PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 83 p4p, 246 weight class) and Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 11 p4p, 31 weight class). Sosa comes to the ring accompanied by EMOTIONALLY SCARRED. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sosa
vs
Rodriguez

175 cm
28
151
20 - 4 - 1

178 cm
34
160
26 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
Conviction

Pound Town INC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sosa thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.
Rodriguez misses with a hook
and Sosa counters with a straight right hand.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ryan Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez lands a glancing blow to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Rodriguez misses its intended target.
Sosa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rodriguez cracks Sosa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sosa is looking to counter punch.
Sosa walks into a straight right hand from Rodriguez.
Sosa wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Sosa.
Rodriguez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick that is checked

and Sosa counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rodriguez! Sosa lets Rodriguez back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Rodriguez is rocked!
Rodriguez missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Sosa finish him?
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
A lazy body kick from Sosa
and Sosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodriguez seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Rodriguez blocks the leg kick.
Rodriguez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sosa walks into a left hand.
Sosa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sosa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands with a nice body kick.
Sosa staying out of range there.
Sosa throws a lazy body kick
and Rodriguez counters with a series of strikes. Sosa will be more careful next time no doubt.

Sosa clinches with his opponent.
Rodriguez is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sosa trying to land knees to the body.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Sosa moved out of range.
Sosa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sosa staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Sosa.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sosa can pounce on him.
Sosa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sosa momentarily.
Rodriguez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sosa slips under a jab.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab by Rodriguez.
Sosa is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Sosa thinks about countering with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a hook. Rodriguez ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rodriguez scores with a jab. Sosa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sosa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa is looking to counter punch.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sosa lands with a nice body kick.
Sosa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sosa throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sosa slips under a jab from Rodriguez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryan Rodriguez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rodriguez.
Sosa looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Sosa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rodriguez can pounce on him.
Rodriguez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch combination from Sosa misses.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Sosa moved out of range.
Sosa is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sosa lands with a right hand.
Rodriguez 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.
Rodriguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sosa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rodriguez's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
Rodriguez misses with a right hand
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez swings widly with a right hand
and Sosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sosa lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcello Sosa!
Our winner, Marcello Sosa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.