PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Solis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Aguinaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aguinaldo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dat Booty kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Karl Aguinaldo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Solis
vs
Aguinaldo

223 cm
21
278 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

203 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sergio Solis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Aguinaldo!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguinaldo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Solis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sloppy strikes from Aguinaldo. Those never looked like landing.
Aguinaldo with a poor takedown

and Solis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Solis tries to land a knee to the head but Aguinaldo blocks with his arms.
Solis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Solis working aggressively here.
Aguinaldo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Solis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Solis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Aguinaldo lands a nice shot to the body.
Aguinaldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Solis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aguinaldo catches Solis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Aguinaldo connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aguinaldo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Solis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aguinaldo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Solis circles away.
Solis appears to be looking for a big counter.

Solis rushes Aguinaldo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaldo can't break the clinch.
Solis looking to throw knees to the head but Aguinaldo is blocking nicely.
Solis pressing his opponent against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Solis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Solis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Solis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aguinaldo lands with a good body shot.
Aguinaldo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Solis swivels and escapes.
Sergio Solis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo shoots in for a takedown but Solis shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo tries for a takedown but Solis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Aguinaldo looks winded!

Aguinaldo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Solis's guard.

Solis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Aguinaldo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Solis darts in and clinches Aguinaldo up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Solis swings wildly with an uppercut but Aguinaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Solis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Solis stuffs the takedown attempt from Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo gets slowly back to his feet.

Solis drives through and clinches with Aguinaldo against the cage.
Solis controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solis stalls.
Solis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Solis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Solis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aguinaldo's brow.
Solis with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Solis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Aguinaldo misses.

Solis has Aguinaldo up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo is trying to force a seperation but Solis has the dominant position.

Solis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Solis throws a knee to the head but misses.

Solis breaks from the clinch.

Solis takes the fight into the clinch.
Solis lands a left hand.

It looks like Karl Aguinaldo has been cut.

Solis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Solis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aguinaldo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Solis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Aguinaldo's cut.
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.

Solis clinches up with Aguinaldo and pushes him back against the cage.

Solis breaks from the clinch.
Aguinaldo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Solis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Aguinaldo tries for a takedown but Solis circles away easily

and Solis moves into the clinch.
Solis tries to land a knee to the head but Aguinaldo blocks with his arms.
Solis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Aguinaldo is trying to force a seperation but Solis has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Solis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aguinaldo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaldo has a takedown stuffed.
Karl Aguinaldo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aguinaldo is breathing heavily.

Solis gets a clinch.
Solis leaning his opponent against the cage.

Solis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Solis instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aguinaldo.
Solis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aguinaldo can do to turn this around?
Solis'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.

Solis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A little feinted left hand from Solis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sergio Solis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Aguinaldo.
Solis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aguinaldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aguinaldo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Solis as he avoids it easily.
Karl Aguinaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguinaldo circles away from the clinch attempt.

Solis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Solis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Aguinaldo up against the cage.
Aguinaldo blocking some punches.
Solis slowing the pace effectively.

Solis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Solis has managed to clinch.
Aguinaldo tries to circle away but Solis has him pinned against the cage.
Solis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Solis.
Solis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Solis tries a knee to the head but Aguinaldo blocks it.
Solis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Solis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aguinaldo looks for a takedown but Solis sprawls well.
Solis seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Aguinaldo keeps the fight on the outside.

Solis rushes Aguinaldo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sergio Solis has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solis taking a breather.
Solis just leaning against Aguinaldo, taking a breather.
Solis gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Solis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Solis seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Solis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Solis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aguinaldo lands a right hook to the body.
Aguinaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Solis was well out of range. Poor timing from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo throws a combination that misses

and Solis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Solis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Solis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karl Aguinaldo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Solis closes the distance and clinches.
Solis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Solis misses with a knee strike.

Solis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Solis wants to clinch but Aguinaldo slips to the side
and Aguinaldo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Solis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aguinaldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Solis.
Aguinaldo with a hook.
Aguinaldo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Solis at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aguinaldo scores with a body shot.
Solis stuffs the takedown.
Solis moves in looking to clinch but Aguinaldo pushes him off.

Solis rushes Aguinaldo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solis stalling the fight.
Aguinaldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aguinaldo is trying to push Solis away but Solis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Solis'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.
Aguinaldo blocking some punches.
Solis stalls.
Solis misses with a knee to the head.
Solis just leaning against Aguinaldo, taking a breather.
Solis misses with an elbow over the top.
Solis avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Solis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Solis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aguinaldo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo throws a series of punches but Solis moves out of range.
Solis leaves Aguinaldo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Solis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Solis tries to clinch up.
Aguinaldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Solis fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solis doesn't manage to clinch there - Aguinaldo circles away.
A punch combination from Aguinaldo misses.

Solis instigates a clinch.
Solis stalls.
The referee calls for Solis to work.
Solis has a couple of punches blocked by Aguinaldo.
Solis just leaning against Aguinaldo, taking a breather.
Solis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Solis stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solis misses with a knee to the head.
Solis lands a knee to the head.
Solis with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Solis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aguinaldo fails with a takedown attempt.
Sergio Solis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Aguinaldo.

Solis moves into the clinch.
Karl Aguinaldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sergio Solis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Solis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aguinaldo backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Solis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Solis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Solis!