PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barbados Slim (ranked 2574 p4p, 2660 weight class) and Paulie Soprano (ranked 289 p4p, 298 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Slim
vs
Soprano

188 cm
19
192
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
184
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

30th Century Beer Store

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barbados Slim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulie Soprano!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soprano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Slim sizes up Soprano with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Soprano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Soprano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Slim tries to land knees in the clinch but Soprano avoids the damage to the body.
Soprano takes a shot to the head.
Slim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soprano's elbow.
Soprano blocks a body shot from Slim.
Soprano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Slim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slim tries to land knees in the clinch but Soprano avoids the damage to the body.
Slim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slim lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soprano backwards.
I was talking to Slim's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Slim misses with a knee to the head.
Slim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Soprano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Soprano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slim misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Soprano manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Soprano has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Slim should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Soprano has tightened it up now! Slim should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Paulie Soprano!