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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kwebek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rikiya Sonoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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286 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
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272 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Kwebek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rikiya Sonoda!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwebek moves into the clinch.
Kwebek misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sonoda just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kwebek's brow.
Sonoda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like John Kwebek has been cut.
Sonoda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kwebek throws an elbow that misses.
Sonoda looking to throw knees to the head but Kwebek is blocking nicely.
Kwebek avoiding damage as Sonoda throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kwebek.
It looks like Rikiya Sonoda has been cut.
Sonoda blocks the elbow strike.
Kwebek looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kwebek avoiding damage as Sonoda throws knees to the body.
Sonoda lands an elbow just above Kwebek 's eye.
Kwebek looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sonoda throws an elbow but misses.
Kwebek lands an elbow inside that Sonoda shrugs off.
That has opened up Rikiya Sonoda's cut even more.
Sonoda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sonoda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
I was talking to Kwebek's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kwebek misses with an elbow strike.
Sonoda tries a knee to the head but Kwebek blocks it.
Kwebek blocks an elbow strike from Sonoda.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonoda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kwebek avoids it.
Sonoda misses with a knee to the head.
Sonoda avoids the elbow strike from Kwebek, against the cage.
Kwebek misses with an elbow strike.
Kwebek creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sonoda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
John Kwebek's cut is getting worse.
Sonoda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sonoda throws an elbow that misses.
Sonoda blocks an elbow strike from Kwebek.
Kwebek managing to block the knees to the body from Sonoda.
Sonoda trying to land knees to the body.
Kwebek avoiding damage as Sonoda throws knees to the body.
Kwebek lands an elbow that stopped Sonoda in his tracks for a moment.
Kwebek blocks an elbow strike.
Kwebek dodges an elbow strike from Sonoda.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it misses.
Sonoda misses with a knee strike.
Sonoda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kwebek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kwebek misses with an elbow strike.
Kwebek blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonoda trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sonoda blocks an elbow strike from Kwebek.
Sonoda lands a good knee to the midsection. Kwebek won't want to take too many of those.
Kwebek is breathing heavily.
Sonoda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sonoda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sonoda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kwebek is defending well for now.
Kwebek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sonoda tries to land knees in the clinch but Kwebek avoids the damage to the body.
Sonoda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sonoda crunches a lovely knee into Kwebek's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Sonoda.
Sonoda lands an elbow just above Kwebek 's eye.
Sonoda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sonoda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sonoda throws an elbow that misses.
Sonoda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
John Kwebek's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A knee to the head by Sonoda.
Sonoda lands a nice knee to the body.
Sonoda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kwebek avoids the elbow strike from Sonoda, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonoda crunches a lovely knee into Kwebek's ribcage.
Kwebek avoiding damage as Sonoda throws knees to the body.
Kwebek pushes off an throws an elbow but Sonoda leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sonoda misses with an elbow over the top.
Sonoda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kwebek.
Sonoda missing with knees to the body.
Sonoda misses with an elbow strike.
Sonoda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sonoda blocks an elbow strike from Kwebek.
Kwebek lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Rikiya Sonoda's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kwebek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sonoda blocks the elbow strike.
Sonoda tries a knee to the head but Kwebek blocks it.
Sonoda misses with an elbow over the top.
Sonoda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kwebek.
Kwebek avoiding damage as Sonoda throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sonoda throws an elbow but misses.
Kwebek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sonoda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonoda blocks an elbow strike from Kwebek.
Kwebek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sonoda blocks the elbow strike.
Sonoda avoids the elbow strike from Kwebek, against the cage.
Kwebek takes an elbow to the temple.
Jeez, John Kwebek's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Kwebek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rikiya Sonoda!
An out of breath and clearly excited Rikiya Sonoda thanked Kore Fight Nutrition [TG] for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
The defeated John Kwebek had this to say: 'Shit happens!I'm tired.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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