PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nir Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Outfuh Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Outfuh Blood will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Sosa
vs
Blood

180 cm
29
191 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

191 cm
27
195 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nir Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Outfuh Blood!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Sosa.
Blood defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blood moves away.
Blood tries to clinch but Sosa is having none of it.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
Sosa changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Blood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blood tried to score with a low kick but Sosa checks it.
Blood checks the leg kick.
Blood let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Sosa throws a shot to the body.
Blood shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood with a jab.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Sosa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sosa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sosa is looking to wear down Blood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sosa is looking to land body kicks.
Outfuh Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood connects with a leg kick. Sosa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blood.
A nice combination there by Blood.
Blood slips under a jab.
Blood is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sosa with a body shot.
Outfuh Blood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Sosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Blood does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sosa throws a sloppy head kick and Blood moves out of range easily.
Blood lands with an uppercut that bounces Sosa off the cage and back into range.
Sosa slips under a jab from Blood.
Sosa appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Blood cracks Sosa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blood defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Blood appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've been informed that Blood has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blood.
Sosa is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Blood's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa tries a low kick but Blood avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. Sosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blood throws a body punch but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa checks a low kick from Blood.
Blood checks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Blood checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Blood's head but Blood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sosa's calf.
Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sosa, as that shot connected.

It looks like Outfuh Blood has been cut.
Blood takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sosa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blood is out of range.
Blood throws out a leg kick but Sosa moves out of range and Blood only half commits.
Blood scores with a nice strike.
Sosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good shot there by Sosa.
Blood cracks a nice hook into Sosa's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries to clinch up.
Sosa feinted with a counter takedown.
Blood has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A good leg kick by Blood.
Sosa tries to work over Blood's front leg with a kick but Blood checks it.
Sosa misses with a straight right.
Blood misses with a body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sosa or perhaps it was just good defense by Blood, which made it look bad.
Blood throws a chopping leg kick but Sosa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blood connects with a body shot.
Sosa misses with a straight right.

Blood clinches up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Blood as the two fighters clinch.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blood lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blood lands a nice uppercut.
Blood throws a punch but it's blocked by Sosa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Sosa controls his hands.

Sosa breaks the clinch.
Blood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sosa throws a push kick but Blood slaps the foot to one side.
Blood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sosa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Blood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab, jab by Blood - just one landing.
Blood explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sosa scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood jabs at Sosa's body.
Sosa checks a leg kick.
Blood lands with a good body shot.
A nice combination there by Blood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Outfuh Blood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Outfuh Blood's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Blood scores with a spinning back kick!
Sosa misses with a straight left.
Blood only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Blood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sosa.
Blood misses with a low kick as Sosa jumps back.
Sosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blood.
Blood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
Blood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blood.
Blood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blood moves out of range of the body kick from Sosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood looks to score with a jab to the body but Sosa is just out of range.
Blood bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Blood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sosa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Blood.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a wild body shot.
Blood scores with a nice body kick.
Blood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sosa is out of range.
Blood defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Blood releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Blood throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Blood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blood is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Blood checks a leg kick.
Blood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blood throws a low kick, looking for Sosa's leg but Sosa calmly moves out of range.
Sosa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sosa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blood circles away quickly and effectively.
Blood looks to throw a body kick
and Sosa counters with a low kick, right behind Blood 's knee.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa misses with a leg kick
and Blood counters with a nice uppercut.
Blood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sosa keeps the fight on the outside.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blood feints and then cracks Sosa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sosa down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Blood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blood throws a lazy right hand but Sosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Blood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sosa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blood. That did some damage!
A nice inside leg kick there by Blood. That's going to slow Sosa down.
Blood scores with a kick to the body.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blood lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood lands a leg kick that knocks Sosa off balance momentarily.
Blood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donk. Sosa catches Blood right on the button with a cross.
Sosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blood. That's going to slow Sosa down.
Sosa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Blood connects with a solid leg kick.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa digs a good body shot into Blood's ribs.
Sosa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Blood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sosa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sosa looks to land a combination. Blood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sosa.
Blood wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Blood's head backwards.
Sosa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blood wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.
Blood is looking to land body kicks.
Blood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blood throws a jab when Sosa was well out of range.
Sosa feinted with a counter takedown.
Blood pushes Sosa away with a front kick.
Blood slips a jab and a cross from Sosa.
Blood thuds his right hand into Sosa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sosa. That's going to slow Blood down.
Blood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa drops his hands momentarily and Blood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sosa connects with a right hand. Blood shakes it off.
Blood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Blood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Outfuh Blood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Outfuh Blood's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Blood lands a lovely overhand right.
Sosa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blood.
Sosa throws a right and a left that Blood avoids nicely.
Sosa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sosa avoids the body shot from Blood.
Outfuh Blood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blood is looking to slow Sosa down with leg kicks.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sosa throws a big shot that misses.
Sosa thuds his right hand into Blood's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa throws a leg kick but Blood checks it.
Sosa blocks the body kick.
Sosa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That kick from Blood tenderised Sosa's leg. Sosa is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blood wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood looks for the body kick but Sosa saw that one coming.
Sosa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Blood.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blood.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Blood closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Blood.
Blood lands with a left to the head.
Blood scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood lands a left hand.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Blood blocks an uppercut.
Sosa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blood slows down the pace here.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Blood avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Sosa fails to land.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.
Sosa lands with a light punch inside.
Sosa working hard to break the clinch.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Blood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Sosa controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blood.
Blood is stalling here.
Blood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Sosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa taking a breather.
Sosa trying to control the position but instead, Blood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sosa into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Blood.
Still in the clinch, Blood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blood working aggressively here.
Sosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blood lands a body punch in the clinch.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That kick from Blood tenderised Sosa's leg. Sosa is trying to keep his angry face on.

Sosa gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blood is trying to get back to full guard.
Sosa trying to control the action but Blood is working from the bottom.
Sosa thows a huge punch but Blood dodges it nicely.
Nir Sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sosa misses with a head shot. Blood uses the momentum to regain guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Outfuh Blood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blood winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Outfuh Blood!
Our winner, Outfuh Blood, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.