PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Keyser Soze (ranked 3960 p4p, 183 weight class) and Gage Underwood (ranked 3245 p4p, 159 weight class). Soze comes to the cage accompanied by We Back. Keyser Soze has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Soze
vs
Underwood

168 cm
30
145 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

167 cm
22
143 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keyser Soze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gage Underwood!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Soze, right into the meat.
Underwood misses with an uppercut. Soze saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Soze on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Soze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Soze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Underwood.
A punch lands to the side of Underwood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Soze throws a lazy head kick
and Underwood makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Underwood misses the body punch
and Soze counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Underwood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Underwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Soze is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Soze on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Underwood finds it's way through Soze's defenses.
Soze on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Underwood throws a jab when Soze was well out of range.
Soze throws a quick counter kick to the body but Underwood avoids it.
Soze moves out of range as Underwood strikes.
Underwood swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood misses with a low kick.
Underwood throws a head kick that misses
and Soze counters with an outside leg kick.
Soze checks the leg kick nicely there.
Underwood misses with a body shot.
Soze throws a quick counter head kick but Underwood was just out of range.
Underwood works the jab nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Soze.
Underwood connects with a body shot.
Underwood throws out a powerful jab.
Soze ducks under a wild hook from Underwood.
Soze looks to score with a jab to the body but Underwood is just out of range.
Underwood misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood misses with a body kick.
Underwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Gage Underwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soze blocks the body kick.
Underwood looks to land a body kick but Soze moved away.
Soze is looking to chop away at Underwood's legs.
Underwood moves into range and connects with a jab.
Underwood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Soze at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Underwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Underwood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Underwood punishes Soze's body with a nice straight punch.
Underwood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Soze in his tracks.
Underwood swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Underwood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underwood takes a swing at Soze's ribcage but misses.
Underwood takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Underwood will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Underwood feints and then cracks Soze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soze down.
Underwood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Soze stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Underwood looks to throw the jab but Soze is out of range.
Underwood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Soze avoids the body shot from Underwood.
Underwood blocks the body kick.
Underwood misses with a body kick.
Soze appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Soze on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Underwood lands with a cross.
Underwood swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Soze appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Underwood.
Soze throws a quick counter head kick but Underwood was just out of range.
Underwood misses with a wild body shot.
Underwood throws an overhand right that lands on Soze's shoulder, as Soze tries to avoid the shot.
Underwood loads up on a big right hand but Soze slips the punch.
Soze swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Underwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Underwood misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Underwood misses with a body shot.
Soze throws a counter high kick but Underwood was just alert enough to avoid it.
Underwood lands a front kick.
Underwood throws a poor cross that misses
and Soze counters with a nice kick to the body.
Underwood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Underwood lands with a cross.
Underwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gage Underwood dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Underwood is looking to score with low kicks.
Underwood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soze manages to avoid it.
Soze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soze throws a head kick but Underwood moves out of range.
Underwood misses with a kick to the body.
Underwood just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSoze.
Soze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Underwood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soze throws a looping overhand right but Underwood ducks down to avoid it.
Underwood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Soze doesn't seem bothered though.
Underwood 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soze tries to move into range but Underwood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Underwood takes a swing at Soze's ribcage but misses.
Underwood lands a nice hook to Soze's body. Soze takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Underwood misses with a body kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Underwood in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid body kick from Underwood.
Soze moves out of range of the body kick from Underwood.
Soze lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Underwood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Underwood catches Soze with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gage Underwood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Soze tries to move into range but Underwood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Underwood throws an off balance right hand
and Soze counters with a solid body kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Soze might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Soze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Underwood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Soze. Soze circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Underwood.
Underwood looks to land a combination but Soze avoids it well.
Underwood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood lands with a good body shot.
Soze takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Underwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Soze on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Underwood. Underwood obviously looking to wear him down.
Soze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Underwood.

Soze has taken the fight to the clinch.
Underwood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soze misses with the head strike.
The referee calls for Underwood to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Underwood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soze tries to throw a body punch but Underwood avoids it by throwing Soze back against the cage.
Soze can't find room to land a body shot as Underwood controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underwood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Underwood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sozes head.

Underwood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Underwood misses.
Underwood looks to throw a body kick
and Soze counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Underwood is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Underwood. Soze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Underwood misses with a hook. Soze ducked under it nicely.
Underwood throws a jab but it's blocked by Soze.
Underwood is looking to slow Soze down with leg kicks.
Underwood cracks the inside of Soze's front leg.
Underwood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Soze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Underwood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Soze. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Underwood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soze manages to avoid it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Underwood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Underwood.
Underwood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Soze looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Underwood misses with the body kick
and Soze counters with a nice kick to the body.
Underwood scores with a spinning back kick!
Underwood throws a leg kick
and Soze counters with an inside leg kick.
Underwood throws a push kick but Soze slaps the foot to one side.
Underwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Underwood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Underwood throws a jab when Soze was well out of range.
Soze swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gage Underwood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Underwood takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Soze staying out of range there.
Soze throwing a counter right hand but Underwood manages to avoid it.
Underwood scores with a nice strike.
Soze slips a jab from Underwood.
Underwood throws a solid leg kick but Soze takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Underwood.
Underwood just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSoze.
Underwood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Underwood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Soze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Soze is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Soze throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Underwood misses with a leg kick
and Soze counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Soze plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Underwood misses with a straight right.
Underwood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Soze throws a sloppy head kick and Underwood moves out of range easily.
Underwood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Soze. That did some damage!
Underwood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Soze in his tracks.
Nice uppercut lands for Underwood. That snapped Soze's head back.
Underwood catches Soze with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Underwood throws a jab when Soze was well out of range.
Soze moves out of range as Underwood strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Soze checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Underwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soze.
Underwood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Underwood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood tests Soze's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Underwood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soze.
Soze defending well as Underwood loads up on a big left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soze closes the distance but Underwood moves to the side
and Underwood counters with a stiff right hand.
Soze on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Underwood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Soze doesn't seem bothered though.
Underwood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Underwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Soze on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Underwood can pounce on him.
Underwood misses with an uppercut. Soze saw that one coming.
Soze slips a straight right by Underwood.
Underwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keyser Soze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Underwood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Underwood throws out a loose jab but Soze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soze quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Soze takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Underwood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Underwood swings for the body but Soze moves out of range.
Soze throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Underwood counters with a straight right hand.
Underwood pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Underwood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Underwood is looking to score with low kicks.
Soze fires out a quick counter leg kick but Underwood just manages to avoid it.
Soze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soze throws a quick counter kick to the body but Underwood avoids it.
A shot to the body from Soze misses
and Underwood counters with a straight right hand.
Underwood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Underwood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Underwood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Soze throws a quick counter head kick but Underwood was just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Underwood connects with an inside leg kick.
Soze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Underwood throws a good cross that connects.
Soze throws a push kick but Underwood slaps the foot to one side.
Soze doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Soze misses with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gage Underwood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Underwood has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gage Underwood!
The defeated Keyser Soze had this to say: 'Good knock. Looking forward to the rematch. '.