PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gorgias Sofista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Qusid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sofista
vs
Qusid

182 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
198 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Brown 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gorgias Sofista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Qusid!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sofista closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Qusid to the mat! Qusid manages to get full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Sofista throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sofista has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sofista loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sofista with a nice head shot there.

Sofista drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sofista jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sofista looking to pass the guard.
Sofista loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sofista postures up in Qusid's guard and throws a big left but Qusid blocks it.
Qusid looking for a sweep. Not yet Qusid, not yet.

Sofista avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sofista lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sofista postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Sofista thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sofista is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sofista is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Sofista avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Qusid looks gassed!
Sofista keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Qusid's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sofista postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sofista lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Sofista thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Sofista drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sofista jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sofista postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sofista slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sofista is nestled in close to Qusid, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Sofista is looking for a kimura but Qusid is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sofista to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Qusid looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Sofista.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sofista lands a nice short elbow.
Qusid wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sofista is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Qusid!
Sofista breaks from Qusid's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sofista landing strikes from the mount.
Qusid working to try and regain half guard.
Sofista takes Qusid's back.

Sofista has managed to slip his arm under Qusid's chin. This could be all over... yep, Qusid is tapping out! Submission win for Sofista.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gorgias Sofista!