PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aydan The Wandering Spirit (ranked 654 p4p, 499 weight class) and Jan Sobieski (ranked 100 p4p, 77 weight class). The Wandering Spirit comes to the cage accompanied by Wichita Lineman. Sobieski has chosen Karnivool - Lifelike as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

The Wandering Spirit
vs
Sobieski

191 cm
26
208
9 - 4 - 0

199 cm
28
222
14 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

PWNAGE
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

HELLBENT
Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aydan The Wandering Spirit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sobieski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobieski swings widly with a right hand
and The Wandering Spirit counters with a thumping low kick.
The Wandering Spirit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sobieski throws a hook but The Wandering Spirit blocks it.
Sobieski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sobieski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sobieski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It appears The Wandering Spirit was looking to counter with a kick there.

Sobieski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sobieski tries to move to mount but The Wandering Spirit blocks the move with his legs.
Sobieski advances to mount.
The Wandering Spirit wants to control but Sobieski is having none of it.
Sobieski lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieski punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sobieski prevents The Wandering Spirit from getting the reversal.
Sobieski tries to control but The Wandering Spirit wriggling away.
The Wandering Spirit wants to control but Sobieski is having none of it.
Sobieski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Wandering Spirit is looking to escape.
Sobieski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The Wandering Spirit gets back to half guard.
The Wandering Spirit is doing well to control the position and prevent Sobieski from advancing to side control.
The Wandering Spirit moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sobieski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Wandering Spirit keeping moving, preventing Sobieski from controlling successfully.
Sobieski chips away with some ground and pound.
Sobieski wants to control from the top but The Wandering Spirit keeps moving.
The Wandering Spirit controlling Sobieski's posture.
Sobieski with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Wandering Spirit is trying to control the position but Sobieski postures up.
The Wandering Spirit keeping moving, preventing Sobieski from controlling successfully.
Sobieski is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit keeping full guard, as Sobieski tries to pass.
The Wandering Spirit has Sobieski pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sobieski looking to pass the guard.
Sobieski landing some decent shots from guard.
The Wandering Spirit controls Sobieski momentarily but Sobieski frees himself.
Sobieski trying to control but The Wandering Spirit is working from the bottom.
The Wandering Spirit looking to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Sobieski dives in and scores a takedown into The Wandering Spirit's guard.

Sobieski drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sobieski jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit managing to control the position.
Sobieski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Wandering Spirit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sobieski trying to control but The Wandering Spirit is working from the bottom.
The Wandering Spirit utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sobieski is in close to The Wandering Spirit's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sobieski trying to control the position from guard on top but The Wandering Spirit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sobieski throwing strikes from guard but The Wandering Spirit blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Sobieski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sobieski lands with a slapping head kick.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sobieski throws a sloppy head kick and The Wandering Spirit moves out of range easily.
Sobieski tries to score with a low kick but The Wandering Spirit moves his leg out of the way.
The Wandering Spirit thinks about countering with a body kick.
Jab from Sobieski.
Sobieski blocks a jab.
The Wandering Spirit gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sobieski scores with a jab. The Wandering Spirit acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Wandering Spirit gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sobieski.
Sobieski looks to score with a jab to the body but The Wandering Spirit is just out of range.
It looked like The Wandering Spirit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a looping right.
Sobieski throws a lazy body kick
and The Wandering Spirit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Sobieski.
Sobieski lands the left hand.
The Wandering Spirit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sobieski.
Sobieski goes for a double leg but The Wandering Spirit avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as The Wandering Spirit continues to drive forward.
Sobieski avoids the body shot from The Wandering Spirit.
Sobieski shoots in looking for a takedown. The Wandering Spirit tries to sprawl out of it but Sobieski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Wandering Spirit manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Wandering Spirit is looking to counter with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sobieski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sobieski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Wandering Spirit avoids it really well and circles away.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Sobieski.
Sobieski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Wandering Spirit manages to avoid it.
The Wandering Spirit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sobieski misses with an uppercut. The Wandering Spirit saw that one coming.
The Wandering Spirit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Jan Sobieski has been cut.
Sobieski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sobieski connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski fakes the leg kick and cracks The Wandering Spirit in the body.
Sobieski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sobieski scores with a hook.
Jan Sobieski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobieski throws a body shot but no joy.
And The Wandering Spirit counters with a quick kick to the body but Sobieski blocks it.
Sobieski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sobieski looks for a takedown but The Wandering Spirit sprawls well.
A punch combination from Sobieski misses.
Sobieski looks to throw a body kick
and The Wandering Spirit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sobieski dives in and grabs The Wandering Spirit's left leg, looking for a takedown. The Wandering Spirit pushes down on Sobieski's head and hops out.
The Wandering Spirit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sobieski is breathing heavily.
Sobieski jabs The Wandering Spirit right on the nose. The Wandering Spirit blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski throws a head kick but The Wandering Spirit moves out of range.
Sobieski lands with a kick to the temple. The Wandering Spirit shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from The Wandering Spirit misses.
The Wandering Spirit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sobieski.
The Wandering Spirit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Sobieski misses its intended target.
The Wandering Spirit feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sobieski throws a jab but it's blocked by The Wandering Spirit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Wandering Spirit misses with a body kick.
Sobieski shoots in but no luck this time.
The Wandering Spirit blocks a head kick by Sobieski.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Sobieski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jan Sobieski's cut.
That's time! The Wandering Spirit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sobieski throws a sloppy head kick and The Wandering Spirit moves out of range easily.
The Wandering Spirit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sobieski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Wandering Spirit sprawls well. The Wandering Spirit wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sobieski gets slowly back to his feet.
Sobieski slips under a jab.
A left lands for Sobieski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Wandering Spirit on the side of the head.
The Wandering Spirit throws a head kick that misses.
The Wandering Spirit takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sobieski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Wandering Spirit throws a front kick that sends Sobieski stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Sobieski misses.
The Wandering Spirit throwing a counter right hand but Sobieski manages to avoid it.

The Wandering Spirit gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sobieski to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sobieski passes The Wandering Spirit's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jan Sobieski has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Wandering Spirit wants to get back to full guard.
The Wandering Spirit is positioning himself well to prevent Sobieski advancing to mount.
Sobieski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sobieski prevents The Wandering Spirit from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Wandering Spirit keeps working.
Sobieski seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Wandering Spirit makes his way to full guard. A much better position for The Wandering Spirit.
Sobieski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The Wandering Spirit pulls Sobieski in to control the position.
Sobieski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Wandering Spirit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sobieski advances position into side control!
The Wandering Spirit is looking for a sweep.

Sobieski wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by The Wandering Spirit, who protects the arm well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobieski wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Wandering Spirit keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit can't do much from the bottom here.

Sobieski is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, The Wandering Spirit has escaped the position, nice work there.
The Wandering Spirit gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The Wandering Spirit regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sobieski is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The Wandering Spirit has his foot on Sobieski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sobieski works his way back into a safe position though.
Sobieski being controlled here momentarily.
Jan Sobieski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sobieski slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Sobieski got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Wandering Spirit has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sobieski has managed to get both his arms back between The Wandering Spirit's legs - danger averted.
The Wandering Spirit keeping moving, preventing Sobieski from controlling successfully.
Sobieski is pushing down on The Wandering Spirit's leg trying to pass to half guard. The Wandering Spirit is fighting to maintain full guard but Sobieski has managed to sneak the leg through.
The Wandering Spirit wants to improve his position but Sobieski is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Wandering Spirit tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sobieski stalling.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Sobieski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sobieski 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Sobieski!
Jan Sobieski managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013, into his post fight interview.