PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kagekatsu Uesugi (ranked 1619 p4p, 2216 weight class) and Roberto Soldic (ranked 201 p4p, 262 weight class). Soldic has chosen The Impression That I Get as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Uesugi
vs
Soldic

182 cm
41
166
33 - 16 - 0

175 cm
29
155
13 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kagekatsu Uesugi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roberto Soldic!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Uesugi moves into range and clinches up with Soldic.
Soldic lands with a light punch inside.
Soldic struggles to land a body shot inside as Uesugi controls his hands.
Uesugi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Soldic pulls his leg out and moves away.
Soldic scores with a nice strike.
Soldic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Soldic misses with a hook. Uesugi ducked under it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Soldic.
Soldic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Uesugi gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldic wants to get back to full guard.
Soldic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Uesugi is looking to pass into half guard but Soldic pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Soldic is in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Soldic must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Soldic's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Uesugi controls Soldic momentarily but Soldic frees himself.
Uesugi wants to sweep here but Soldic controlling him for the moment.
Uesugi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Uesugi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Uesugi keeping moving, preventing Soldic from controlling successfully.
Uesugi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Uesugi drops back, looking for a kneebar! Soldic looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Soldic looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Soldic!

Soldic taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uesugi is not content to let Soldic control the position.
Uesugi is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Soldic is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Uesugi has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Soldic's lack of action.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Uesugi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Soldic pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Soldic seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Uesugi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Soldic slows the pace down in half guard.
Uesugi gets full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soldic postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soldic stays in close to Uesugi's body and controls the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Soldic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Uesugi misses with a straight right.
Uesugi throws a right and a left that Soldic avoids nicely.
Soldic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uesugi.
Soldic misses with a hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Uesugi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Soldic - the referee stops the clock and Uesugi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Soldic. Uesugi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Soldic scores with a jab to the head.
Uesugi defending well as Soldic loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Soldic connects with a single shot there.
Uesugi misses with the combination.
Soldic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Uesugi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Uesugi seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Soldic wants to control but Uesugi is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Uesugi trying to work for an americana but Soldic has managed to regain full guard.
Uesugi throws a big right hand that misses.
Soldic keeping moving, preventing Uesugi from controlling successfully.

Uesugi stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Soldic throws up his legs and catches Uesugi in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Uesugi tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Soldic! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Roberto Soldic!
Roberto Soldic managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing, into his post fight interview.