PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between El Senor Sox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrej Sharko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Senor Sox
vs
Sharko

175 cm
27
164 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

176 cm
23
161 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, El Senor Sox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrej Sharko!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sharko.
Sox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sharko scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sharko moves out of range of the strikes.
Sox misses with a hook.
Sharko lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sox takes a step back to recover.
Sharko connects with a body shot that sends Sox's belly button to the back.
Sox looks to land a left hand but Sharko moved out of range nicely.
Sox moves forwards but Sharko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sharko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sox moves away.
Sharko misses with an uppercut.
Sox stuffs the takedown attempt from Sharko. Sharko gets slowly back to his feet.
Sox tries to bum rush Sharko with a series of wild strikes but Sharko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sox misses with the combination.
Sox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sharko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sox.
Sharko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Sox.
Sox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sox looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharko is just out of range.
Sharko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sox manages to avoid it.
Sox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sharko.
Sharko is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sox rather than just go for the knockout.
Sox's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sharko under the eye.
Sharko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharko lands a right hook to the body.
Sox throws a hook but Sharko blocks it.
Sharko looks to land a combination but Sox avoids it well.
Sharko connects with a solid leg kick.
Sharko lands a jab to the head.
Sharko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Sharko misses.
Sharko tries a head kick but it misses.
Sharko misses the jab.
Sharko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharko cracks the inside of Sox's front leg.
Sharko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sox pinned against the cage. Sox gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sharko works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sox is out of range.
Sharko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sox lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sharko shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sox as he avoids it easily.
El Senor Sox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrej Sharko.
A combination from Sox does no damage.
Sharko lands with a cross.
Sox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sox swinging wildly here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sharko, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox takes one on the chin but seems OK.
El Senor Sox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sharko fails with a takedown attempt.
Sharko lands a jab to the head.
Sharko scores with a nice strike.
Sharko moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sox.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharko scores with a jab. Sox acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sox misses with a body shot.
Sharko is looking to slow Sox down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrej Sharko dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sharko lands with a straight right. Sox didn't see that one coming.
Sox staying out of range there.
Sox misses with a wild body shot.
Sharko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Sharko.
Sox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
El Senor Sox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sharko at a distance.
Sox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sharko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sox misses with a hook.
Sharko lands a slapping body shot.
Sharko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sox in his tracks.
A shot to the body from Sox misses
and Sharko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharko. Sox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sox throws an off balance right hand
and Sharko counters with a left to the body.
Sharko lands with a kick to the temple. Sox shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sox misses with the combination.
Sox thows a body shot but no joy.
Sox takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Sharko.
Sharko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sox misses the shot to the body.
Sharko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sox's head backwards.
Sox avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Sharko lands.
Sox avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sox leaves Sharko with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sharko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sharko cracks the inside of Sox's front leg.
Sharko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sox swings widly with a right hand
and Sharko counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sox is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sox misses with a straight right.
Andrej Sharko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharko connects with a body shot that sends Sox's belly button to the back.
Sharko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sox.
Sharko tries a head kick but it misses.
Sharko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sharko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sox scores with a sloppy right hand. Sharko should have avoided that one.
Sox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sox swings for the body but Sharko moves out of range.
Sox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sharko fails to land the takedown.
Sox swinging wildly here.
Sox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sharko counters with a straight right hand.
Andrej Sharko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sox.
Sox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sharko.
Sox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sharko misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from Sharko misses its intended target.
Sharko connects with a single shot there.
Sox swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sharko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sharko stuns Sox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sox closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sox shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sharko eats them both and turns towards Sox to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sox looks to land a right hand but Sharko moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Andrej Sharko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sox's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sharko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sox scrambles back to his feet.
Sharko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sharko tries a low kick but Sox avoids it.
Sox looks to throw the jab but Sharko is out of range.
Sharko throws out a loose jab but Sox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sharko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sox manages to avoid it.
Sharko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sharko, right into the meat.
Sharko works Sox's body with a nice hook.
Sharko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sox ducks under a wild hook from Sharko.
Sharko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharko works over Sox's head and body with a nice combination.
Sharko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sharko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sox's head.
Sox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharko's corner calls for a 1-2. Sharko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sharko throws a head kick that half lands.
Sox looks to throw the jab but Sharko is out of range.
Sox misses with a looping right.
Sox looks to land a combination but Sharko avoids it well.
Sox looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sharko misses with a two punch combination.
Sharko feints and then cracks Sox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sox down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sox avoids the head kick by Sharko.
Sox throws a nice looking combination but Sharko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sharko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sharko drops his hands momentarily and Sox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sharko misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
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!
Sharko throws a low kick, looking for Sox's leg but Sox calmly moves out of range.
Sharko shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sharko throws the kick towards the body but Sox avoids it.
Sox misses with a hook.
Sharko shoots for a takedown but Sox saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
El Senor Sox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrej Sharko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sox misses with a hook. Sharko ducked under it nicely.
Sharko throws a jab when Sox was well out of range.
Sharko scores with a hook.
Sharko throws a jab but it's blocked by Sox.
Sharko scores with a hook to the body. Sox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sox fails to land with a series of punches.
Sharko scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sox doesn't seem bothered though.
Sharko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sox.
Sharko lands a nice shot that snaps Sox's head back.
Sox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sharko misses with a wild body shot.
Sox lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sharko circles away quickly and effectively.
Sox takes one to the chin there.
Nice shot lands for Sharko.
Sharko tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sharko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Sox.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharko lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sharko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrej Sharko really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sharko throws out a loose jab but Sox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sox scores with a three punch combo!
Sharko lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Sharko. That snapped Sox's head back.
Sharko scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Sharko misses.
Donk. Sharko catches Sox right on the button with a cross.
Sox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sharko scores with a jab to the head.
Sox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sox misses with a looping left.
Sharko throws a head kick but Sox moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sharko.
Sox lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sharko circles away quickly and effectively.
Sox scores with a body shot.
Sharko closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sox circles away.
Sharko connects with a crisp jab.
Sharko connects with a nice looking jab.
Sharko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sox thows a body shot but no joy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sharko.
Sharko has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A combination from Sox does no damage.
Sox digs a good body shot into Sharko's ribs.
Sharko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sox was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharko.
Sox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sharko can pounce on him.
Sox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sharko.
Sharko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sox.
Sharko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharko scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sox cracks Sharko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sox has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sox there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sharko lands a leg kick that knocks Sox off balance momentarily.
Sharko takes a swing at Sox's ribcage but misses.
Sox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sharko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sox.
Sox closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sox throws an overhand right that lands on Sharko's shoulder, as Sharko tries to avoid the shot.
Sox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sharko fails with the takedown.
El Senor Sox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrej Sharko.
Sharko staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharko lands with a nice body kick.
Sox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sharko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sharko misses with a body kick.
Sox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sharko can pounce on him.
Sox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharko scores with a nice right hand.

