PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Janus Hassildor (ranked 3498 p4p, 309 weight class) and Roberto Soldic (ranked 2916 p4p, 267 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Soldic's choice of entrance music: Come With Me. Roberto Soldic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hassildor
vs
Soldic

175 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Sportivité
Urban Fighter

Sportivité
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Janus Hassildor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Soldic!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soldic looks for the body kick but Hassildor saw that one coming.
Soldic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassildor.
Soldic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hassildor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
A telegraphed right hand from Hassildor misses the target.
Soldic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hassildor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
Hassildor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Soldic throws a hook to the side of Hassildor's head but Hassildor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soldic cracks Hassildor with an open hand slap.
Soldic throws a body punch but Hassildor moves out of range.
Hassildor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soldic lands a two punch combo.
Hassildor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
A slow jab from Hassildor misses its intended target.
Hassildor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Soldic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hassildor slips a straight right by Soldic.
Hassildor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hassildor throws a punch but it's blocked by Soldic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassildor tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Soldic misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Soldic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hassildor struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
Soldic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Soldic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hassildor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Soldic finds it's way through Hassildor's defenses.
Hassildor moves out of range as Soldic strikes.
Soldic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Soldic moves out of range of the strikes.
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Soldic as he connects with a hook.
Soldic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hassildor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hassildor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hassildor avoids the body shot from Soldic.
Hassildor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soldic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hassildor scores with a jab.
Soldic missing with a left hand there. Hassildor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hassildor throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hassildor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Soldic scores with a nice right hand.
Soldic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hassildor.
A telegraphed right hand from Hassildor misses the target.
Hassildor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
As Soldic tries to get set, Hassildor tries to push him back and clinch up but Soldic manages to avoid the attempt.
Soldic misses with a straight right.
Soldic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hassildor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Soldic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Soldic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Soldic.
Soldic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Soldic blocks a jab.
Hassildor tries to clinch there but Soldic circles away.
Soldic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Roberto Soldic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soldic connects with a crisp jab.
Hassildor throws out a loose jab but Soldic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soldic throws a hook but Hassildor avoids it easily.
Hassildor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Soldic manages to circle out of the way.
Hassildor staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hassildor misses with a straight left.
Hassildor slips a jab from Soldic.
A head kick from Soldic lands but Hassildor takes it in his stride.
Hassildor lands with a straight right. Soldic didn't see that one coming.
Soldic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hassildor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Soldic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hassildor wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hassildor punishes Soldic's body with a nice straight punch.
Soldic swinging wildly here.
Hassildor doesn't manage to clinch there - Soldic circles away.
Soldic fails to land with a series of punches.
Hassildor is looking to counter the offense by Soldic and move into the clinch.
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
Hassildor checks a leg kick.
Hassildor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Soldic manages to circle out of the way.
Hassildor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Soldic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soldic throws out a powerful jab.
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hassildor moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
Hassildor tries to clinch there but Soldic circles away.
Hassildor moves out of range as Soldic strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassildor misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Soldic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hassildor throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hassildor swings for the body but Soldic moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Soldic.
Hassildor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soldic manages to avoid it.

Hassildor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Soldic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Soldic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Hassildor ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hassildor no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Soldic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hassildor swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Hassildor working for a triangle but Soldic defends it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hassildor is working an open guard so Soldic takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Soldic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Soldic lunges at Hassildor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hassildor's hand.
Hassildor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hassildor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soldic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hassildor misses with a straight left.
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hassildor looks to throw the jab but Soldic is out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Soldic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hassildor. Hassildor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soldic looks to land a left hand but Hassildor moved out of range nicely.
Soldic throws a low kick but Hassildor avoids it.
Nice jab there from Soldic.
Soldic looks to throw the jab but Hassildor is out of range.
Soldic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Soldic tries to get set, Hassildor tries to push him back and clinch up but Soldic manages to avoid the attempt.
Soldic lands with an overhand left.
Soldic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Soldic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hassildor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hassildor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hassildor catches Soldic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hassildor connects with a crisp jab.
Soldic throws a jab but it's blocked by Hassildor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic misses with a low kick.
Hassildor misses the jab.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Hassildor throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Soldic finds it's way through Hassildor's defenses.
Soldic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roberto Soldic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hassildor takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A right-left combo lands from Soldic.
Soldic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hassildor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soldic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hassildor misses with an uppercut. Soldic saw that one coming.
Soldic scores with a hook.
Soldic misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soldic slips under a jab from Hassildor.
Soldic throws a hook to the side of Hassildor's head but Hassildor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soldic throws a hook but Hassildor blocks it.
A jab from Soldic finds it's way through Hassildor's defenses.
Hassildor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
Hassildor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fighters circling - Hassildor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassildor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
Hassildor throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
Soldic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hassildor tries to clinch but Soldic moves out of range.
Hassildor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soldic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hassildor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hassildor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soldic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hassildor.
Soldic scores with a jab.
Jab by Soldic.
Soldic lands with an overhand left.
Soldic loads up on a big right hand but Hassildor slips the punch.
Hassildor throws a hook but Soldic avoids it easily.
Hassildor just misses with a punch to the body.
Hassildor lands a jab to Soldic's midsection.
Hassildor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Soldic misses.
Hassildor wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Soldic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassildor manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Hassildor coming out on top.
Soldic throws a leg kick that misses.
Hassildor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Soldic manages to circle out of the way.
Good standup being displayed there by Soldic as he connects with a hook.
Hassildor throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
Hassildor misses with a left hand
and Soldic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Soldic misses its intended target.
Hassildor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Soldic looks to land a right hand but Hassildor moved out of range.
Hassildor misses with a body shot.
Soldic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Soldic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Soldic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hassildor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hassildor there as he acknowledges the shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hassildor.
Soldic is trying to push Hassildor away but Hassildor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hassildor swings wildly with an uppercut but Soldic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hassildor lands an uppercut.
Soldic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic throws a punch but it's blocked by Hassildor.
Hassildor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hassildor.

