PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rockem Sockem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khoa Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Search and Destroy. Khoa Le has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sockem
vs
Le

175 cm
24
160 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rockem Sockem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Khoa Le!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sockem looks to land a combination. Le sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rockem Sockem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sockem dives in and grabs Le's left leg, looking for a takedown. Le pushes down on Sockem's head and hops out.
Sockem throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le keeps the fight on the outside.
Sockem shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Le pinned against the cage. Le gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sockem enables Le to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sockem manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Le is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Sockem is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Sockem has escaped and now he's on top!
Sockem loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Le scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sockem pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sockem avoids it really well and circles away.
Sockem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sockem fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rockem Sockem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le avoids the head kick by Sockem.
Le checks a low kick from Sockem.
Sockem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sockem is looking to clinch but Le is avoiding it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sockem!
Le throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sockem's waist but Sockem gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Le off to one side.
Le looks for a takedown but Sockem sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Sockem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sockem throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Le's head.
Le has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sockem.
Sockem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sockem tries for a takedown but Le sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sockem lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le tries for a takedown but Sockem sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sockem throws the kick towards the body but Le avoids it.
Sockem shoots in for a takedown but Le shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Le.
Le looks gassed!
Sockem misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sockem lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Le misses with a two punch combination.
Sockem misses with a two punch combination.
Sockem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Sockem. No joy for Le on that attempt.
Le tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sockem swivels and escapes.

Sockem shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Le controls Sockem momentarily but Sockem frees himself.
Sockem scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le keeping full guard, as Sockem tries to pass.
Le controlling Sockem's posture.
Le keeping moving, preventing Sockem from controlling successfully.

Le uses the cage to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sockem gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sockem looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rockem Sockem dominated that round.
That's time! Sockem's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sockem lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Le keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Le shoots in for a takedown but Sockem shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sockem throws a right and a left that Le avoids nicely.
Rockem Sockem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sockem has Le up against the cage in a clinch.
Le is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sockem gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Sockem has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Le uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Le drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sockem manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Le has Sockem in his guard.
Sockem tries to free his leg and advance position but Le is retaining full guard.
Le is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Le lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sockem!

Le looking to secure an arm triangle but Sockem defends it well.
Le landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sockem is in all sorts of trouble here.

Le working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Le pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Khoa Le has got the better of the ground game so far.
Le is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le throwing strikes here but Sockem is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Le thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Le jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Sockem is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Sockem and Le has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le with the ground and pound but Sockem regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Le trying to mount his opponent but Sockem defends it.
Le not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Le prevents Sockem from improving his position.

Le is working for a kimura but Sockem is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le trying to control the action but Sockem is working from the bottom.
Le moves nicely into side control.

Le tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Le has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Le tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Le has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khoa Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Le stuffs the takedown attempt from Sockem. Sockem gets slowly back to his feet.

Sockem closes the distance and pushes Le back into the cage.
Sockem content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Le lands a takedown into guard.

Sockem uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Le slips a jab and a cross from Sockem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A head kick from Sockem lands but Le takes it in his stride.
Sockem tries to clinch but Le is having none of it.
Le takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Le.
Sockem tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Le manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le swats away the attempt to clinch by Sockem.
Sockem moves into range and connects with a jab.
Le shoots for a double leg takedown but Sockem sprawls well. He's pushed Le's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Le takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sockem throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sockem's waist but Sockem gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Le off to one side.
Rockem Sockem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khoa Le.
Sockem misses with a body kick.
Rockem Sockem is winning the standup battle so far.
Le blocks a head kick by Sockem.
Sockem lands a jab-cross combination.
Le shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sockem sprawls well. Sockem wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Le gets slowly back to his feet.
Sockem displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sockem fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sockem lands with a kick to the temple. Le shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Le takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A head kick from Sockem lands but Le takes it in his stride.
Sockem stuffs the takedown.
Sockem avoids the head kick by Le.
Sockem tries to clinch there but Le circles away.
Sockem connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sockem throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sockem tries a head kick but it misses.
Sockem works over Le's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sockem throws a right hand that Le ducks under and follows up with a left that Le also avoids with ease.
Sockem misses with a few strikes there.
Le shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sockem as he jumps to the side.
Sockem lands a two punch combo.

Sockem has managed to clinch.
Le wants a takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le tries to score a body lock takedown but Sockem shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rockem Sockem showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sockem has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rockem Sockem!
Rockem Sockem opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.