PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tito Sotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roma Kucherov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sotto comes to the cage accompanied by It's A Fight - Three 6 Mafia. Tito Sotto had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sotto
vs
Kucherov

180 cm
21
182 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito Sotto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roma Kucherov!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kucherov avoids the body shot from Sotto.
Sotto looks for the body kick but Kucherov saw that one coming.
Sotto throws a push kick but Kucherov slaps the foot to one side.
Kucherov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Roma Kucherov has been cut.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Kucherov has eaten all the pies!
Sotto lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sotto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sotto feints and then cracks Kucherov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kucherov down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sotto.
Kucherov looks gassed!
Sotto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sotto is looking to slow Kucherov down with leg kicks.

Sotto lands a left and a right that send Kucherov crashing to the mat, dazed. Sotto thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotto scores with a kick to the body.

Sotto sends Kucherov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Sotto is motioning to the referee to let Kucherov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Kucherov is rocked!
Sotto throws a leg kick which misses Kucherov's front leg but catches the back leg as Kucherov tries to avoid it.
Kucherov is still on wobbly legs! Can Sotto finish him?
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!
Kucherov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kucherov seems to have recovered his senses.
Tito Sotto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kucherov gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Sotto gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Sotto!
Tito Sotto retains his welterweight title!
Tito Sotto decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.