PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Sobieski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobieski has chosen Kto Cię Obroni Polsko as his entrance music. Jan Sobieski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Sobieski

204 cm
34
289 lbs
25 - 19 - 0

188 cm
41
217 lbs
34 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raven Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sobieski!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris tries to clinch but Sobieski is having none of it.
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Raven Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
And Sobieski tries to counter it with a takedown but Harris pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Sobieski moves into range and clinches up with Harris.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Sobieski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobieski is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieski avoids the head kick by Harris.
Sobieski with the counter takedown but Harris avoids it easily.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris lands with a nice body punch.
Sobieski blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris lands a nice shot that snaps Sobieski's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Sobieski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Sobieski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been told by Harris's head coaches at White Lotus that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sobieski scores with a jab. Harris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Sobieski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick.
Harris's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Harris duly obliges.
Harris with a jab.
Harris throws a body kick that misses

and Sobieski counters with a single leg into guard. Harris didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobieski looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Sobieski trying to keep a closed guard but Harris is proving a slippery customer.

Sobieski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Harris is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Harris is sitting in close to Sobieski's body. Sobieski has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Harris is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Harris is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sobieski.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jan Sobieski!
Jan Sobieski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.