PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Menezes (ranked 1718 p4p, 2876 weight class) and Jacks Sole (ranked 254 p4p, 397 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Menezes
vs
Sole

192 cm
25
210
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
210
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

PWNAGE™
White Gorilla

PWNAGE™

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Menezes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menezes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice cross by Sole.
Menezes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menezes. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Menezes lands a head shot.

It looks like Jacks Sole has been cut.
Menezes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sole manages to avoid it.
Menezes throws a looping overhand right but Sole ducks down to avoid it.
Sole looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Menezes lands a jab-cross combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sole. That's going to slow Menezes down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Menezes swings widly with a right hand
and Sole counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Menezes throws a lazy uppercut
and Sole counters with a good low kick that Menezes was not able to check.
Nice body kick from Sole.

Sole has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sole lands an elbow inside that Menezes shrugs off.

It looks like Fabricio Menezes has been cut.
Sole trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Menezes fails to land.
Menezes can't break the clinch.
Menezes can't break the clinch.
Sole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Menezes is breathing heavily.
Menezes takes an elbow to the temple.
Menezes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sole lands an elbow just above Menezes 's eye.
Sole lands an elbow just above Menezes 's eye.
Sole lands an elbow inside that Menezes shrugs off.
Menezes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sole lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sole.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sole lands a nice elbow.
Sole lands a damaging elbow.
Sole lands an elbow that stopped Menezes in his tracks for a moment.
Menezes looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole lands an elbow inside that Menezes shrugs off.
Sole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Menezes's defenses.
Sole lands an elbow just above Menezes 's eye.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sole lands an elbow inside.
Menezes is trying to push Sole away but Sole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sole lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sole pushes off an throws an elbow but Menezes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sole throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Menezes can't break the clinch.
Sole lands a damaging elbow.
Sole lands an elbow that stopped Menezes in his tracks for a moment.
Sole misses with a knee to the head.
Sole lands an elbow just above Menezes 's eye.
Menezes takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes trying to control the position but instead, Sole has worked for underhooks and has pushed Menezes into the cage.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sole lands an elbow that stopped Menezes in his tracks for a moment.

Fabricio Menezes's cut is getting worse.
Menezes is looking to break free of the clinch but Sole has double underhooks.
Sole lands a nice elbow.
Sole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sole lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Menezes is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sole is looking to slow Menezes down with leg kicks.
Oh Menezes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sole scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Sole.

Sole moves into the clinch successfully.
Menezes seems to have got his legs back now.

Sole lands a vicious elbow to the side of Menezes's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Sole tries to finish him with strikes but Menezes still seems able to defend himself so Sole steps back and lets Menezes get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Sole lands a leg kick that knocks Menezes off balance momentarily.
Menezes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sole clinches up against the cage.
Menezes takes an elbow to the temple.
Sole blocks a body shot from Menezes.
Menezes is looking to control Sole's arms but Sole gets an underhook and turns him. Now Menezes has his back to the cage.
Menezes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sole has him pressed against the cage.
Sole lands a damaging elbow.

Fabricio Menezes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sole lands an elbow inside.
Sole lands an elbow just above Menezes 's eye.
Menezes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sole up against the cage.
Sole lands an elbow inside that Menezes shrugs off.

Jeez, Fabricio Menezes's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clinched against the cage, Sole lands a big elbow that drops Menezes! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Menezes is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacks Sole!
After winning the bout, Jacks Sole thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.