PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Saboy Sosop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haeyko Shodan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Saboy Sosop
vs
Shodan

178 cm
22
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saboy Sosop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haeyko Shodan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shodan ducks under a wild hook from Sosop.
Shodan checks a leg kick.
Sosop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shodan.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shodan. That's going to slow Sosop down.
Shodan misses with a shot to the body
and Sosop counters with a stiff right hand.
Shodan darts in trying to clinch
and Sosop counters with a nice body shot.
A lazy left from Sosop finds it's target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sosop prevents Shodan from breaking the clinch.
Shodan is trying to break the clinch but Sosop is controlling him.

Sosop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shodan moves to clinch but Sosop breaks away
and Sosop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shodan tries to clinch but Sosop moves away

and Sosop counters by clinching up.
Shodan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shodan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sosop is keeping busy.
Shodan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shodan has had enough of the clinch but Sosop keeps him there for the moment.
Shodan trying to stall but Sosop improves his position.
Shodan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shodan jumps guard but Sosop stands there with Shodan around his waist. Shodan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shodan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Saboy Sosop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haeyko Shodan.

Sosop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Sosop.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shodan throws a sloppy head kick and Sosop moves out of range easily.
Sosop connects with a jab.

Sosop shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sosop was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sosop lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shodan is working to get back to half guard.
Shodan tries to hold on but Sosop postures up.
Shodan looks gassed!
Shodan tries to reverse the position but Sosop maintains control.
Sosop avoids the attempt from Shodan to control.
Sosop throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sosop with a couple of short strikes.
Sosop landing strikes from the mount.
Sosop working Shodan over with strikes here.
Shodan is trying to escape the mount.
Sosop working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Shodan is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosop landing strikes from the mount and Shodan is in trouble!
Shodan is still in real trouble! Can Sosop finish him?
Sosop working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sosop controlling from mount.
Sosop with shots to the head and body - Shodan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sosop lands a big elbow.
Sosop lands a heavy elbow.
Shodan tries to lock up and control but Sosop gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shodan seems to have recovered his senses.
Sosop working the ground and pound effectively.
Shodan tries to hold on but Sosop postures up.
Sosop with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sosop punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shodan is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosop lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shodan hang on?
Shodan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sosop working Shodan over with strikes here.
Sosop tries to control but Shodan wriggling away.
Shodan tries to hold on but Sosop postures up.
Sosop lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sosop lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shodan hang on?
Sosop breaks from Shodan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sosop prevents Shodan from getting the reversal.
Sosop looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shodan tries to hold on but Sosop postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosop landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sosop is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sosop unloading with bombs!
Sosop looking to finish Shodan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shodan!
Sosop landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shodan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sosop unloading with bombs!
Sosop raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sosop with a couple of short strikes.
Sosop lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shodan hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosop is landing with some decent strikes but Shodan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sosop is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shodan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosop breaks from Shodan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shodan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saboy Sosop dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shodan misses with a head kick.
Sosop lands a jab to the head.
Sosop with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shodan blocks a head kick by Sosop.
Sosop avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shodan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sosop scores with a body shot.
Shodan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shodan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sosop.

Sosop fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Shodan sprawls well initially but Sosop persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sosop not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Shodan wants to get back to his feet.
Sosop wants to stand up but Shodan has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Sosop throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sosop wants to pass to mount but Shodan is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shodan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Shodan working for a triangle but Sosop defends it easily.
Shodan wants to sweep here but Sosop controlling him for the moment.
Sosop knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shodan on the ground.

Sosop decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Shodan wants to clinch but Sosop slips to the side

and Sosop counters by moving into the clinch.
Sosop is trying to break the clinch but Shodan has him pressed against the cage.
Shodan tries to pull guard but Sosop holds him up against the cage and eventually Shodan drops back down to his feet.

Sosop breaks from the clinch.
Shodan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosop circles away quickly and effectively.
Shodan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosop circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosop fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shodan checks it well.
Sosop takes one to the side of the head.
Sosop keeps the fight on the outside.
Shodan tries to clinch up but Sosop circles away and keeps his distance.
Shodan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Sosop clinches up against the cage.
Sosop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shodan can do to turn this around?
Sosop tries to circle away but Shodan has him pinned against the cage.

Sosop ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sosop no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Shodan landing with the ground and pound.
Sosop keeping moving, preventing Shodan from controlling successfully.
Shodan wants to stand but Sosop is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shodan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sosop is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Shodan, into his guard.
Sosop wanted to stand there but Shodan had control of the position.

Shodan is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Sosop frees his head nicely. Oh but Shodan has switched to an armbar! Sosop is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Haeyko Shodan!