PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 46 p4p, 54 weight class) and Obi Wan Kenobi (ranked 5 p4p, 6 weight class). Sosa comes to the cage accompanied by EMOTIONALLY SCARRED. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Sosa
vs
Kenobi

175 cm
28
151
19 - 3 - 1

172 cm
30
146
23 - 11 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Conviction

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Carnage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 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 23 - 11 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Obi Wan Kenobi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenobi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sosa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kenobi walks into a left hand.

It looks like Obi Wan Kenobi has been cut.
Sosa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Kenobi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sosa delivers a nice body kick.
Kenobi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sosa throws a shot from downtown. Kenobi moves away and avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kenobi.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sosa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kenobi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sosa at a distance.
Sosa avoids the body shot from Kenobi.
Sosa blocks a low kick nicely.
Kenobi throws a shot to the body.
Kenobi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Sosa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa misses with a straight left.
Sosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kenobi scores with a push kick.
Kenobi just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Kenobi misses.
Sosa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa lands a leg kick that knocks Kenobi off balance momentarily.
Kenobi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kenobi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kenobi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenobi.
Sosa throws a leg kick
and Kenobi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kenobi throws a hook to the side of Sosa's head but Sosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kenobi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Kenobi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kenobi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sosa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kenobi.
Kenobi scores with a body shot.
Sosa misses with a hook. Kenobi ducked under it nicely.
Sosa misses with an uppercut. Kenobi saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sosa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa misses with a hook. Kenobi ducked under it nicely.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kenobi.
Kenobi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Sosa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sosa misses the shot to the body.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kenobi moves away.
Sosa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kenobi throws a shot to the body.
Kenobi digs a good body shot into Sosa's ribs.
Kenobi thumps Sosa with a low kick.
Kenobi moves out of range of the body kick from Sosa.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Kenobi ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa is looking to land body kicks.
Sosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kenobi throws out the jab.
Sosa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kenobi. Kenobi obviously looking to wear him down.
Sosa throws a head kick that half lands.
Sosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kenobi is looking to clinch.
Kenobi throws a push kick but Sosa slaps the foot to one side.
Sosa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kenobi throws a leg kick but Sosa moved away.
Sosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi is looking to slow Sosa down with leg kicks.
Kenobi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kenobi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kenobi.
Sosa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kenobi throws a good cross that connects.
Kenobi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sosa misses with an uppercut.
Kenobi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kenobi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A low kick from Sosa misses
and Kenobi counters with a nice body kick.
Kenobi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kenobi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sosa finds it's way round the side to connect with Kenobi's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa scores with a spinning back kick!
Sosa throws a hook but Kenobi blocks it.
Sosa throws out a loose jab but Kenobi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenobi with a hook.
Kenobi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kenobi looks to land a left hand but Sosa moved out of range nicely.
Kenobi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sosa is out of range and Kenobi settles back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kenobi lands a really nice looking cross but Sosa seems unphased.

Kenobi closes the distance and clinches.
Sosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sosa looking to throw knees to the head but Kenobi is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kenobi lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Kenobi.
Kenobi misses with an elbow over the top.
Sosa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kenobi blocks it with crossed arms.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosa missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kenobi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Kenobi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kenobis head.
Kenobi swings wildly with an uppercut but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Obi Wan Kenobi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Obi Wan Kenobi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sosa lands a jab to the nose.
Kenobi lands a leg kick that knocks Sosa off balance momentarily.

Kenobi drives through and clinches with Sosa against the cage.
Kenobi trying to stall but Sosa improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Sosa tries a knee to the head but Kenobi blocks it.
Sosa lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kenobi fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sosa.
Kenobi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kenobi blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kenobi throws a head punch that misses.
Sosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Kenobi is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Sosa.
A short right from Kenobi on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Sosa scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa lands a body punch.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Kenobi controls the action.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kenobi throws an elbow that misses.
Kenobi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa digs a right hand underneath Kenobi's ribcage. Kenobi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kenobi backwards.
Kenobi lands a nice elbow.
Sosa throws a head punch that misses.
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenobi avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Kenobi.
Sosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Sosa crunches a lovely knee into Kenobi's ribcage.
Sosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kenobi's elbow.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa gets through Kenobi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sosa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa landing knees to the body.
Sosa working Kenobi over with knees to the body.
Sosa lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Sosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sosa pushes Kenobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kenobi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sosa fails to land.
Sosa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kenobi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kenobi.
Sosa tries to work over Kenobi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sosa scores with a shot to the side of Kenobi's head.
Sosa lands a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Sosa.
Kenobi is leaning against Sosa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kenobi scores with a shot to the side of Sosa's head.
Kenobi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenobi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa pushes Kenobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcello Sosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Kenobi fails to land.
Kenobi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sosa lands a right hand.
Sosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Kenobi is rocked!
Sosa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kenobi is still on wobbly legs! Can Sosa finish him?
Sosa unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Kenobi! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sosa is unloading with more strikes now! Kenobi drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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.