PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sirius Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koa Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koa Sobral has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sirius Black's chin.

Black
vs
Sobral

169 cm
22
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sirius Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Koa Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sobral.

It looks like Sirius Black has been cut.
Sobral fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black throws a body punch but Sobral moves out of range.
Sobral fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Black on the side of the head.
Black dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sobral misses with a series of wild punches.
Black tries to bum rush Sobral with a series of wild strikes but Sobral uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Sobral, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Black pushes Sobral up against the cage in a clinch.
Sobral can't break the clinch.
Sobral wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Black is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sobral is trying to stall.
Black stalls.
Sobral avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.

Black lands a takedown into guard.

Black stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Black feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobral working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Black pushes down on Sobral's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Black is working for a kimura but Sobral is defending it quite comfortably.
Black wants to pass the guard but Sobral is defending well.
Sobral keeping control of the position.
Black wants to free his trapped foot but Sobral is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Black moves into full mount! Sobral won't be happy about that!
Black is breathing heavily.
Sobral is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sobral is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Black misses with a head shot.
Black trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Black stands up from mount. Strange move.
A clash of legs there as Black blocks the low kick.
Black checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sobral scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Black throws a right hand that Sobral ducks under and follows up with a left that Sobral also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral throws a one two combo.
Sobral rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Koa Sobral seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.
Sobral lands a with a good body shot.
Black has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sobral finds it's way round the side to connect with Black's head.
Sobral lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sobral.
Sobral swinging wilding here.
Some wild striking there from Sobral.
A combination from Sobral does no damage.
Black doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Left hook, right uppercut from Sobral.
Sobral lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Black has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Black there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sobral throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Sobral throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sobral throws a one two combo.

Sirius Black's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab lands there for Sobral.
Sobral misses with the combination.
Sobral goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Black on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sobral lands a two punch combo.
Sobral getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Koa Sobral is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sobral scores with a one two! Black had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Black drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sobral misses with a few strikes there.
Black takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sobral goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sobral scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sobral displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Sirius Black's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sobral tries to bum rush Black with a series of wild strikes but Black uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sobral throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sobral has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sobral misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Koa Sobral dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sirius Black's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Black moves out of range of the body kick.
Sobral is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sobral misses with a two punch combination.
Sobral lands a jab to the head.
Sobral stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Black lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Koa Sobral seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Black gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sobral lands a body shot.
Sobral fails to land with a series of punches.
Sirius Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sobral.
Sobral misses with the combination.
Black lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good shot there by Black.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some bone on bone action there as Black checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sobral tries a low kick but Black avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black looks to throw the jab but Sobral is out of range.
Black scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Black walks into a straight right hand from Sobral.

Black moves into the clinch.
Black lands a nice knee to the body.
Sobral blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Sobral fails to land.
Sobral looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sobral wants to break free but Black has control.
Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Sobral avoids the damage to the body.

Sobral breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sobral dips to his left and cracks Black with an uppercut!
Sobral misses with a jab, cross combination.
Black tries to clinch up.
Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sobral throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Sobral is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sobral moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Black tries to clinch but Sobral is having none of it.
Sobral swings for the body but Black moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sobral paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Sobral.
Sobral goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sobral lands a nice looking body shot.
Black takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sobral throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sobral lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sobral scores with the left hand. Black knows he should have avoided that one.
Black looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Black has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sobral lands a lovely overhand right.
Sobral scores with a shot to the body.
Sobral ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sobral connects with a body shot.
Sobral lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sobral lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Sobral dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sobral lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Jeez, Sirius Black's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral scores with a three punch combo!
Sobral closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Black pushes Sobral up against the cage in a clinch.
Sobral wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Sobral escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sobral scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sobral lands a slapping body shot.
Sobral lands with an overhand left.
Sobral fails to land with a series of punches.
Sobral will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sobral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sobral manages to avoid it.
Sobral throws a sloppy head kick and Black moves out of range easily.
Black dodges the punch combination from Sobral.
Sobral moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sobral has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sobral displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Sobral.
Sobral ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black drops his hands momentarily and Sobral takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sobral misses with a wild combination.
Sobral connects with a crisp jab.
Sobral misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sobral fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sobral scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sobral takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobral swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Black misses with a body shot.

Black gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Koa Sobral showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sirius Black's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sobral tries a head kick but it misses.
Sobral scores with a punch to the head.
Sobral swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Black.
Sobral falls off balance throwing a combination

and Black counters by moving into the clinch.
Sobral is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Black breaks from the clinch.
Sobral throws a low kick but it's checked well by Black.

Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sobral is squirming around, avoiding Black's attempts to control the action.
Sobral is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Black swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Sobral is now in Black's guard. A big mistake from Black there, giving up the dominant position!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Black looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral wants to stand but Black is controlling his posture from full guard.

Black is looking for a triangle here but Sobral uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Sobral trying to control the action but Black is working from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Sobral.
Black is not content to let Sobral control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sobral in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sobral.

Sobral decides to stand back up.
Sobral connects with a looping right hand.
Sobral thuds a left hand into Black's body.
Sobral cracks a nice hook into Black's ribs.
Sobral lands with a nice body punch.
Some wild striking there from Sobral.
Sobral throws a right and a left that Black avoids nicely.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sobral!
No joy there for Sobral, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sobral lands a jab to Black's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Black momentarily.
Sobral fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A punch combination from Sobral misses.
Koa Sobral is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sobral throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sobral's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sobral duly obliges.
Sobral scores with a nice head shot.
Black tries to move into range but Sobral moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Black ducks right into an uppercut from Sobral.
Sobral misses with a few strikes there.
Sobral digs a good hook to Black's body.
Sobral getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sobral swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Black cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good shot there by Sobral.
Sobral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
Sobral throws a one two combo.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Sobral lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sobral cracks Black with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sobral throws a right hand that Black ducks under and follows up with a left that Black also avoids with ease.
Sobral throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Sirius Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice combination there by Sobral.
Sobral lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sobral misses with a double jab

and Black holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sobral's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobral avoids it.
Sobral is trying to break the clinch but Black is controlling him.
Sobral wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sobral has had enough of the clinch but Black keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Sobral's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Sobral has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the cage.
Sobral wants to break free but Black has control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Koa Sobral comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sobral winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koa Sobral!