PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Soriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wacko Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soriano kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bebot by The Black Eyed Peas. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Soriano
vs
Warner

165 cm
30
143 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

225 cm
25
144 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Supersize Me

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $50 - 159's
Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $50 - 159's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Pablo Soriano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wacko Warner!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soriano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Warner's sensitive parts.
Warner throws a poor cross that misses
and Soriano counters with a nice leg kick.
Soriano throws a low kick but Warner avoids it.
Warner throws a leg kick
and Soriano makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Warner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Soriano looks to land a body kick but Warner moved away.
Warner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Soriano counters with a leg kick.
Warner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soriano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Soriano.
Warner throws a leg kick
and Soriano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Soriano tried to score with a low kick but Warner checks it.
Warner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soriano counters with a thumping low kick.
Warner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Warner looks gassed!
Warner misses with the combination.
Warner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soriano moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warner thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Warner is predictable there
and Soriano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Warner misses with a right hand
and Soriano makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Warner misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Warner.
Decent striking displayed by Warner there.

Soriano moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner misses with a punch on the inside.
Warner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Soriano lands a body punch.
Soriano scores with a hook to the body.
Warner swings wildly with an uppercut but Soriano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soriano lands with a short shot to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soriano as Warner tries to tie him up.
Soriano is pushing Warner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Soriano lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Warner is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Soriano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Warner is still on wobbly legs! Can Soriano finish him?
Warner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sorianos head.
Warner tries to throw a body punch but Soriano avoids it by throwing Warner back against the cage.
Warner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Warner is working for takedown but Soriano is calmly controlling the position for now.
Soriano lands a nice shot to the body.
Soriano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Soriano.
Soriano digs a right hand into Warner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warner's gas tank.
Soriano pushes Warner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soriano has Warner pressed against the cage.
Soriano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Soriano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soriano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soriano lands a big knee to the head and Warner goes down! Soriano pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Soriano!