PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between MarkOne Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Sotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sotto comes into a darkened arena with his song building. It's A Fight - Three 6 Mafia kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! MarkOne Arona could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tito Sotto's chin.

Arona
vs
Sotto

180 cm
27
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, MarkOne Arona!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito Sotto!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotto avoids a kick to the body.
Arona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sotto moves away.
A big left from Sotto misses.
Arona takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sotto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Arona uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sotto.
Sotto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona slips a straight right by Sotto.
Sotto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arona misses with a head kick.
Arona's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sotto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Arona scrambles back to his feet.
Arona pushes Sotto away with a front kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Arona is predictable there
and Sotto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arona looks for the body kick but Sotto saw that one coming.
Arona keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sotto.
Arona throws a leg kick but Sotto checks it.
Sotto on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona misses with a kick to the body.
Arona throws a wild body kick that Sotto sees coming a mile off.
Sotto throws a hook but Arona blocks it.
Sotto lunges at Arona with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Arona's hand.
Sotto moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sotto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Arona. Arona obviously looking to wear him down.
Arona throws a sloppy head kick
and Sotto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arona thinking.
Sotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arona misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Sotto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Arona pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Arona looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sotto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sotto throws a nice looking combination but Arona bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sotto swings for the body but Arona moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotto blocks the body kick.
Arona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sotto misses with a hook. Arona ducked under it nicely.
A low kick from Arona is predictable there

and Sotto counters with a head kick that drops Arona to the mat! Arona scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Arona is rocked!
Sotto circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Arona tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Sotto wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tito Sotto!
Tito Sotto is the new welterweight champion!