PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Lilburne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Sobieski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lilburne comes to the ring accompanied by You'll never walk alone. Sobieski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kto Cię Obroni Polsko kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jan Sobieski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lilburne
vs
Sobieski

188 cm
21
218 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Lilburne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Sobieski!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilburne will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sobieski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lilburne lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Sobieski.
Sobieski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sobieski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lilburne lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobieski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lilburne throws a wild body kick that Sobieski sees coming a mile off.
Lilburne misses with a wild body shot.
Sobieski fails with a takedown attempt.
Sobieski throws a leg kick that misses.
Lilburne misses with a left hand
and Sobieski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lilburne connects with a nice looking jab.
A shot to the body from Lilburne misses
letting Sobieski counter with a right hand.
Sobieski jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilburne throws an overhand right that lands on Sobieski's shoulder, as Sobieski tries to avoid the shot.
Sobieski thows a left - swing and a miss!

Sobieski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lilburne looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Sobieski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sloppy strikes there by Sobieski.
Lilburne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sobieski on the ground.
Sobieski advances to mount.
Sobieski looking to ground and pound but Lilburne is blocking nicely.
Sobieski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lilburne holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sobieski tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski with the ground and pound from mount.
Lilburne on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lilburne tries to get out of the position.
Lilburne is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Sobieski is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lilburne is surviving well by controlling Sobieski's body position as best he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobieski raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sobieski scoring with strikes but Lilburne is staying in there.
BOOM! Sobieski connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Lilburne is rocked!

Sobieski looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sobieski unloading with bombs!
Oh Lilburne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski content just to control the position here.
Sobieski drops a big elbow. That's hurt Lilburne! More shots from Sobieski and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Sobieski!
Jan Sobieski is the new light heavyweight champion!