PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nir Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamar Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Freak on a Leash as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sosa
vs
Jackson

180 cm
26
200 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

185 cm
28
200 lbs
20 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Urban Savage

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nir Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shamar Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson works over Sosa's head and body with a nice combination.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Jackson defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jackson is out of range.
Sosa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Nir Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jackson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sosa eats them both and turns towards Jackson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A solid body kick from Sosa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Sosa.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosa circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sosa connects with a body shot.
Sosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Sosa avoids it well.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sosa wants to land a leg kick but Jackson is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa throws a head kick that Jackson semi-blocks.
Sosa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jackson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Jackson slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Sosa misses its intended target.
Jackson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sosa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sosa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Sosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sosa.
Sosa is looking to chop away at Jackson's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Jackson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sosa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sosa throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Jackson misses with a double jab
and Sosa counters with a left to the body.
Sosa lands a nice looking body shot.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Sosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sosa missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson works over Sosa's head and body with a nice combination.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Sosa looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
A jab lands there for Sosa.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a straight right.
Sosa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Sosa avoids it well.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Sosa avoids nicely.
Sosa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.

Sosa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jackson wants to control but Sosa passes easily into half guard.
Sosa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jackson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sosa prevents Jackson from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sosa passes into half guard.
Sosa trying to control from half guard but Jackson is working away.
Sosa uses his free foot to push down on Jackson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jackson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sosa trying to mount his opponent but Jackson defends it.

Jackson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nir Sosa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Sosa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jackson stalks Sosa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sosa's face. Sosa staggers backwards, shaken.
Jackson moves out of range of the leg kick from Sosa.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Nir Sosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Sosa jabs Jackson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sosa throws a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
Sosa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sosa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sosa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
Sosa dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sosa finds it's way round the side to connect with Jackson's head.
Jackson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Sosa moves out of range.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Sosa avoids nicely.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Sosa avoids nicely.
Jackson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sosa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Sosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sosa, as that shot connected.
Sosa misses with a straight left.
Jackson slips under a jab from Sosa.
Jackson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jackson throws a right hand that Sosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sosa also avoids with ease.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sosa.
Sosa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sosa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sosa lands a high kick!
Shamar Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sosa misses the jab.
Jackson scores with a three punch combo!
A swing and a miss from Sosa.
Sosa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sosa throws a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Sosa.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sosa tries to land a leg kick but Jackson saw it coming and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands a right hook to the body.
Sosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sosa.
Jackson looks to land a combination. Sosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sosa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Jackson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sosa throws out a powerful jab.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa lands with a straight right. Jackson didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackson.
Sosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
Sosa slips a straight right by Jackson.
Sosa throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson moves out of range as Sosa strikes.

Jackson gets caught napping as Sosa dives in and scores a takedown. Jackson manages to retain guard.
Sosa stopping the sweep attempt from Jackson.

Jackson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sosa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sosa content to stall in guard here.
Jackson looking for a sweep. Not yet Jackson, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sosa lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nir Sosa dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sosa.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Sosa throws a leg kick but Jackson checks it.
Sosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson throws a series of strikes that have Sosa backpedaling.
Jackson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sosa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sosa tries to land a leg kick but Jackson saw it coming and moves away.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.

Jackson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Jackson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sosa passes Jackson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sosa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson moves into full guard.

Jackson has an active guard here but Sosa has managed to pass into half guard.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jackson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jackson is trying to control but Sosa passes into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa advances nicely into full mount.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sosa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa landing strikes from the mount.
Sosa cracks Jackson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sosa trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Shamar Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is looking to take a break and control but Jackson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sosa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jackson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sosa is trying to control. Jackson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson manages to get to full guard.
Jackson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sosa's guard.
Sosa trying to control the position.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson preventing the sweep.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
Jackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sosa wants to control the position but Jackson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Jackson is working for a kimura but Sosa is defending it quite comfortably.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa is trying to get back to full guard.
Sosa wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nir Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sosa 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nir Sosa!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nir Sosa made sure he mentioned Conquer, along with how happy he was to win his fight.