PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rhakesh Alhazred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sosa's choice of entrance music: HELLUVA LIFE. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alhazred
vs
Sosa

179 cm
29
160 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

169 cm
28
162 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rhakesh Alhazred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mauricio Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa thuds a left hand into Alhazred's body.
Alhazred throws a head kick but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alhazred counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alhazred fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sosa.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alhazred.
Alhazred throws a right and a left that Sosa avoids nicely.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Alhazred does no damage.
Alhazred lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sosa scores with a head kick.

It looks like Rhakesh Alhazred has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Sosa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alhazred bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sosa lands with a slapping head kick.
Alhazred defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sosa thows a body shot but no joy.
Alhazred avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mauricio Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alhazred keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Sosa blocks the low kick.
Alhazred throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Danga de danga de dang - Alhazred scores with a four punch combination!
Sosa misses with a right hand
and Alhazred counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sloppy strikes from Sosa. Those never looked like landing.
Alhazred ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Alhazred missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alhazred throws a leg kick but Sosa sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa sizes up Alhazred with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sosa throws the left hand but Alhazred avoids the punch easily.
Alhazred pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sosa is out of range and Alhazred settles back down.
Sosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That kick from Sosa tenderised Alhazred's leg. Alhazred is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alhazred defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa scores with a kick to the body.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Sosa misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Alhazred misses
and Sosa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alhazred's knee momentarily.
Sosa misses with a hook.
Sosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alhazred.
Alhazred throws a nice looking combination but Sosa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sosa wants to clinch up but Alhazred keeps it at a distance.
Alhazred jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alhazred misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa looks for the body kick but Alhazred saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alhazred misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mauricio Sosa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rhakesh Alhazred's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sosa moves in looking to clinch but Alhazred pushes him off.
Rhakesh Alhazred is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sosa throws a leg kick
and Alhazred counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sosa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Alhazred misses with a wild combination.
Mauricio Sosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alhazred ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Alhazred swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sosa.
Sosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Alhazred is just out of range.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alhazred.
Sosa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Sosa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa slips a straight right by Alhazred.
Sosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alhazred.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alhazred.
Sosa lands a body shot.
Alhazred throws a leg kick but Sosa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Alhazred with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sosa to score with a decent uppercut.
Alhazred uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sosa.
Alhazred blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa catches Alhazred with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alhazred misses with the combination.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alhazred keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa lands with a nice body punch.
Alhazred looks to throw a body kick
and Alhazred takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alhazred. Sosa does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sosa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Alhazred takes one to the side of the head.
Sosa lands with a shot to the body.
Alhazred 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.
Alhazred on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Alhazred takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alhazred throws a right hand that Sosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sosa also avoids with ease.
Sosa misses with a head kick.
Sosa moves out of range as Alhazred throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throws out a loose jab but Alhazred uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Sosa throws a low kick but Alhazred avoids it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sosa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alhazred is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sosa.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alhazred checks a leg kick nicely.
Sosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Sosa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rhakesh Alhazred's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Alhazred misses with an uppercut. Sosa saw that one coming.
Sosa misses with a looping left.
Sosa throws a head kick that misses
and Sosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alhazred ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa connects with a right hand. Alhazred shakes it off.
Alhazred works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Alhazred takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sosa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sosa scores with a sloppy right hand. Alhazred should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alhazred misses the jab.
Alhazred avoids the head kick by Sosa.
Sosa tries to move into range but Alhazred moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alhazred was well out of range. Poor timing from Sosa.
Sosa looks to land a right hand but Alhazred moved out of range.
Sosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sosa moves out of range of the body kick.
Sosa throws a leg kick
and Alhazred cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands with a cross.
Sosa misses with a body kick.

Sosa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sosa stalling in the clinch.
Alhazred throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sosa blocks it with crossed arms.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alhazred's efforts to push away.

Sosa breaks the clinch.
Sosa avoids the head kick by Alhazred.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred throws a low kick but Sosa avoids it.
Sosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sosa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alhazred has time to react.
Alhazred loads up on a big right hand but Sosa slips the punch.
Sosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sosa throws a chopping leg kick but Alhazred manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Alhazred cracks the inside of Sosa's front leg.
Alhazred throws a sloppy head kick and Sosa moves out of range easily.
Alhazred feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sosa's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
Sosa avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Sosa works the jab nicely.
Sosa's corner calls for a 1-2. Sosa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alhazred throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sosa throws a low kick, looking for Alhazred's leg but Alhazred calmly moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Sosa finds it's way through Alhazred's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alhazred throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sosa counters with a lovely shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Sosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sosa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Mauricio Sosa!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Mauricio Sosa!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Mauricio Sosa!

Mauricio Sosa wins by unanimous decision!