PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Sofa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Assman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Brett Assman was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sofa
vs
Assman

180 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 13 - 0

178 cm
21
161 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Sofa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brett Assman!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assman takes one on the button.
Assman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Assman misses with a double jab.
Assman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assman misses with a double jab.
Assman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sofa.
Sofa wants to clinch up but Assman keeps it at a distance.
Sofa wants to clinch up but Assman keeps it at a distance.
Sofa slips a jab and a cross from Assman.
Sofa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sofa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Assman.
Assman lands with a nice combination. Sofa backs away looking to recover.
Sofa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Assman misses with the combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Assman as he connects with a hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Assman scores with a four punch combination!
Sofa is breathing heavily.
Sofa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Assman to score with a decent uppercut.

Sofa is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oh Sofa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Assman misses with a two punch combination.
Sofa seems to have got his legs back now.
Assman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Sofa to counter with a crisp jab.
Assman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sofa circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sofa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Assman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sofa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Assman.
Sofa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sofa misses with a series of wild punches.
Assman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Brett Assman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assman misses with a series of wild punches.
Sofa lands a glancing blow to the side of Assman's head.
Sofa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Sofa misses.
Sofa slips a jab and a cross from Assman.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sofa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Sofa does no damage.
Sofa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Assman misses with a double jab
and Sofa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sofa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Assman takes a swing at Sofa's ribcage but misses.
Assman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Assman jabs at Sofa's body.
Sofa throws a big shot that misses.
Sofa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Assman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sofa moves forwards but Assman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sofa ducks under a wild hook from Assman.
Assman looks to land a right hand but Sofa moved out of range.
Assman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Assman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sofa backs up against the cage.
Sofa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assman.
Assman misses with a few strikes there.
Assman is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sofa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sofa throws a hook to the side of Assman's head but Assman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Sofa misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sofa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Assman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assman throws a hook but Sofa avoids it easily.
Assman connects with a jab.
A punch combination from Assman misses.
Assman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Assman misses with a wild combination.

Sofa clinches up with Assman and pushes him back against the cage.
Sofa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Assman working hard to break the clinch.
Sofa tries to break free but Assman pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Assman can't break the clinch.
Sofa is trying to break the clinch but Assman has him pressed against the cage.

Assman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sofa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Assman.
Sofa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Assman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Assman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sofa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assman throws a series of punches but Sofa avoids them all with ease.
Assman looks to land a combination. Sofa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fighters circling - Assman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Assman dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sofa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Assman clinches.
Sofa prevents Assman from breaking the clinch.
Sofa is trying to break the clinch but Assman is controlling him.
Sofa tries to break the clinch but Assman is controlling the position.

Assman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sofa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sofa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sofa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Danga de danga de dang - Assman scores with a four punch combination!
No joy there for Assman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assman tries to clinch but Sofa is having none of it.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Assman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sofa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Assman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Assman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sofa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assman circles away quickly and effectively.
Sofa misses with a double jab.
Assman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Assman in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sofa misses with a wild combination.
Assman slips a jab and a cross from Sofa.
Sofa dodges the punch combination from Assman.
Sofa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Assman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Assman throws a jab when Sofa was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sofa misses with a combination
and Assman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sofa has Assman pressed against the cage, preventing Assman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sofa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Assman has him pressed against the cage.
Sofa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sofa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sofa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Assman has him pressed against the cage.
Sofa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sofa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sofa is trying to force a seperation but Assman has the dominant position.
Sofa wants to get back to striking at distance but Assman won't allow it.
Sofa keeps control of Assman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four 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.
Assman wants to break free but Sofa has control.

Assman breaks from the clinch.
Assman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sofa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sofa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Assman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Assman throws a looping overhand right but Sofa ducks down to avoid it.
Assman misses with a looping right.
Jason Sofa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Assman dodges the punch combination from Sofa.
Assman fails to land with a series of punches.
Brett Assman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sofa is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Sofa misses.
Sofa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assman circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Assman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sofa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Assman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Assman lands a nice shot to the body.

Assman instigates a clinch.

Assman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Assman misses with the combination.
Assman misses with a double jab
and Sofa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sofa is looking to clinch.
Sofa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Assman misses with an uppercut.
Sofa scores with a one two! Assman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Assman throws a nice looking combination but Sofa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Assman misses with a looping right.
Assman lands a two punch combo.
Assman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sofa.
Sofa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assman fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Assman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Assman throws a shot from downtown. Sofa moves away and avoids it.
Assman tries to bum rush Sofa with a series of wild strikes but Sofa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Assman misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Assman does no damage.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Assman swings for the body but Sofa moves out of range.
Assman with a jab.
Sofa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sofa scores with a jab. Assman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Assman.
Sofa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sofa tries to clinch up.
Sofa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sofa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sofa avoids a punch combination nicely.

