PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Qwerty (ranked 1807 p4p, 1679 weight class) and Paulie Soprano (ranked 251 p4p, 229 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Qwerty
vs
Soprano

176 cm
22
175
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
184
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Qwerty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulie Soprano!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Qwerty misses.
Qwerty misses with a hook. Soprano ducked under it nicely.
Qwerty misses the jab.
Soprano has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Qwerty is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Phil Qwerty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Qwerty throws an overhand right that lands on Soprano's shoulder, as Soprano tries to avoid the shot.
An inside leg kick from Qwerty misses.
Soprano drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Qwerty defends it well.
Qwerty throws a nice inside leg kick.
Qwerty pivots, looking for a leg kick but Soprano is out of range and Qwerty settles back down.
Soprano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Qwerty connects with the punch.
Qwerty ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soprano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A shot to the liver by Soprano. Beautiful body shot.
Qwerty looks to throw the jab but Soprano is out of range.
Soprano throws out a counter right but Qwerty avoids it with no problem.
Qwerty throws a jab when Soprano was well out of range.
Soprano looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwerty misses with a straight right.
Soprano with a poor takedown
and Qwerty counters with a nice uppercut.
Qwerty takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Qwerty misses.
A nice side step and Soprano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Qwerty misses with a lunging right hand

and Soprano counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Soprano tries to free his leg and advance position but Qwerty is retaining full guard.
Soprano is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Soprano passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Soprano swings around for an armbar but Qwerty sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Soprano's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Qwerty trying to control but Soprano is working from the bottom.

Soprano looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Soprano had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Qwerty defends it easily.
Qwerty wants to control from the top but Soprano keeps moving.
Qwerty has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Soprano is proving hard to escape from.

Soprano has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Qwerty can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Soprano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Qwerty doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Qwerty manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soprano throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Qwerty has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Soprano to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Qwerty is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Soprano pulls down on the head and he's put Qwerty to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Paulie Soprano!
Phil Qwerty was interviewed post fight and said 'God damn, its not good to take a fight when you have a hangover....'.