PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Egor Sorokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leshar Moradon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sorokin
vs
Moradon

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Egor Sorokin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leshar Moradon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moradon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moradon fails to land with a series of punches.
Sorokin throws a hook but Moradon avoids it easily.
Moradon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moradon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sorokin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moradon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sorokin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sorokin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Leshar Moradon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moradon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moradon tries to clinch but Sorokin is having none of it.
Sorokin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moradon. Moradon obviously looking to wear him down.
Moradon tries to clinch but Sorokin moves out of range.
Sorokin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Moradon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sorokin's calf.
Sorokin dives in and grabs Moradon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Moradon pushes down on Sorokin's head and hops out.
Moradon throws a nice looking combination but Sorokin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Sorokin.
Sorokin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moradon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Moradon doesn't manage to clinch there - Sorokin circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sorokin scores a takedown into full mount!
Moradon is bucking up trying to escape but Sorokin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sorokin controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorokin landing strikes from the mount and Moradon is in trouble!
Sorokin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Moradon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorokin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Moradon?
Moradon looks gassed!
Sorokin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Moradon hang on?
A nice elbow there by Sorokin.
Moradon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sorokin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sorokin content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sorokin working for a guillotine from mount but Moradon is in no mood to give up.
Sorokin dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sorokin clinches up with Moradon and pushes him back against the cage.
Sorokin blocks an uppercut.
Moradon pushes off an throws an elbow but Sorokin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Moradon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sorokin blocks it with crossed arms.

Sorokin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moradon lands with a slapping head kick.
Sorokin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Moradon looks to clinch

and Sorokin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sorokin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Moradon is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sorokin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Egor Sorokin wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sorokin tries to clinch there but Moradon circles away.
Moradon misses with a body shot

and Sorokin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Moradon's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sorokin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sorokin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sorokin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moradon being controlled here, momentarily.
Sorokin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Moradon for as long as he can get away with.
Sorokin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorokin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sorokin is pushing down on Moradon's leg trying to pass to half guard. Moradon is fighting to maintain full guard but Sorokin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sorokin not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Egor Sorokin wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Sorokin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egor Sorokin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sorokin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sorokin showed some decent athleticism there.
Sorokin works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sorokin controlling the position easily from mount.
Moradon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Sorokin has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Moradon is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Egor Sorokin!