PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Liandro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baldomir Zsofka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zsofka has chosen Ides Of Light- Jucifer as his entrance music. Baldomir Zsofka acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Liandro
vs
Zsofka

195 cm
21
264 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Dirt Poor Drugs($5 Recovery)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nate Liandro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Baldomir Zsofka!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Zsofka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Zsofka gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Zsofka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liandro.
Zsofka wants to sweep but no luck.
Liandro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zsofka is keeping the position for now.
Zsofka is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liandro postures up in Zsofka's guard and throws a big left but Zsofka blocks it.
Zsofka wants to sweep here but Liandro controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Liandro looks for a takedown but Zsofka sprawls well.

Zsofka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zsofka postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Liandro is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Zsofka, into his guard.
Liandro looking to sit in guard and control but Zsofka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Liandro keeping moving, preventing Zsofka from controlling successfully.
Zsofka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Liandro on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liandro tries to get out of the position.
Zsofka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Liandro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zsofka wants to control from the top but Liandro keeps moving.
Zsofka working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Liandro's head.
Zsofka throwing strikes but missing.
Zsofka postures up and lands a big shot to Liandro's brow.
Zsofka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zsofka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zsofka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Liandro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zsofka is in close to Liandro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Liandro controls Zsofka momentarily but Zsofka frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liandro wants to sweep but no luck.
Liandro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Liandro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zsofka looks to land a right hand but Liandro moved out of range.
Liandro with a lazy takedown attempt
and Zsofka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Liandro with a poor takedown
and Zsofka counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Liandro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liandro is breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Zsofka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good shot there by Zsofka.
Zsofka lands with an overhand left.
Liandro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Zsofka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Liandro with a poor takedown
and Zsofka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zsofka connects with a body shot.
Zsofka lands with a cross.
Liandro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liandro takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka connects with a looping right hand.

Zsofka instigates a clinch.

Zsofka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zsofka is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Liandro had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Zsofka lands a right hook to the body.
Zsofka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Zsofka drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zsofka throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zsofka landing with the ground and pound.
Zsofka lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zsofka with a nice head shot there.
Zsofka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liandro keeping moving, preventing Zsofka from controlling successfully.
Liandro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zsofka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baldomir Zsofka dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Liandro doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Zsofka counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Liandro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zsofka on the ground.
Zsofka looking to sit in guard and control but Liandro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Zsofka is on top in guard.
Zsofka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zsofka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zsofka chips away with some ground and pound.
Zsofka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Liandro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zsofka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zsofka wants to control from the top but Liandro keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liandro can't keep his opponent in guard - Zsofka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zsofka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Liandro's head.
Zsofka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Liandro defending well though.
Zsofka winds up and cracks Liandro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zsofka lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Liandro tries to get to full guard but Zsofka has control of the leg.
Zsofka thows a huge punch but Liandro dodges it nicely.
Zsofka lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka thows a huge punch but Liandro dodges it nicely.
Zsofka tries to pass the half guard into mount. Liandro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Zsofka is trying to control. Liandro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zsofka seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Liandro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zsofka is working away from the top position though.
Zsofka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Zsofka throwing shots but Liandro is blocking nicely.
Liandro tries to get to full guard but Zsofka has control of the leg.
Zsofka drops an elbow to the side of Liandro's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Liandro keeps working.
Zsofka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Liandro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zsofka.

Zsofka seems to be looking for submissions.
Zsofka is breathing heavily.
Zsofka wants to free his trapped foot but Liandro is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Zsofka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Liandro gets back to full guard.
Zsofka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zsofka stands up over Liandro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Liandro keeping full guard, as Zsofka tries to pass.
Liandro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zsofka advances position into side control!
Liandro dodges the ground and pound from Zsofka.
Liandro is looking to reverse the position.
Zsofka misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baldomir Zsofka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Liandro misses with a takedown

and Zsofka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Zsofka connects with a couple of short punches.
Zsofka wants to control from the top but Liandro keeps moving.
Zsofka passes into half guard.
Zsofka working over Liandro with some ground and pound. Liandro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Zsofka looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Liandro moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Zsofka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka lands a couple of elbows.
Zsofka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zsofka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zsofka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liandro is keeping the position for now.
Zsofka trying to control the position from guard on top but Liandro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zsofka with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nate Liandro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Liandro keeping moving, preventing Zsofka from controlling successfully.
Zsofka landing with the ground and pound.
Baldomir Zsofka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zsofka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zsofka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Liandro's head.
Liandro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Liandro striking off his back but it's not causing Zsofka any problems.
Liandro manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Liandro scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liandro scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zsofka is trying to escape the mount.
Zsofka is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Zsofka sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Zsofka taking some punishment here, with Liandro in his half guard.
Liandro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zsofka moves into full guard.
Liandro throwing strikes but missing.
Zsofka wants to sweep here but Liandro controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liandro working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zsofka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zsofka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Liandro postures up and lands a big shot to Zsofka's brow.

Zsofka looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Liandro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zsofka is keeping the position for now.
Liandro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zsofka's head.
Liandro stands up over Zsofka, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Liandro stands up over Zsofka, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Baldomir Zsofka.
Well Zsofka 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baldomir Zsofka!