PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pulla Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sorsa
vs
Walters

187 cm
23
185 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
179 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Perkele!
Hardcore Nutrition

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pulla Sorsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Walters!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sorsa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Sorsa has managed to clinch.
Sorsa stalls.
Sorsa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sorsa avoiding damage.
Walters wants to get back to striking at distance but Sorsa won't allow it.
Sorsa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorsa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Sorsa on the inside.
Sorsa digs a right hand underneath Walters's ribcage. Walters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walters dodges an elbow strike from Sorsa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Sorsa.
Sorsa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Johnny Walters has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Sorsa as the two fighters clinch.
Walters looks winded!
Sorsa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sorsa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Walters up against the cage.
Sorsa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walters backwards.
Walters being controlled against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sorsa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters dodges an elbow strike from Sorsa.
Sorsa lands with a left to the head.
Sorsa stalling against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sorsa works on Walters's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Sorsa.
Sorsa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walters blocks an elbow strike.
Walters jumps guard but Sorsa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sorsa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sorsa misses with a body punch.
Walters jumps guard but Sorsa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Pulla Sorsa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Walters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters tries to break the clinch but Sorsa is controlling the position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sorsa stalling in the clinch.
Sorsa pushes Walters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorsa is working Walters over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Sorsa.
Sorsa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sorsa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sorsa lands an uppercut.
Sorsa scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Sorsa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sorsa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Walters wants to get back to striking at distance but Sorsa won't allow it.
Sorsa lands with a right to the head.
Sorsa lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sorsa stalling in the clinch.
Sorsa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pulla Sorsa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Walters's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sorsa lands a high kick!
Walters connects with a body shot that sends Sorsa's belly button to the back.
Sorsa throws a sloppy head kick and Walters moves out of range easily.

Walters drives through with a takedown into guard.
Walters in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walters preventing the sweep.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sorsa trying to control the position here.

Sorsa working for a triangle but Walters defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walters looking to sit in guard and control but Sorsa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters keeping moving, preventing Sorsa from controlling successfully.
Sorsa working some strikes from top position.
Sorsa stopping the sweep attempt from Walters.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sorsa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sorsa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Sorsa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Walters has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sorsa has managed to get both his arms back between Walters's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Walters is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sorsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Walters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sorsa postures up in Walters's guard and throws a big left but Walters blocks it.

Walters is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sorsa defends well.
Sorsa wants to control from the top but Walters keeps moving.
Sorsa sitting in guard here, content to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Walters had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sorsa defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sorsa drops back looking for a leg! Walters is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Walters manages to kick Sorsa off! Sorsa jumps back into Walters's guard.
Sorsa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walters is keeping the position for now.
Sorsa slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sorsa tries to score with some ground and pound. Walters controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Walters tries to improve position but can't.
Pulla Sorsa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Sorsa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sorsa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sorsa controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa trying to control the action but Walters is working from the bottom.

Sorsa tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sorsa stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pulla Sorsa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Walters's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sorsa stuffs the takedown attempt from Walters. Walters gets slowly back to his feet.
Walters on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Walters tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sorsa swivels and escapes.
Good leg kick by Sorsa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Sorsa moves into the clinch.
Sorsa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sorsa just leaning against Walters, taking a breather.
A short left from Sorsa.
Sorsa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sorsa scores with a shot to the side of Walters's head.
Sorsa tries a body shot but Walters blocks it.
Walters is trying to pull guard but Sorsa turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pulla Sorsa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Walters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sorsa misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Sorsa.
Walters takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short right from Sorsa.
A frustrated look appears on Walters's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sorsa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sorsa misses with a punch to the body.
Pulla Sorsa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sorsa stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pulla Sorsa.
Walters throws a series of punches but Sorsa moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sorsa throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Walters gets caught flat footed, as Sorsa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Walters looking for a guillotine here but Sorsa defends easily.
Sorsa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sorsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Walters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sorsa pushes down on Walters's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Walters makes his way to full guard, as Sorsa worked for a kimura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sorsa controls the pace.
Walters looking to control.
Walters is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sorsa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Walters's guard.
Sorsa performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sorsa wants to pass the guard but Walters is defending well.
Walters tries to get to full guard but Sorsa has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Sorsa is working for a kimura but Walters is defending it quite comfortably.

Walters looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Sorsa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Walters has managed to free his arm - good work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sorsa is pressing down on Walters's thigh, looking to free his foot. Walters is holding on for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pulla Sorsa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sorsa 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pulla Sorsa!