PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartlomiej Sosnowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thomas
vs
Sosnowski

200 cm
22
214 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

187 cm
19
224 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartlomiej Sosnowski!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Thomas misses.
Mark Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas swings for the body but Sosnowski moves out of range.
Thomas throws a leg kick
letting Sosnowski counter with a right hand.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thomas misses with a combination

and Sosnowski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Thomas looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sosnowski is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sosnowski is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Nice strikes from Sosnowski there.
Sosnowski working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Thomas wants to improve his position but Sosnowski is controlling well.
Thomas is trying to stand up here but Sosnowski is controlling him well.
Sosnowski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sosnowski controlling the pace.
Thomas taking some punishment here, with Sosnowski in his half guard.
Thomas has hold of Sosnowski's hands but Sosnowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Thomas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sosnowski on the ground.
Thomas pushes Sosnowski off looking to stand but Sosnowski dives back in and keeps control.
Sosnowski controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to stand up here but Sosnowski is controlling him well.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Sosnowski 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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sosnowski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Bartlomiej Sosnowski hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sosnowski circles away from the clinch attempt

and Sosnowski counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosnowski controlling the position from side mount.
Thomas is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski lands a nice forearm strike.
Sosnowski grinds an elbow into Thomas's temple.
Sosnowski scores with a couple of short elbows.

Thomas is rocked!
Sosnowski scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oh Thomas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sosnowski lands a strong strike to the head of Thomas. That's dazed him! Sosnowski looking to finish here. Thomas is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Sosnowski lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bartlomiej Sosnowski!