PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wrestling Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Guy
vs
Sobral

178 cm
29
168 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

181 cm
32
168 lbs
28 - 15 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wrestling Guy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobral throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Guy.
Guy tries to counter by clinching up but Sobral breaks away and moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Guy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sobral, as that shot connected.
Sobral paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wrestling Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral moves out of range of the strikes.
Guy misses with a hook
and Sobral counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sobral fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Guy on the side of the head.
Guy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Guy misses the target.
Sobral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sobral takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sobral falls off balance throwing a combination

and Guy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Guy.
Sobral lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sobral throws a punch but it's blocked by Guy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sobral.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sobral creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Sobral turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Guy dodges the ground and pound from Sobral.
Guy takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sobral landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sobral throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Sobral tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sobral has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Guy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Guy wants to control but Sobral postures up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The strikes coming from Sobral are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Sobral are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Sobral wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Guy, who protects the arm well.
Guy stops Sobral from passing to mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sobral working the ground and pound but Guy is defending the strikes.
Guy is trying to control Sobral's posture but Sobral avoids it.
Guy is not content to let Sobral control the position.
Guy sneaks back into half guard.
Guy is pressing down on Sobral's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Guy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Guy tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy is trying to control the position but Sobral postures up.
Sobral content to stall in guard here.
Sobral postures up.
Guy keeping full guard, as Sobral tries to pass.
Guy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Guy controls Sobral momentarily but Sobral frees himself.
Sobral throwing strikes from guard but Guy blocks nicely.
Sobral trying to control the position from guard on top but Guy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sobral ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Sobral tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Guy fails to land with a series of punches.
Guy looks to clinch
and Sobral counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a body shot.
Sobral feints the counter takedown.
Guy swinging wildly here.
Guy looks to clinch

and Sobral counters with a takedown into side control.
Sobral is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sobral has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sobral working away.
Guy managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sobral.
Sobral tries to advance to mount but Guy denies him.
Guy is not content to let Sobral control the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sobral working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sobral scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Sobral lands an impressive looking overhand right. Guy doesn't seem phased though.
Guy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sobral tries to move into range but Guy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sobral uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guy.
Sobral's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sobral duly obliges.
Nice uppercut there from Sobral.

Guy is rocked!
Sobral circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sobral looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Oh Guy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guy slips under a jab.
Guy seems to have got his legs back now.
Guy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sobral drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Guy defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Guy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Sobral's head but Sobral sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guy throws the left hand but Sobral avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral lands a jab.
Guy misses with a series of wild punches.
Guy misses with a hook
and Sobral cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy misses with a double jab
and Sobral counters with a nice uppercut.
Sobral misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
Guy tries to clinch up.
Guy punishes Sobral's body with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Guy does no damage.
Guy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sobral works Guy's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobral misses with a two punch combination.
Guy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Sobral is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral misses with a series of wild punches.
Sobral is still on wobbly legs! Can Guy finish him?
Julio Sobral seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Guy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Guy fails to land.
Sobral seems to have recovered his senses.

Guy breaks the clinch.
Guy throws an overhand right that lands on Sobral's shoulder, as Sobral tries to avoid the shot.
Sobral looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sobral lands with an uppercut that bounces Guy off the ropes and back into range.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Sobral cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sobral uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guy.
Sobral swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Guy.
Sobral misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Guy doesn't manage to clinch there - Sobral circles away.
A big right from Guy misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Sobral coming out on top.
Sobral moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sobral moves out of range as Guy strikes.
A combination from Guy does no damage.
Sobral displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guy throws out the jab.
Sobral walks into a stiff left hand from Guy.
Sobral has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sobral slips a straight right by Guy.
Guy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sobral makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Guy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Guy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sobral manages to avoid it.
As Guy backs off Sobral throws a huge counter combo but Guy manages to avoid it all.
Guy throws a hook but Sobral blocks it.
Guy is looking to clinch.
Guy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobral scores with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy looks to land a combination but Sobral avoids it well.
Guy tries to clinch there but Sobral circles away.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sobral paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sobral changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Guy throws a jab when Sobral was well out of range.
Sobral might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Guy looks to land a left hand but Sobral moved out of range nicely.
Guy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sobral connects with a body shot.
Guy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sobral takes one to the side of the head.
Guy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sobral on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sobral wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sobral, as that shot connected.
Guy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sobral circles away quickly and effectively.
Guy needs to keep his hands up - Sobral had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Sobral showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Guy moves in looking to clinch but Sobral pushes him off.
Guy moves forwards but Sobral connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Sobral as he connects with a hook.
Nice jab there from Sobral.
Guy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Guy throws a wild hook but Sobral just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Guy gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the ropes! The referee jumps in - Sobral raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Sobral!
Julio Sobral is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Julio Sobral thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Wrestling Guy was interviewed post fight and said 'Oh well UFF you got what you wanted. Bye. '.