PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alec Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dava Anargya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sosa
vs
Anargya

211 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alec Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dava Anargya!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa throws a series of punches but Anargya moves out of range.
Sosa tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Anargya defends well and Sosa ends up having to push Anargya into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Sosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Alec Sosa has been cut.

Anargya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anargya tries for a takedown. No joy.
Anargya tries for a takedown. No joy.
Anargya is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.
Sosa is pressed up against the cage. Anargya has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sosa down to the mat. Sosa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alec Sosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dava Anargya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anargya is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Anargya takes the fight into the clinch.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Anargya avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anargya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sosa.

Anargya successfully pulls guard.
Sosa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sosa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anargya is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sosa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sosa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sosa stands up over Anargya, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anargya tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sosa works over Anargya with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anargya manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Anargya shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sosa as he jumps to the side.
Anargya stuffs the takedown attempt from Sosa. Sosa gets slowly back to his feet.

Sosa fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Anargya to the ground. Sosa is now in Anargya's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa throwing strikes but missing.
Sosa throwing strikes but missing.
Anargya avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa won't allow Anargya to sweep him here.
Sosa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Anargya not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anargya is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sosa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sosa passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Sosa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sosa lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Sosa is looking for a kimura here.
Sosa is nestled in close to Anargya, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sosa is nestled in close to Anargya, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sosa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anargya is holding on to half guard well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sosa lands strikes from half guard.
Anargya pushes Sosa off looking to stand but Sosa dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Sosa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alec Sosa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anargya throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sosa counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Anargya pushes Sosa off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Anargya has a takedown stuffed.

Anargya forces Sosa back against the cage and clinches.
Anargya is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.
Sosa misses with a punch to the body.
Anargya wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Anargya managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.
Sosa is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Anargya gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Anargya wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Anargya looking to slow down the pace here.
Sosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anargya taking a breather.

Sosa breaks the clinch.
Anargya misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anargya fails with a takedown attempt.
Alec Sosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dava Anargya.
Anargya darts in looking for a takedown but Sosa gets double underhooks and turns Anargya into the cage.
Sosa tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Anargya manages to circle out of the way.
Sosa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anargya is breathing heavily.

Anargya closes the distance and clinches.
Anargya tries to pull guard but Sosa holds him up against the cage and eventually Anargya drops back down to his feet.
Sosa tries to score a body lock takedown but Anargya shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Anargya tries for a takedown. No joy.

Sosa lands a takedown into guard.
Sosa throwing strikes from guard but Anargya blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sosa being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anargya is trying to keep Sosa in close.

Sosa drops back looking for a leg! Anargya is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Anargya manages to kick Sosa off! Sosa jumps back into Anargya's guard.

Anargya pushes Sosa off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Anargya shoots for a double leg takedown but Sosa sprawls well. He's pushed Anargya's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sosa pushes Anargya up against the cage in a clinch.
Sosa missing with knees to the body.
Sosa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Anargya effectively controlling the action here.
Sosa stops a takedown attempt from Anargya.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sosa is struggling to control the position.
Sosa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anargya after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dava Anargya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alec Sosa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Anargya misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Anargya throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sosa's waist but Sosa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anargya off to one side.
Anargya tries for a takedown but Sosa circles away easily

and Sosa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Alec Sosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dava Anargya.
Sosa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anargya pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anargya blocks a head kick by Sosa.

Anargya clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anargya drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anargya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anargya moves into the clinch successfully.
Anargya leaning his opponent against the cage.

Sosa breaks from the clinch.
Anargya fails with a takedown attempt.
And Sosa counters with a quick kick to the body but Anargya blocks it.
Anargya tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sosa defends well and Anargya ends up having to push Sosa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sosa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sosa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Alec Sosa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anargya is trying to buck Sosa off.
Sosa scores with a couple of short elbows.

Sosa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sosa cracks Anargya with a big elbow.
Sosa creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sosa decides to stand back up. Sosa steps back and let's Anargya get back to his feet.
Anargya tries for a takedown but Sosa circles away easily

and Sosa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sosa leaning against his opponent.

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

Sosa gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anargya moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice sprawl there from Sosa as Anargya shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Anargya pinned against the cage. Anargya gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Anargya moves into the clinch successfully.

Sosa breaks the clinch.

Sosa clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sosa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anargya after a bit of a struggle.
Sosa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Anargya prevents it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sosa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Topper Green scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alec Sosa!