PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jana Iii Sobieskiego (ranked 3160 p4p, 3778 weight class) and Stefan Andersson (ranked 444 p4p, 500 weight class). Stefan Andersson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jana Iii Sobieskiego's chin.

Sobieskiego
vs
Andersson

185 cm
27
206
10 - 9 - 1

185 cm
27
216
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸
Brooklyn Apothecary

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Jana Iii Sobieskiego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stefan Andersson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersson throws a combination that misses
and Sobieskiego counters with a body kick.
Andersson throws a body punch but Sobieskiego moves out of range.
Sobieskiego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andersson circles away quickly and effectively.
Andersson feints the counter takedown.
Andersson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sobieskiego fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Andersson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Sobieskiego clinches.

Andersson pulls Sobieskiego into guard.
Sobieskiego not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sobieskiego is looking to stand up but Andersson won't let him.

Andersson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieskiego trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Andersson is on top in guard.

Hammerfist, elbow! yells Andersson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sobieskiego keeping moving, preventing Andersson from controlling successfully.
Andersson landing with the ground and pound.
Sobieskiego trying to keep a closed guard but Andersson is proving a slippery customer.
Sobieskiego working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Andersson.
Andersson throws a big elbow that misses.
Andersson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Andersson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sobieskiego avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Andersson working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Sobieskiego bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Andersson's guard.

Andersson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieskiego trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andersson wants to sweep but no luck.
Andersson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Andersson is nestled in close to Sobieskiego, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Andersson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Andersson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sobieskiego keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sobieskiego avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Andersson.
Andersson misses with a head shot. Sobieskiego uses the momentum to regain guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Andersson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Andersson trying to control but Sobieskiego is working from the bottom.
Andersson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Andersson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sobieskiego keeping moving, preventing Andersson from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Andersson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Andersson throws an elbow that misses. Sobieskiego uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Andersson's guard. Nice move by Sobieskiego!

Andersson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andersson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sobieskiego's guard.

Andersson wants to pass the guard but Sobieskiego is keeping the position.
Andersson lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andersson postures up and lands a big shot to Sobieskiego's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andersson throwing strikes but missing.
Andersson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sobieskiego works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Andersson lands a couple of elbows.
Andersson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andersson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Andersson throwing strikes from guard but Sobieskiego blocks nicely.
Andersson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Andersson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Andersson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andersson postures up in Sobieskiego's guard and throws a big left but Sobieskiego blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Andersson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Sobieskiego. Those never looked like landing.
Andersson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sobieskiego's waist but Sobieskiego gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Andersson off to one side.
Andersson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sobieskiego throws a series of punches but Andersson avoids them all with ease.
Andersson lands a jab.

Andersson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sobieskiego napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Andersson lands a few punches from side control.
Andersson lands an elbow.

Andersson swings around for an armbar but Sobieskiego sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Andersson's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andersson wants to sweep here but Sobieskiego controlling him for the moment.
Andersson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Andersson with the ground and pound but Sobieskiego uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andersson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andersson slips nicely into half guard.
Andersson lands strikes from half guard.
Andersson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Andersson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Andersson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Andersson cracks Sobieskiego with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sobieskiego is trying to escape the mount.
Andersson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson punishing his opponent with strikes.

Sobieskiego is rocked!
Andersson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Sobieskiego in real trouble here! The ref calls for Sobieskiego to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Andersson!
Stefan Andersson made sure to mention his sponsor, Urban Fighter in his post fight interview.