PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Sobotta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins has chosen Beginning of the End as his entrance music. Peter Sobotta had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sobotta
vs
Collins

183 cm
30
180 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

178 cm
33
175 lbs
22 - 17 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Sobotta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Dave Collins!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobotta has his takedown stuffed
and Collins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peter Sobotta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobotta closes this distance looking for a takedown but Collins circles away.
Collins connects with a body shot that sends Sobotta's belly button to the back.
Sobotta tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sobotta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Collins throws a head kick that misses.
Sobotta misses with a takedown attempt
letting Collins counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Sobotta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobotta tries to clinch but Collins moves out of range.
Sobotta gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Collins counters with a left to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collins stuns Sobotta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Collins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sobotta at a distance.
Sobotta is breathing heavily.
Collins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sobotta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sobotta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobotta tries to clinch up but Collins circles away and keeps his distance.
Dave Collins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Collins lands with a shot to the body.
Collins digs a good hook to Sobotta's body.

Collins shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sobotta is trying to defend but Collins finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Collins lands strikes from half guard.
Collins is keen to just control but Sobotta is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sobotta taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard.
Collins working over Sobotta with some ground and pound. Sobotta looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Collins lands a nice short elbow.

Sobotta looking for submissions off his back.
Collins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Collins seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sobotta does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobotta with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Sobotta actively working from the bottom here.

Sobotta is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Collins pulls his head out easily.
Collins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobotta with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Sobotta is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Collins pulls his head out easily.
Collins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Sobotta is rocked!
Sobotta is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Collins scores with a couple of nice shots.
Oh Sobotta is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Collins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Sobotta has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Collins escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Collins!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collins landing a few strikes.
A big shot lands for Collins! That's hurt Sobotta! Will he recover? Collins fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Collins!
After the big win, Dave Collins made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.