PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Sokolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cadan Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sokolov
vs
Ness

180 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

186 cm
21
194 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fedor Sokolov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Cadan Ness!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ness scores with a jab to the head.

Sokolov rushes Ness and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ness tries to throw a body punch but Sokolov avoids it by throwing Ness back against the cage.
Ness tries to throw a body punch but Sokolov avoids it by throwing Ness back against the cage.
A short left from Sokolov.
Sokolov swings wildly with an uppercut but Ness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sokolov lands a right hand.
Ness is looking to control Sokolov's arms but Sokolov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ness has his back to the cage.
Ness lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Sokolov on the inside.
Ness swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokolov uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ness.
Sokolov lands a shoulder strike.
Ness's coach down at All Time Wrestling - 12 ELITE COACHES was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ness's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sokolov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sokolov gets through Ness's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sokolov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ness struggles to land a body shot inside as Sokolov controls his hands.
Sokolov cracks Ness with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Sokolov.
Sokolov lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sokolov misses with the head strike.
Sokolov lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sokolov.
Sokolov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
A short body shot lands from Sokolov as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Sokolov.
Sokolov keeps control of Ness as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ness misses with a body punch.
Ness has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sokolov prevents Ness from breaking the clinch.
Sokolov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sokolov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sokolov lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Cadan Ness has been cut.
Sokolov lands a hook that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
Sokolov gets through Ness's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ness.
Sokolov lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sokolov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sokolov.
Sokolov scores with a shot to the side of Ness's head.
Sokolov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sokolov lands a nice uppercut.

Ness is rocked!

Sokolov drops Ness onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Ness is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Ness is still on wobbly legs! Can Sokolov finish him?
Still in the clinch, Sokolov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sokolov scores with a shot to the side of Ness's head.
A short uppercut from Sokolov.
Sokolov unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Ness! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sokolov is unloading with more strikes now! Ness drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Sokolov!
A very excited looking Fedor Sokolov rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.