PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Soza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lexa Ffs (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.

Soza
vs
Ffs

192 cm
23
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
272 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lance Soza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lexa Ffs!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ffs with a poor takedown

and Soza counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ffs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Soza jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ffs manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Soza lands some shots froms side control.

It looks like Lexa Ffs has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soza fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Soza working the head with strikes.
Ffs tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Soza working away.
Ffs is looking to reverse the position.
Soza landing a few strikes.

That has opened up Lexa Ffs's cut even more.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ffs can do anything to dispel that myth.
Soza trying to control the action but Ffs is working from the bottom.
Ffs is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Soza creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Soza misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Soza controlling from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soza moves into full mount!
Soza lands with some strikes.

The cut above Lexa Ffs's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Soza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Soza blocks Ffs's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ffs should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Soza controlling from mount.
Ffs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Lexa Ffs's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Soza lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Ffs is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lexa Ffs's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lance Soza!