PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Sokker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovanni Fatale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fatale has chosen Remember My Name as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sokker
vs
Fatale

200 cm
26
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
218 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro Sokker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giovanni Fatale!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatale tries to clinch but Sokker is having none of it.

Sokker closes the distance and clinches.
Fatale is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Fatale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fatale is pressed up against the cage. Sokker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fatale down to the mat. Fatale avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Fatale closes the distance and pushes Sokker back into the cage.
Fatale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fatale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Alessandro Sokker has been cut.
Fatale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sokker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sokker is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sokker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fatale up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Fatale.
Fatale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fatale gets underhooks to prevent Sokker's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alessandro Sokker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fatale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fatale lands a damaging elbow.
Sokker takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sokker is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatale pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Sokker! Fatale unloads with more strikes and Sokker sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giovanni Fatale!
A relieved looking Giovanni Fatale thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.