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.
Assman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Assman misses.
Sofa misses with a few strikes there.
Assman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sofa throws out the jab.
Sofa slips under a jab.
Sofa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sofa wants to clinch.
Assman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assman tries to bum rush Sofa with a series of wild strikes but Sofa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sofa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slow jab from Assman misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Sofa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Assman thows a body shot but no joy.
Sofa misses with a series of wild punches.
Assman dodges the punch combination from Sofa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sofa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Assman throws a combination that misses
and Sofa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sofa moves in looking to clinch but Assman pushes him off.
Assman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assman slips a jab and a cross from Sofa.
Sofa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Assman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sofa swats away the attempt to clinch by Assman.

Sofa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Assman has Sofa pressed against the cage, preventing Sofa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Sofa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sofa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sofa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sofa throws a hook but Assman blocks it.
Assman swinging wilding here.
Sofa tries to clinch up.
Assman throws a nice looking combination but Sofa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sofa throws out a powerful jab.
Sofa scores with a jab to the head.
Assman with a nice cross.
Assman tries to move into range but Sofa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sofa with a nice cross.
Assman lands a jab to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Assman works the jab nicely.
Assman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Assman throws a right hand that Sofa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sofa also avoids with ease.
Assman throws a combination. Sofa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Assman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Assman really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Assman misses the shot to the body.
Sofa misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Assman does no damage.
A jab from Assman does it's job there.
Sofa lands with a cross.
Sofa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Assman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Assman throws a right and a left that Sofa avoids nicely.
Sofa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Assman.
Danga de danga de dang - Assman scores with a four punch combination!
Sofa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sofa just misses with a punch to the body.
Sofa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Assman needs to keep his hands up - Sofa had a free shot at his head there.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Assman looks to land a right hand but Sofa moved out of range.
Sofa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Assman scores with a one two! Sofa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Assman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sofa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assman.

Sofa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sofa has Assman pressed against the cage, preventing Assman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Sofa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Assman's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Assman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Assman slips a jab and a cross from Sofa.
Sofa connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Assman dodges the punch combination from Sofa.
Sofa throws a right hand that Assman ducks under and follows up with a left that Assman also avoids with ease.
Sofa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sofa misses with a looping left.
Assman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sofa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Assman throws a nice looking combination but Sofa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Assman slips under a jab from Sofa.
Sofa lands a head shot.
Assman connects with a nice looking jab.
Assman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sofa.
Sofa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assman.
Sofa looks to land a left hand but Assman moved out of range nicely.
Assman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Assman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Assman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Assman cracks Sofa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sofa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assman circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sofa misses with a series of wild punches.
Sofa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sofa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Assman.
Assman misses with a few strikes there.
Assman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa counters with a series of strikes. Assman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sofa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sofa misses with the combination.
Assman clobbers Sofa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Assman swings for the body but Sofa moves out of range.
Assman tries to bum rush Sofa with a series of wild strikes but Sofa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Assman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Assman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Assman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Assman wants to break free but Sofa has control.
A frustrated look appears on Sofa's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Sofa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sofa misses with a two punch combination.
Assman looks to land a combination but Sofa avoids it well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sofa throws a jab but it's blocked by Assman.
Assman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sofa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Assman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sofa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Brett Assman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sofa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Assman.
Sofa throws a series of punches but Assman moves out of range.
Assman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sofa's head backwards.
Assman lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Assman.
Assman misses the shot to the body.
Assman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Assman misses with a series of wild punches.
Sofa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice cross by Assman.
Sofa misses with the combination.
Sofa misses with a double jab.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sofa throws a series of punches but Assman moves out of range.
Assman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sofa tries to close the distance and clinch but Assman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assman stalks Sofa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sofa's face. Sofa staggers backwards, shaken.
Sofa throws a series of punches but Assman avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sofa moves out of range of the strikes.

Assman has closed the distance and engaged Sofa in a clinch.

Assman manages to break the clinch.
Assman swings for the body but Sofa moves out of range.
Assman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa counters with a straight right hand.
Sofa scores with a hook to the body. Assman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Assman throws a right hand that Sofa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sofa also avoids with ease.
Assman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Assman lands a nice shot to the body.
Assman misses with a series of wild punches.
Sofa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assman looks to land a combination. Sofa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sofa throws a right and a left that Assman avoids nicely.
Sofa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assman manages to avoid it.
Sofa on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sofa avoids the body shot from Assman.
Assman misses with a few strikes there.
Assman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sofa circles away quickly and effectively.
Assman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Assman jabs at Sofa's body.
Assman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sofa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Assman with a nice cross.

Assman moves into the clinch.
Sofa has had enough of the clinch but Assman keeps him there for the moment.
Sofa can't break the clinch.
Assman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sofa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sofa tries to break the clinch but Assman is controlling the position.
Assman tries to break free but Sofa pushes him back against the cage.
Sofa working hard to break the clinch.

Assman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sofa misses with a few strikes there.
Sofa tries to clinch there but Assman circles away.
Assman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Assman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Assman moves in looking to clinch but Sofa pushes him off.
Sofa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assman lands a body shot.
Assman missing with a left hand there. Sofa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Assman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Sofa does no damage.
Assman misses with a wild combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some wild striking there from Assman.
Sofa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Assman.
Jason Sofa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brett Assman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sofa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brett Assman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Assman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brett Assman!