PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mad Rob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mats Söderlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mats Söderlund has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mad Rob's chin.

Rob
vs
Söderlund

200 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
30
181 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mad Rob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mats Söderlund!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Söderlund throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Söderlund is looking to score with low kicks.
Söderlund cracks Rob with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Mad Rob has been cut.
Söderlund uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rob.
And Söderlund responds with a good body kick, but Rob manages to step out the way in time.
Rob throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Söderlund blocks a leg kick.
Rob defending well as Söderlund loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rob, right into the meat.
Söderlund misses with a looping left.
Söderlund lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rob will feel that in the morning.

A jab-cross combination lands for Söderlund and sends Rob crashing to the mat! Söderlund follows him down to the mat - Rob regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Rob is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Söderlund frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oh Rob is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Söderlund looking to control but Rob is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Söderlund looking for a guillotine from mount but Rob is having none of it.

Söderlund has control of Rob's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Rob regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Rob seems to have got his legs back now.
Poor strikes thrown by Söderlund there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Söderlund has control of Rob's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Rob regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Söderlund looking to ground and pound but Rob is blocking nicely.
Rob is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Söderlund is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rob has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rob is looking to get to half guard.
Söderlund has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Söderlund with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rob manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rob is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rob is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Söderlund trying to control the action but Rob is working from the bottom.
Rob is looking to improve his position.
Söderlund wants to pass the guard but Rob is defending well.
Nice strikes from Söderlund there.
Söderlund is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Rob!

Söderlund working for a submission but Rob is keeping him at bay.
Rob tries to reverse the position but Söderlund maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Söderlund looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rob gets back to half guard.
Rob is in trouble now - Söderlund has advanced to mount!
Rob is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Söderlund landing punches.
Söderlund postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rob bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Söderlund and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mats Söderlund!
A relieved looking Mats Söderlund thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.