Sharko scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sharko drops an elbow to the side of Sox's head.
Sox tries to roll over but Sharko keeps him under control.

Sharko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrej Sharko dominated that fourth round.
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. This is the final round!

Sharko tries to bum rush Sox with a series of wild strikes but Sox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sox misses with a wild body shot.
Sox throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sharko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sharko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharko throws an overhand right that lands on Sox's shoulder, as Sox tries to avoid the shot.
Sharko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sox scores with a three punch combo!
Sox lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sox misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sox. Sharko does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Sox does no damage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sox with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sharko cracks Sox with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sharko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sharko shoots in for a double leg but Sox sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sharko cracks the inside of Sox's front leg.
El Senor Sox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharko throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Sox to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Sharko does it's job there.
Sharko throws a poor cross that misses
letting Sox counter with a right hand.
Sharko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sox's head backwards.
Sox swinging wildly here.
Sharko cracks Sox with a good jab.
Sharko walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sox gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sharko walks into a stiff left hand from Sox.

Sharko is rocked!
A decent looking cross lands there for Sharko.
Sharko is still on wobbly legs! Can Sox finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sox throws a looping overhand right but Sharko ducks down to avoid it.
Sharko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sox.
Sharko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sharko throws out a powerful jab.
Sharko seems to have recovered his senses.
Sharko throws a leg kick which misses Sox's front leg but catches the back leg as Sox tries to avoid it.
Sox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sharko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sox throws a series of punches but Sharko moves out of range.
Sharko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sharko connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sox's calf.
Sharko ducks under a wild hook from Sox.
Andrej Sharko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sox misses with a lunging right hand
and Sharko counters with a right hand to the body.
Sharko thumps Sox with a low kick.
Sox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sharko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sox's calf.
Sox lands a nice hook to Sharko's body. Sharko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sox misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharko connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Sox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to El Senor Sox.
Well Sharko 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 46:49
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 46:49
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrej Sharko!
Andrej Sharko is the new lightweight champion!