PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lambis Kobelikos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taai Solosolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Lambis Kobelikos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kobelikos
vs
Solosolo

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 8 - 1

197 cm
21
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lambis Kobelikos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Taai Solosolo!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobelikos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Solosolo wants to counter the offense by Kobelikos and move into the clinch position.
Kobelikos shoots and misses

and Solosolo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Solosolo.
Kobelikos is breathing heavily.
Solosolo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Solosolo controlling from the top position.
Kobelikos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Solosolo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Solosolo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Solosolo landing with the ground and pound.
Solosolo with a nice head shot there.
Solosolo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solosolo landing with the ground and pound.
Solosolo lands a couple of elbows.
Solosolo landing with the ground and pound.

Kobelikos is rocked!
Solosolo with a nice head shot there.
Oh Kobelikos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Solosolo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kobelikos keeping moving, preventing Solosolo from controlling successfully.
Kobelikos seems to have got his legs back now.
Solosolo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Solosolo distracts Kobelikos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Solosolo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kobelikos swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solosolo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Solosolo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Solosolo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Solosolo looking to sit in guard and control but Kobelikos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Solosolo pulls Kobelikos in to control the position.
Solosolo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Kobelikos taking some punishment here, with Solosolo in his half guard.
Solosolo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kobelikos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solosolo stops Kobelikos from getting back to his feet.
Solosolo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Solosolo.
Solosolo slips a nice elbow through Kobelikos's hands, connecting with Kobelikos's forehead.
Solosolo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kobelikos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Solosolo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Solosolo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Solosolo drops a big elbow. That's hurt Kobelikos! More shots from Solosolo and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taai Solosolo!