PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke Skywalker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soto has chosen Busta Rhymes Feat Eminem - I'll Hurt You as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Luke Skywalker has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Luke Skywalker seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Skywalker
vs
Soto

170 cm
31
142 lbs
32 - 21 - 1

173 cm
32
145 lbs
26 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Merciless Gladiators
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Luke Skywalker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luiz Soto!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skywalker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Skywalker leaves Soto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Skywalker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Skywalker lands with a nice body kick.
Soto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Skywalker tries to close the distance and clinch but Soto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Skywalker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Skywalker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skywalker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Skywalker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Soto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Skywalker keeping full guard, as Soto tries to pass.
Soto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Soto postures up in Skywalker's guard and throws a big left but Skywalker blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Skywalker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Soto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Skywalker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Soto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Skywalker keeping moving, preventing Soto from controlling successfully.
Soto looking to pass the guard.
Soto throws a big right hand that misses.
Soto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Skywalker is keeping the position for now.
Soto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Soto slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Soto throws an elbow but Skywalker slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Soto seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Soto creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Skywalker sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Soto trying to control the action but Skywalker is working from the bottom.
Soto fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Skywalker is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Skywalker managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Soto.
The strikes coming from Soto are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Skywalker dodges the ground and pound from Soto.
Soto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Skywalker is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Soto working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Soto throws an elbow but Skywalker slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soto misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Soto misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Skywalker avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Soto.
Soto works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soto working the ground and pound but Skywalker is defending the strikes.
Soto tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Skywalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Skywalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soto moves out of range of the body kick from Skywalker.
Skywalker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skywalker swings for the body but Soto moves out of range.
Luiz Soto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Skywalker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Soto.
Soto avoids the body shot from Skywalker.
Skywalker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soto avoids a kick to the body.
Soto shoots in looking for a takedown. Skywalker tries to sprawl out of it but Soto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Skywalker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Soto tries to score a power double leg takedown but Skywalker sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Soto somewhat.
Luke Skywalker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luiz Soto.
Soto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Skywalker's waist but Skywalker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Soto off to one side.
Soto circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Skywalker. That's going to slow Soto down.
Soto shoots in and drives through. Skywalker sprawls well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Skywalker.
Skywalker is looking to wear down Soto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skywalker lands with an overhand left.
Soto shoots in and drives through. Skywalker sprawls well.
Soto shoots in but no luck this time.
Soto goes for a double leg but Skywalker avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Skywalker continues to drive forward.
Soto is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Skywalker pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Soto is breathing heavily.
Soto is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Skywalker lands an elbow that stopped Soto in his tracks for a moment.
Soto drops down looking for an ankle pick but Skywalker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Skywalker takes a swing at Soto's ribcage but misses.
Skywalker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Soto.
Skywalker lands a front kick.
Skywalker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Skywalker.
Skywalker connects with an inside leg kick.
Skywalker scores with a kick to the midsection.
Skywalker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skywalker scoring well with a low kick there.
Soto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Skywalker circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luke Skywalker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Skywalker lands with a nice combination. Soto backs away looking to recover.
Soto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A good leg kick by Skywalker.
Soto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Skywalker circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Soto is defended easily by Skywalker.
A swing and a miss from Skywalker.
Skywalker tries to clinch but Soto moves out of range.
Skywalker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Skywalker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Soto looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Skywalker!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soto creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Skywalker sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Skywalker wants to control but Soto postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Soto crashes against the mat.

Soto working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Skywalker defending against the ground and pound.
Soto working the head with strikes.
Soto working the ground and pound.
Soto misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Luiz Soto has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Soto seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Skywalker is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Soto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Soto are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soto tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Skywalker dodges the ground and pound from Soto.
Skywalker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luke Skywalker will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Soto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Skywalker has closed the distance and engaged Soto in a clinch.
Soto wants a takedown but no success here.
Soto dodges an elbow strike from Skywalker.
Soto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Skywalker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Luke Skywalker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luiz Soto.
Skywalker lands a damaging elbow.
Skywalker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Soto lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Soto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Soto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Skywalker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Soto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Skywalker regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Soto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Skywalker is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Soto scoring with punches to the head and body.
Soto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Skywalker is keeping the position for now.
Soto throws a strike but Skywalker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Soto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Skywalker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker postures up.
Skywalker tries to stand but Soto is controlling from the bottom.
Soto is trying to control the position but Skywalker postures up.
Soto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Skywalker manages to get himself to full guard.
Soto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Soto trying to control but Skywalker is working from the bottom.
Soto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Skywalker swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soto throws a strike but Skywalker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Skywalker scoring with some ground and pound.

Soto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Skywalker defends well.
Soto looking to control.
Skywalker scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skywalker stopping the sweep attempt from Soto.
Skywalker is looking to work some ground and pound but Soto has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soto wants to sweep but no luck.
Skywalker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skywalker postures up in Soto's guard and throws a big left but Soto blocks it.
Soto looking for a sweep. Not yet Soto, not yet.
Skywalker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Soto's head.
Skywalker wants to control from the top but Soto keeps moving.
Skywalker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soto is keeping the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skywalker trying to stand up but can't free himself from Soto's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skywalker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Skywalker postures up.
Soto wants to sweep here but Skywalker controlling him for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luiz Soto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Soto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luiz Soto!
Luiz Soto thanked the fans post fight for their support.