PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niilo Vaaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral comes to the cage accompanied by Eros Ramazzotti - Un'Emozione Per Sempre . On his way into the cage it seems that Antonio Sobral has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Antonio Sobral seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Sobral
vs
Vaaka

150 cm
20
167 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
20
181 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

AnonymouS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Sobral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Niilo Vaaka!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaaka misses with a two punch combination.

Sobral rushes Vaaka and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vaaka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sobral is keeping busy.
Vaaka avoiding damage as Sobral throws knees to the body.
Vaaka lands an uppercut.
Sobral missing with knees to the body.
Vaaka is trying to break the clinch but Sobral is controlling him.
Sobral lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Niilo Vaaka has been cut.
Sobral unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vaaka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Sobral - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sobral is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobral tries to land knees in the clinch but Vaaka avoids the damage to the body.
Vaaka can't break the clinch.
Sobral tries a knee to the head but Vaaka blocks it.
Nice elbow from Sobral.
Sobral lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Sobral.
Vaaka is trying to break the clinch but Sobral is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Sobral.
Sobral is pushing Vaaka up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Our sources have told us that Sobral has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Come on Sobral - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sobral tries a knee to the head but Vaaka blocks it.
Vaaka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vaaka avoids it.
Sobral tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sobral trying to land knees to the body.
Vaaka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobral is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vaaka wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sobral crunches a lovely knee into Vaaka's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Niilo Vaaka's cut even more.
Vaaka is looking to control Sobral's arms but Sobral gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vaaka has his back to the cage.
Vaaka looking to stall.
Vaaka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobral obliges.
Nice elbow from Sobral.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaaka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sobral misses with a knee strike.
Vaaka has had enough of the clinch but Sobral keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobral.
Vaaka looks winded!
Vaaka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sobral throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but Vaaka is blocking nicely.
Sobral landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Sobral.

The cut above Niilo Vaaka's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sobral slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral has Vaaka pressed against the cage.
Sobral gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Sobral lands a knee to the body.
Sobral creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vaaka's defenses.
Sobral working Vaaka over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Sobral.
Sobral stalls.
Sobral unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobral lands a nice elbow.

Niilo Vaaka's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Antonio Sobral!
Antonio Sobral decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.