Soldic manages to break the clinch.
Soldic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Soldic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hassildor.
Soldic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hassildor with a body shot.
Soldic staying out of range there.
Soldic is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice defenses there by Hassildor.
Nice defenses there by Hassildor.
As Soldic tries to get set, Hassildor tries to push him back and clinch up but Soldic manages to avoid the attempt.
Hassildor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soldic manages to avoid it.
Soldic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hassildor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Soldic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Soldic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hassildor takes a swing at Soldic's ribcage but misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Hassildor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A combination from Soldic does no damage.
Soldic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A bone on bone clash there as Hassildor blocks the leg kick.
Hassildor is looking to counter the offense by Soldic and move into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Soldic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hassildor closes the distance and clinches.
Hassildor tries to throw a body punch but Soldic avoids it by throwing Hassildor back against the cage.
Soldic misses with some punches.
Soldic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Soldic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soldic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hassildor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hassildor walks into a left hand.
Soldic connects with a body shot that sends Hassildor's belly button to the back.
Soldic throws a hook to the side of Hassildor's head but Hassildor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soldic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soldic lands a jab.

Soldic gets tackled into the cage by Hassildor. Hassildor maintains the clinch.
Hassildor has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic lands with a light punch inside.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Hassildor won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassildor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldic's efforts to push away.
Hassildor has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic throws a punch but it's blocked by Hassildor.
Soldic is looking to break free of the clinch but Hassildor has double underhooks.
Hassildor jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Soldic walks away with a smile on his face. Hassildor gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Soldic works the jab nicely.
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hassildor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soldic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hassildor if he has to take too many more of those.
Soldic lands a slapping body shot.
Hassildor slips a straight right by Soldic.
Soldic lands a really nice looking cross but Hassildor seems unphased.
Soldic dips to his left and cracks Hassildor with an uppercut!
Soldic connects with a body shot.
Hassildor avoids the body shot from Soldic.
Soldic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Janus Hassildor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab from Soldic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soldic throws out a loose jab but Hassildor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soldic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassildor.
As Soldic tries to get set, Hassildor tries to push him back and clinch up but Soldic manages to avoid the attempt.
Hassildor throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
A big right from Hassildor misses.
Soldic throws a hook to the side of Hassildor's head but Hassildor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hassildor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Soldic jabs at Hassildor's body.
Hassildor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soldic manages to avoid it.
Soldic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soldic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassildor.
Hassildor misses with a wild body shot.
Hassildor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soldic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hassildor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soldic.
Hassildor tries to counter by clinching up but Soldic breaks away and moves out of range.
Soldic slips a straight right by Hassildor.
Nice shot by Soldic.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hassildor circles away quickly and effectively.
Hassildor lands a nice hook to Soldic's body. Soldic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slow jab from Hassildor misses its intended target.
Jab by Soldic.
Hassildor throws a jab but it's blocked by Soldic.
Hassildor ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hassildor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hassildor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hassildor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Soldic looks to score with a jab to the body but Hassildor is just out of range.
Hassildor throws a jab but it's blocked by Soldic.
Nice shot lands for Hassildor.

It looks like Roberto Soldic has been cut.
Soldic lands with a hook. Hassildor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Soldic with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hassildor walks into a jab.
Soldic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hassildor in his tracks.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Hassildor.
Soldic swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hassildor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
Hassildor slips a jab from Soldic.
Soldic connects with a high kick.

Hassildor has managed to clinch.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Hassildor slips a straight right by Soldic.
Soldic slips under a jab from Hassildor.
Soldic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soldic tries a quick counter leg kick but Hassildor is wise to it.
Soldic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hassildor works Soldic's body with a nice hook.
Good exchange - Hassildor coming out on top.
Soldic lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soldic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hassildor.
Soldic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hassildor.
Soldic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Soldic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Soldic 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Soldic!
Roberto Soldic very nearly forgot to thank Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.