PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Inoke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa has chosen Dirty Heads-Believe as his entrance music. Alexandre Sosa told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Inoke
vs
Sosa

185 cm
24
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
24
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pat Inoke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexandre Sosa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sosa gets the takedown into side control.
Sosa throwing shots but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on Inoke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sosa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sosa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Inoke is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Inoke is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sosa off and has taken his back!
Inoke keeps control of the position as Sosa tries to break free.
Inoke lands shots from the back.
Inoke controlling from the back.

Sosa defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Sosa tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sosa is looking to escape.
Sosa working to try and regain half guard.
Inoke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sosa looks a forlorn figure.
Inoke is landing with some decent strikes but Sosa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Inoke has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sosa's face.
A nice elbow there by Inoke.
Inoke landing shots from mount.
Sosa taking shots to the head.
Inoke scoring with strikes but Sosa is staying in there.

Sosa is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Inoke with a couple of short strikes.
Sosa is still in real trouble! Can Inoke finish him?
Inoke lands a big elbow - Sosa is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Sosa is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pat Inoke!