PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between pj lamma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Sottomayor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sottomayor is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: sympathy for the devil. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

lamma
vs
Sottomayor

150 cm
22
150 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, pj lamma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dino Sottomayor!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sottomayor throws a one two combo.
lamma has a takedown stuffed.
Sottomayor throws a body punch but lamma moves out of range.
lamma closes the distance and clinches up with Sottomayor, looking for a takedown. lamma pushes Sottomayor against the cage but Sottomayor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
lamma shoots for a double leg takedown but Sottomayor sprawls well. He's pushed lamma's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for pj lamma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lamma will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sottomayor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sottomayor lands with a cross.
Sottomayor throws a series of strikes that have lamma backpedaling.
lamma slips a jab and a cross from Sottomayor.
lamma walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Sottomayor gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sottomayor wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and lamma manages to pass to side control.

Sottomayor manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sottomayor scores with a jab. lamma acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
lamma shoots in and drives through. Sottomayor sprawls well.

Sottomayor pushes lamma up against the cage in a clinch.

Sottomayor breaks from the clinch.
Sottomayor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slow jab from lamma misses its intended target.
Sottomayor lands with a nice body punch.
lamma changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sottomayor tries to avoid it but lamma manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sottomayor to the ground. Sottomayor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
lamma is breathing heavily.
lamma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Sottomayor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with lamma, pushing him back against the cage.

Sottomayor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sottomayor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dino Sottomayor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
lamma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
lamma moves in looking to clinch but Sottomayor pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor connects with the punch.
Sottomayor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
lamma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
lamma chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sottomayor can pounce on him.
Sottomayor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
lamma takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sottomayor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
lamma throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sottomayor is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sottomayor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sottomayor throws a one two combo.
Sottomayor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
lamma takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A nice combination there by Sottomayor.
lamma shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sottomayor pinned against the cage. Sottomayor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sottomayor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lamma looks to score with a jab to the body but Sottomayor is just out of range.
Nice shot by Sottomayor.
lamma will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Good shot there by Sottomayor.
Sottomayor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Sottomayor.
lamma moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Sottomayor moves into range and clinches up with lamma.

Sottomayor breaks from the clinch.
A nice combination there by Sottomayor.
Sottomayor lands a with a good body shot.

Sottomayor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Sottomayor decides to stand back up. Sottomayor steps back and let's lamma get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor lunges at lamma with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by lamma's hand.
Sottomayor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Sottomayor pushes lamma up against the cage in a clinch.

Sottomayor breaks the clinch.
Dino Sottomayor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sottomayor lands a nice leg kick that just misses lamma's sensitive parts.

Sottomayor moves into the clinch successfully.

Sottomayor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sottomayor misses with a few strikes there.
Sottomayor lands a jab to the head.
Sottomayor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sottomayor misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sottomayor!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sottomayor scores with a three punch combo!
Sottomayor lands with a nice combination. lamma backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dino Sottomayor dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sottomayor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Sottomayor.
Sottomayor is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sottomayor sizes up lamma with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sottomayor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sottomayor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sottomayor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
lamma shoots and misses
and Sottomayor counters with an inside leg kick.
Sottomayor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sottomayor.
Sottomayor lands with a nice combination. lamma backs away looking to recover.
pj lamma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Sottomayor finds it's way through lamma's defenses.
Sottomayor lands a jab.
Sottomayor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sottomayor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by lamma.
Sottomayor looks to land a combination. lamma sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sottomayor throws a right and a left that both miss.
lamma doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sottomayor counters with a two punch combo.
lamma walks into a jab.
lamma looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice body punch from Sottomayor.
lamma doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sottomayor counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for pj lamma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lamma has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sottomayor finds it's way round the side to connect with lamma's head.
Sottomayor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sottomayor lands a jab-cross combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sottomayor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
lamma walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sottomayor dips to his left and cracks lamma with an uppercut!
lamma is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor misses with the combination.
Sottomayor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sottomayor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sottomayor thuds a left hand into lamma's body.
Sottomayor lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sottomayor digs a good hook to lamma's body.
Sottomayor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dino Sottomayor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body punch from Sottomayor.

