PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Sotiropoulos
vs
Future

177 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Sotiropoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Future!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Future takes the fight into the clinch.
Sotiropoulos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sotiropoulos taking a breather.
Future digs a right hand into Sotiropoulos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sotiropoulos's gas tank.
Sotiropoulos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Future blocks it with crossed arms.
Future controlling the action here for a moment.
Sotiropoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Future lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sotiropoulos or not.
Future pushes Sotiropoulos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Future presses Sotiropoulos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Future blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Future.

It looks like Mike Sotiropoulos has been cut.
Future is leaning against Sotiropoulos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sotiropoulos is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sotiropoulos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sotiropoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Future.
Future lands a shot to the body.
Future lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Future.
Nice elbow from Future.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
Future works on Sotiropoulos's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Future.
Future works on Sotiropoulos's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Future.
Future gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Future lands a shot to the body.
Future presses Sotiropoulos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Future lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Future lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Future gets through Sotiropoulos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Future comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Sotiropoulos is rocked!

Mike Sotiropoulos's cut is getting worse.
Future is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Oh Sotiropoulos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Future lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sotiropoulos backwards.
Future lands an elbow inside.
Future lands a hook that snaps the head of Sotiropoulos backwards.
Future controlling the action here for a moment.
Future lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Future.
Sotiropoulos seems to have got his legs back now.
Future lands a nice shot to the body.
Future unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sotiropoulos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sotiropoulos takes a shot to the head.
Come on Future - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Future lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Future lands an elbow inside that Sotiropoulos shrugs off.
Future digs a right hand into Sotiropoulos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sotiropoulos's gas tank.
Future works on Sotiropoulos's body with a couple of short punches.
Future lands an elbow that stopped Sotiropoulos in his tracks for a moment.

Mike Sotiropoulos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Future working Sotiropoulos over with knees to the body.
Future lands an elbow just above Sotiropoulos 's eye.
Future lands a nice shot to the body.
Future is leaning against Sotiropoulos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Future just leaning against Sotiropoulos, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Future scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sotiropoulos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Future working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Future scores with a shot to the side of Sotiropoulos's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Future.
Future lands a damaging elbow.
Future lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sotiropoulos takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Future.
Future pushes Sotiropoulos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Future scores with a shot to the side of Sotiropoulos's head.
Future stalling in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Future.
Future lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Mike Sotiropoulos's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Future lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Future.
Future creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sotiropoulos's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Sotiropoulos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Future!