PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ken Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sotiropoulos's choice of entrance music: The Humbling River. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yoshida
vs
Sotiropoulos

177 cm
29
161 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

175 cm
26
162 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Sotiropoulos!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida throws a head kick that misses
letting Sotiropoulos counter with a right hand.
Nice body punch from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Sotiropoulos checks it.
A head kick misses from Yoshida.
Sotiropoulos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sotiropoulos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Yoshida. Those never looked like landing.
Sotiropoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshida moves away.
Sotiropoulos moves out of range of the body kick.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida misses with a body shot.
Sotiropoulos swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida swings for the body but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Sotiropoulos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yoshida's head.
Sotiropoulos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sotiropoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yoshida misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Sotiropoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos checks a leg kick.
Yoshida takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sotiropoulos digs a good body shot into Yoshida's ribs.
Sotiropoulos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yoshida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida takes a swing at Sotiropoulos's ribcage but misses.
Sotiropoulos connects with an inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yoshida.
Sotiropoulos avoids a kick to the body.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Sotiropoulos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yoshida.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida is looking to clinch.
Sotiropoulos misses with a low kick.
Yoshida staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sotiropoulos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sotiropoulos lands a jab to the head.
Yoshida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sotiropoulos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sotiropoulos, right into the meat.
Sotiropoulos scores with a punch to the head.
Sotiropoulos lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yoshida will feel that in the morning.
Yoshida is breathing heavily.
Sotiropoulos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sotiropoulos counters with a low kick, right behind Yoshida 's knee.
Sotiropoulos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yoshida eats them both and turns towards Sotiropoulos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Ken Yoshida has been cut.
Sotiropoulos digs a good body shot into Yoshida's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoshida avoids the body shot from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos lands a jab to the nose.
Sotiropoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Sotiropoulos throws out a powerful jab.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the body
and Sotiropoulos counters with a straight right hand.
Yoshida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sotiropoulos was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Yoshida.
Sotiropoulos cracks Yoshida with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Sotiropoulos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ken Yoshida's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yoshida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yoshida works Sotiropoulos's body with a nice hook.
Yoshida lands with a good body shot.
Ken Yoshida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sotiropoulos lands with a hook. Yoshida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sotiropoulos cracks Yoshida with an open hand slap.
Sotiropoulos connects with a jab.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yoshida has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sotiropoulos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sotiropoulos catches Yoshida with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sotiropoulos connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sotiropoulos avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yoshida takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sotiropoulos misses with a looping left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yoshida misses with a leg kick
and Sotiropoulos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yoshida gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yoshida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sotiropoulos throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
George Sotiropoulos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yoshida works Sotiropoulos's body with a nice hook.
Yoshida throws out a loose jab but Sotiropoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sotiropoulos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sotiropoulos blocks the body kick.
A good leg kick by Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida walks into a stiff left hand from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos scores with a sloppy right hand. Yoshida should have avoided that one.
Yoshida throws a head kick but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Sotiropoulos misses its intended target.
Sotiropoulos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sotiropoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yoshida swings for the body but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Sotiropoulos throws a hook to the side of Yoshida's head but Yoshida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sotiropoulos looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshida is just out of range.
Jab by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sotiropoulos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yoshida on the side of the head.
Sotiropoulos lands with a good body shot.
Sotiropoulos takes a swing at Yoshida's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida walks into a jab.
Sotiropoulos throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshida's shoulder, as Yoshida tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sotiropoulos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yoshida is looking to wear down Sotiropoulos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook.
Sotiropoulos jabs Yoshida right on the nose. Yoshida blinks but takes it well.
Sotiropoulos throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook.
A combination from Yoshida does no damage.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Sotiropoulos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ken Yoshida's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Yoshida swings for the body but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Sotiropoulos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yoshida on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sotiropoulos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sotiropoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yoshida moves away from the strike by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos lands with a shot to the body.
Sotiropoulos thumps Yoshida with a low kick.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yoshida moves out of range of the strikes.
Sotiropoulos throws a hook to the side of Yoshida's head but Yoshida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sotiropoulos misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sotiropoulos tests Yoshida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yoshida throws a combination that misses
and Sotiropoulos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sotiropoulos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yoshida has time to react.
A cross from Sotiropoulos lands.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yoshida takes a swing at Sotiropoulos's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida moves in looking to clinch but Sotiropoulos pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Yoshida might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sotiropoulos lands with a cross.
Yoshida takes a swing at Sotiropoulos's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sotiropoulos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sotiropoulos lands with a good body shot.
Sotiropoulos checks a leg kick.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sotiropoulos moves away.
Sotiropoulos 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.
Sotiropoulos misses with an uppercut. Yoshida saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida misses with an uppercut. Sotiropoulos saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos throws a leg kick which misses Yoshida's front leg but catches the back leg as Yoshida tries to avoid it.
Sotiropoulos jabs at Yoshida's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sotiropoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ken Yoshida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sotiropoulos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yoshida.
Sotiropoulos jabs Yoshida to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yoshida walks into a straight right hand from Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yoshida has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sotiropoulos.
Yoshida throws a jab when Sotiropoulos was well out of range.
Sotiropoulos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yoshida on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida moves out of range as Sotiropoulos strikes.
Yoshida takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sotiropoulos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoshida throws a sloppy head kick and Sotiropoulos moves out of range easily.
Sotiropoulos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yoshida on the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Yoshida 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sotiropoulos jabs Yoshida to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Sotiropoulos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos misses with a straight right.
Sotiropoulos avoids a punch combination nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Sotiropoulos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sotiropoulos 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Sotiropoulos!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, George Sotiropoulos made sure he mentioned :: Happy Pills ::, along with how happy he was to win his fight.