Sottomayor drives through and clinches with lamma against the cage.
lamma jumps guard but Sottomayor stands there with lamma around his waist. lamma gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Sottomayor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sottomayor moves into the clinch successfully.

Sottomayor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sottomayor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt lamma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor scores with a nice strike.
Sottomayor connects with a right hand. lamma shakes it off.
Sottomayor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sottomayor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sottomayor throws a one two combo.
Sottomayor lands with an overhand left.
Sottomayor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sottomayor moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sottomayor lands with a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Sottomayor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sottomayor.
lamma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good shot there by Sottomayor.
lamma takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor throws a nice looking combination but lamma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sottomayor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sottomayor scores with a crisp jab that stopped lamma in his tracks.
lamma throws a chopping leg kick but Sottomayor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
lamma takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sottomayor lands a nice shot that snaps lamma's head back.
Sottomayor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but lamma circles away quickly and effectively.
Sottomayor connects with the punch.
lamma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sottomayor cracks the inside of lamma's front leg.
Sottomayor tests lamma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sottomayor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. lamma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
lamma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sottomayor cracks a nice hook into lamma's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dino Sottomayor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sottomayor lands a jab-cross combination.
Sottomayor fails to land with a series of punches.
Sottomayor is looking to slow lamma down with leg kicks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sottomayor!
lamma fails with the takedown
and Sottomayor counters with a nice body shot.
Sottomayor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches lamma on the side of the head.
Sottomayor misses with a series of wild punches.
Sottomayor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A right-left combo lands from Sottomayor.

lamma tries to keep at a distance but Sottomayor has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sottomayor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sottomayor scores with a kick to the body.
Sottomayor lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as lamma backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sottomayor thumps lamma with a low kick.
Sottomayor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sottomayor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sottomayor throws a quick head kick that skims the top of lamma's head.
Sottomayor stalks lamma and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into lamma's face. lamma staggers backwards, shaken.
Sottomayor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sottomayor throws a nice looking combination but lamma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sottomayor tests lamma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sottomayor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sottomayor lands a jab-cross combination.
Sottomayor throws a series of strikes that have lamma backpedaling.
Sottomayor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sottomayor scores with a crisp jab that stopped lamma in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor with a jab.
Sottomayor cracks lamma with an open hand slap.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sottomayor.
lamma on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Sottomayor moves into the clinch successfully.

Sottomayor breaks the clinch.
lamma takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
lamma with a poor takedown
and Sottomayor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sottomayor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sottomayor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sottomayor lands a two punch combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sottomayor.
Danga de danga de dang - Sottomayor scores with a four punch combination!
Sottomayor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sottomayor feints and then cracks lamma's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow lamma down.
Sottomayor connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lamma has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
lamma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sottomayor.
lamma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sottomayor lands a lovely overhand right.
Sottomayor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Sottomayor.
Sottomayor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
lamma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sottomayor.

Sottomayor darts in and clinches lamma up against the cage.
lamma jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sottomayor walks away with a smile on his face. lamma gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for pj lamma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sottomayor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sottomayor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
lamma has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sottomayor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sottomayor connects with a jab.
Nice body punch from Sottomayor.
lamma moves forwards but Sottomayor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
lamma takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sottomayor.
Sottomayor scores with a three punch combo!
Sottomayor stalks lamma and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into lamma's face. lamma staggers backwards, shaken.
lamma takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A cross from Sottomayor lands.
lamma takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sottomayor moves into range and clinches up with lamma.
Dino Sottomayor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Sottomayor manages to break the clinch.
pj lamma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sottomayor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dino Sottomayor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sottomayor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dino Sottomayor!