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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Villegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Sotaheimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm
27
192 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fabio Villegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ari Sotaheimo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Sotaheimo.
Villegas takes a swing at Sotaheimo's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Villegas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sotaheimo - the referee stops the clock and Villegas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sotaheimo. Villegas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Villegas misses with a right hand
and Sotaheimo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Villegas tries to keep at a distance but Sotaheimo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sotaheimo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Villegas is looking to control Sotaheimo's arms but Sotaheimo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Villegas has his back to the cage.
Villegas tries to break free but Sotaheimo pushes him back against the cage.
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sotaheimo lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Fabio Villegas has been cut.
Sotaheimo leaning against his opponent.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the head.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
Villegas is breathing heavily.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sotaheimo.
Sotaheimo scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sotaheimo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sotaheimo with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sotaheimo scores a nice knee to the body.
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sotaheimo obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sotaheimo stalling in the clinch.
Villegas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Sotaheimo.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sotaheimo.
Villegas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sotaheimo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sotaheimo.
Sotaheimo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sotaheimo lands a good knee to the midsection. Villegas won't want to take too many of those.
Sotaheimo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
Fabio Villegas's cut is getting worse.
A knee to the head by Sotaheimo.
Villegas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting on Sotaheimo's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Sotaheimo.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sotaheimo with a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Villegas is rocked!
Villegas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oh Villegas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the body.
Sotaheimo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Villegas seems to have got his legs back now.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
Fabio Villegas's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sotaheimo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Villegas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villegas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo lands an elbow that stopped Villegas in his tracks for a moment.
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sotaheimo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the body.
Sotaheimo has Villegas pushed against the cage.
Sotaheimo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sotaheimo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sotaheimo lands a damaging elbow.
Sotaheimo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Villegas's defenses.
Jeez, Fabio Villegas's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sotaheimo scores with a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
Sotaheimo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Sotaheimo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabio Villegas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sotaheimo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Sotaheimo.
Villegas tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villegas's face.
A knee to the head by Sotaheimo.
Sotaheimo drops Villegas with a big knee straight up the middle! Villegas is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villegas walks straight into a right hand from Sotaheimo - that's dropped him! Sotaheimo jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Villegas from any more punishment! Villegas complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ari Sotaheimo!
A relieved looking Ari Sotaheimo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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