PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Lasso (ranked 5811 p4p, 2711 weight class) and Jacks Sole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Lasso
vs
Sole

178 cm
19
190
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
36
200
18 - 10 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ted Lasso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Jacks Sole!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lasso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lasso.

Sole has Lasso up against the cage in a clinch.
Sole told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ted Lasso has been cut.
A short left from Sole.
Sole blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Lasso fails to land.

Lasso breaks the clinch.
A shot to the body from Lasso misses

and Sole counters by clinching up.
Sole lands with a right to the head.
Sole on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Sole breaks the clinch.

Sole rushes Lasso and presses him up against the cage.
Sole lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sole breaks from the clinch.
Lasso lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lasso swinging wildly here.

Sole clinches up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Sole.
Lasso misses with the head strike.
Lasso takes an elbow to the forehead.

Ted Lasso's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sole breaks from the clinch.
Lasso throws a jab when Sole was well out of range.

Sole clinches with his opponent.

Lasso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sole showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lasso.
Sole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ted Lasso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sole moves into range and clinches up with Lasso.
A short right from Sole.
Nice elbow from Sole.
Sole throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lassos head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sole.
Sole works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Lasso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sole closes the distance and clinches.
Sole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Sole.

Sole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sole has Lasso up against the cage in a clinch.
Sole lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lasso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sole scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lasso has a couple of punches blocked by Sole.

Lasso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sole avoids the body shot from Lasso.

Sole closes the distance and clinches.
Sole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lasso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lasso is breathing heavily.

Sole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lasso throws a right hand that Sole ducks under and follows up with a left that Sole also avoids with ease.

Sole has taken the fight to the clinch.

Sole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lasso seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sloppy strikes from Lasso. Those never looked like landing.

Sole pushes Lasso up against the cage in a clinch.

Sole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lasso takes a swing at Sole's ribcage but misses.
Sole is looking for the big counter here.

Sole has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lasso throws a punch but it's blocked by Sole.
Sole lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sole scores with a shot to the side of Lasso's head.
Sole gets through Lasso's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lasso letting Sole take a breather here.
Sole lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lasso backwards.
Sole lands an elbow just above Lasso 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole scores with a shot to the side of Lasso's head.
Lasso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sole is defending well for now.
A right handed body shot lands from Sole.
Sole works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Sole breaks the clinch.

Sole darts in and clinches Lasso up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
Sole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lasso's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Lasso is rocked!
Sole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oh Lasso is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sole digs a right hand into Lasso's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lasso's gas tank.
Sole lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Ted Lasso's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Sole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sole moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lasso throws a punch but it's blocked by Sole.

Sole breaks from the clinch.

Sole pushes Lasso up against the cage in a clinch.

Sole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lasso seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sole clinches.
Lasso throws a punch but it's blocked by Sole.
Sole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lasso backwards.
Sole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Sole scores with a nice short uppercut.

Sole lands a big left hand right to the temple and Lasso goes down!
Sole works his way into full mount!
Sole softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Lasso is out cold! Sole jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacks Sole!
Jacks Sole decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.