PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Soriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soriano has chosen "Filipino" by The Black Eyed Peas as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ricardo
vs
Soriano

155 cm
23
140 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

165 cm
23
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ka-POW Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Augusto Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pablo Soriano!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricardo takes a swing at Soriano's ribcage but misses.
Soriano throws a head kick but Ricardo moves out of range.
Augusto Ricardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ricardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soriano.
Ricardo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ricardo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Soriano swivels and escapes.
Soriano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ricardo.
Ricardo moves out of range of the leg kick from Soriano.
Ricardo takes a swing at Soriano's ribcage but misses.
Soriano wants to clinch.

Ricardo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Soriano sprawls well initially but Ricardo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Soriano wants to control but Ricardo is keeping busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ricardo lands a nice short elbow.
Soriano trying to control but Ricardo postures up.
Ricardo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricardo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ricardo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ricardo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Soriano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Soriano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Ricardo is trying to work for a kimura but Soriano is defending well.
Ricardo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Soriano tries to get to full guard but Ricardo has control of the leg.
Soriano controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ricardo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Soriano on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ricardo is looking to advance position but Soriano won't allow it.
Soriano blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ricardo.
Ricardo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soriano's head.
Soriano manages to get to full guard.
Soriano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ricardo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soriano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Soriano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ricardo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soriano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Soriano moves into the clinch.
Ricardo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ricardo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Soriano gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Ricardo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ricardo looking to stall.
Soriano pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ricardo trying to stall but Soriano improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Soriano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Soriano.

Soriano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Soriano. No joy for Ricardo on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ricardo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ricardo thows a huge punch but Soriano dodges it nicely.
Soriano has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ricardo is working away from the top position though.
Ricardo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ricardo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ricardo trying to control the action but Soriano is working from the bottom.
Soriano regains full guard. Nicely done.
Soriano pulls Ricardo in to control the position.
Soriano trying to control the position.
Ricardo throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Augusto Ricardo will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Soriano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ricardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Soriano.
Soriano stuffs the takedown.
Ricardo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Ricardo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ricardo trying to control but Soriano is working from the bottom.
Ricardo throwing strikes from guard but Soriano blocks nicely.
Ricardo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ricardo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soriano swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ricardo slips nicely into half guard.
Soriano trying to control from the bottom.
Soriano is refusing to be controlled, as Ricardo sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano wants to control but Ricardo is keeping busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Soriano scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ricardo in his tracks.

It looks like Augusto Ricardo has been cut.
Soriano stuffs the takedown attempt from Ricardo. Ricardo gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Ricardo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice cross by Soriano.
Soriano scores with a jab. Ricardo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ricardo fails with the takedown.
Ricardo shoots in looking for a takedown. Soriano tries to sprawl out of it but Ricardo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Soriano manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A left and a right from Soriano both land. Nice combination.
Ricardo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Soriano's waist but Soriano gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ricardo off to one side.
Ricardo walks into a stiff left hand from Soriano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Soriano counters with a left right combination that sends Ricardo crashing to the mat - Soriano wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Ricardo out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Soriano!