PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Faffa Ferreira (ranked 7439 p4p, 597 weight class) and Yka Sonni (ranked 2041 p4p, 269 weight class). Ferreira comes to the ring accompanied by Daddy Cool. Yka Sonni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ferreira
vs
Sonni

171 cm
26
167 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

181 cm
24
179 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Faffa Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yka Sonni!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sonni misses with a straight right.
Sonni misses with an uppercut.
Ferreira swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A big left from Sonni misses.
A cross from Sonni lands.

It looks like Faffa Ferreira has been cut.
Sonni misses with an uppercut. Ferreira saw that one coming.
Ferreira moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Ferreira clinches with his opponent.
Sonni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sonni prevents a body shot from Ferreira.
Ferreira just leaning against Sonni, taking a breather.
Sonni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira throws a punch but it's blocked by Sonni.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonni has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreira.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferreira.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonni.
A short uppercut from Ferreira.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sonni blocking some punches.
Ferreira scores with a shot to the side of Sonni's head.
Ferreira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni blocks a body shot from Ferreira.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira.
Sonni wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferreira won't allow it.
Ferreira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ferreira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferreira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sonni is defending well for now.
Ferreira misses with the head strike.
Ferreira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ferreira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira.
Ferreira misses with some punches.
Ferreira'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.
Ferreira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sonni up against the ropes.
Ferreira definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice elbow from Ferreira.

It looks like Yka Sonni has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferreira misses with a body punch.
Ferreira swings wildly with an uppercut but Sonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferreira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ferreira misses with some punches.
Ferreira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ferreira scores with a shot to the side of Sonni's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferreira.
Ferreira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira keeps control of Sonni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ferreira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sonni's elbow.
Ferreira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ferreira pushes off an throws an elbow but Sonni leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sonni is trying to push Ferreira away but Ferreira has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira.
Ferreira taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sonni blocking some punches.
Sonni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ferreira has him pressed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ferreira prevents Sonni from breaking the clinch.
Sonni blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira.
Ferreira working aggressively here.
Ferreira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferreira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sonni tries to break free but Ferreira pushes him back against the ropes.
Ferreira misses with a knee to the head.
Ferreira working aggressively here.
Sonni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferreira working aggressively here.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Ferreira missing with knees to the body.
Ferreira working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira.
Sonni is trying to break the clinch but Ferreira is controlling him.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ferreira - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sonni is trying to push Ferreira away but Ferreira has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ferreira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sonni up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonni is trying to break free.
Ferreira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonni lands a shoulder strike.
Ferreira taking a breather.
Sonni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sonni.
Ferreira throws a head punch that misses.
Sonni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ferreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Ferreira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ferreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sonni tries a body shot but Ferreira blocks it.
Ferreira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sonni up against the ropes.
Ferreira can't find room to land a body shot as Sonni controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faffa Ferreira dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sonni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sonni misses with an uppercut.
Ferreira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sonni misses with a left hand
and Ferreira counters with an outside leg kick.
Sonni misses with a looping right.
Sonni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sonni cracks Ferreira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
A leg kick checked by Sonni.
Sonni lands a slapping body shot.
Sonni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ferreira makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sonni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ferreira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ferreira tries to land a leg kick but Sonni saw it coming and moves away.
Sonni appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ferreira walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yka Sonni!
Yka Sonni thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Faffa Ferreira had this to say: 'I think it was the cornish pie from last night.'.