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sots throws a series of punches but De Silva moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Sots as he connects with a hook.

Sots scores a takedown into full mount!
Sots throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sots looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sots landing punches.
Sots looking to ground and pound but De Silva is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sots.
Sots controlling his opponent.
De Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Sots landing strikes, looking to finish!
De Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sots landing shots from mount.
Sots controlling the pace for now.
Sots looking to finish De Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for De Silva!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sots looking to finish De Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for De Silva!
Sots landing shots from mount.
Sots controlling his opponent.
Sots connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sots content just to control the position here.
Sots lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sots thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sots tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
De Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sots.
Sots looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sots landing shots from mount.
Sots controlling the pace for now.
Sots looking to ground and pound but De Silva is blocking nicely.

That's four 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.
Sots with good strikes from the mount here!
Sots with shots to the head and body - De Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sots takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
George Sots is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sots landing shots from mount.
Sots unloads with some shots from mount but De Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Yuki De Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sots controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Sots comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sots 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 24:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 24:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Sots!