PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Morozevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gesias Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gesias Sobral has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Morozevich
vs
Sobral

180 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

182 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Morozevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gesias Sobral!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morozevich lands a slapping body shot.
Sobral shoots in and drives through. Morozevich sprawls well.
Sobral misses with a takedown attempt - Morozevich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Morozevich gets a takedown into half guard.
Morozevich is nestled in close to Sobral, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sobral is looking for a sweep. Morozevich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morozevich working Sobral over with strikes.
Morozevich scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Morozevich is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Morozevich slips a nice elbow through Sobral's hands, connecting with Sobral's forehead.
Sobral on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sobral looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morozevich lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozevich is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morozevich works his way into full mount!
Morozevich scoring with strikes but Sobral is staying in there.
Morozevich lands a heavy elbow.

Morozevich is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sobral can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Morozevich controlling his opponent.
Sobral tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sobral is squirming around, avoiding Morozevich's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morozevich landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Morozevich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morozevich with shots to the head and body - Sobral looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sobral is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morozevich wants to control the pace but Sobral is squirming around nicely.
A nice elbow there by Morozevich.
Sobral tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morozevich scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sobral?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morozevich unloading with bombs!
Morozevich lands with some strikes.
Morozevich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morozevich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morozevich trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sobral is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sobral looks gassed!
Sobral is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morozevich scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morozevich looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sobral wants to get back to full guard.
Morozevich is trying to control the action in half guard but Sobral is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morozevich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morozevich seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morozevich looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Morozevich winds up and cracks Sobral with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morozevich prevents Sobral from improving his position.
Morozevich controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozevich seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sobral does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morozevich seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morozevich is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morozevich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morozevich wants to pass the guard but Sobral is defending well.
Morozevich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Sobral is defending against the submission attempts here by Morozevich.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morozevich seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sobral does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Morozevich dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sobral shoots and misses
and Morozevich counters with a stiff right hand.
Sobral misses with a takedown

and Morozevich counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sobral's guard now.
Morozevich controlling from the top position.
Morozevich stands up over Sobral, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morozevich chips away with some ground and pound.
Sobral wants to sweep here but Morozevich controlling him for the moment.
Morozevich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sobral is keeping the position for now.
Sobral wants to sweep here but Morozevich controlling him for the moment.

Sobral looking for a guillotine here but Morozevich defends easily.

Morozevich is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sobral is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozevich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morozevich stands and throws Sobral's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The referee asks Morozevich politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Morozevich prefers to stall for the moment though.

Morozevich wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sobral, who protects the arm well.
Morozevich trying to control the position but Sobral is working away.
Sobral tries to bench press Morozevich off him but Morozevich keeps the position.
Sobral is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morozevich connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral taking a bit of punishment here - Morozevich scoring with strikes.
Morozevich working the ground and pound from side control.
Sobral throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Sobral manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Morozevich working Sobral over with strikes.

Morozevich is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Sobral has managed to free his arm - good work.
Morozevich looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobral with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sobral tries to roll over but Morozevich keeps him under control.
Morozevich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Alexander Morozevich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morozevich winds up and cracks Sobral with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morozevich works his way into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morozevich breaks from Sobral's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Morozevich looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Morozevich in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morozevich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sobral is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morozevich scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sobral?
Morozevich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sobral working to try and regain half guard.
Morozevich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Sobral is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozevich breaks from Sobral's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morozevich trying to control but Sobral is having none of it.
Morozevich controlling from mount.
Morozevich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Morozevich lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sobral hang on?
Sobral is looking to get to half guard.
Morozevich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sobral can't escape the position.

Morozevich working for a submission but Sobral is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Morozevich dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sobral takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morozevich lands a jab to the head.
Morozevich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sobral can do to turn this around?

Morozevich closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Morozevich lands in his opponent's guard.
Morozevich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sobral is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morozevich lands a couple of digs.
Sobral striking off his back but it's not causing Morozevich any problems.
Morozevich preventing the sweep.
Sobral throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Morozevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sobral takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozevich wants to pass the guard but Sobral is keeping the position.
Morozevich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobral's head.
Morozevich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Sobral working for a triangle but Morozevich defends it easily.
Morozevich landing some decent shots from guard.
Sobral looking to control.
Morozevich won't allow Sobral to get back to his feet.
Morozevich not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sobral is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morozevich passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Morozevich scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sobral to see if he's OK.
Morozevich is putting a hurting on Sobral here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sobral wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Morozevich is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozevich trying to control the action but Sobral is working from the bottom.
Morozevich works to advance to full mount. Sobral defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sobral is trying desperately to improve position.
Morozevich tries to control but Sobral wriggling away.
Sobral takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sobral really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Morozevich working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
BOOM! Morozevich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sobral is squirming around, avoiding Morozevich's attempts to control the action.

Morozevich looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sobral regains half guard.
Gesias Sobral has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morozevich is looking to take a break and control but Sobral is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Sobral looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morozevich stops Sobral from getting back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Morozevich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morozevich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Morozevich!