PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duane Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa has chosen Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jackson
vs
Sosa

187 cm
27
182 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

183 cm
23
183 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Duane Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alfonso Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa stuffs the takedown attempt from Jackson. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice cross by Sosa.
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sosa connects with the punch.
Jackson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.
Sosa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sosa throws a leg kick but Jackson checks it.
Jackson moves to clinch but Sosa breaks away
and Sosa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alfonso Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Sosa.
Sosa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Jackson closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sosa, as that shot connected.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Sosa throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to clinch
and Sosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jackson tries to clinch but Sosa is having none of it.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A right-left combo lands from Sosa.
Jackson tries to clinch up
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alfonso Sosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Sosa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jackson in his tracks.
Sosa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jackson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sosa tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch combination from Sosa misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonso Sosa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jackson is looking to clinch.
A low kick from Sosa is predictable there
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Alfonso Sosa has been cut.
Sosa swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson tries to clinch but Sosa is having none of it.
Nice shot by Sosa.
Sosa is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Sosa misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
Sosa throws a lazy right hand but Jackson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sosa digs a good body shot into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice jab there from Sosa.
Jackson wants to clinch
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sosa counters with a leg kick.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa lands with a hook. Jackson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sosa scores with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Sosa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa scores with a nice head shot.
Sosa throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Sosa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sosa misses with an uppercut.

Jackson forces Sosa back against the cage and clinches.
Jackson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sosa smiles and moves away.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands with a nice body punch.
Sosa lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson throws a right hand that Sosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sosa also avoids with ease.
Jackson defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonso Sosa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alfonso Sosa'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice body punch from Sosa.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa lands a right hook to the body.
Jackson looks to clinch
and Sosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sosa throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson 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.
Jackson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sosa cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
Sosa misses with an uppercut.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson fails to land the takedown.
Sosa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jackson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sosa looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sosa counters with a left to the body.
A left lands for Sosa.
Duane Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sosa lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.
Sosa connects with a body shot.
Sosa throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Jackson moves to clinch but Sosa breaks away
and Sosa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jackson thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Sosa connects with a single shot there.
Jackson tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Jackson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alfonso Sosa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
Sosa lands a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso Sosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sosa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso Sosa!