PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between R The ghost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Sorrentino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). R The ghost looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

The ghost
vs
Sorrentino

185 cm
27
205 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

184 cm
27
258 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, R The ghost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Sorrentino!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorrentino swats away the attempt to clinch by The ghost.
The ghost looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sorrentino fails with a takedown attempt.
Sorrentino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sorrentino keeps the fight on the outside.
Sorrentino looks for a takedown but The ghost sprawls well.
R The ghost has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Sorrentino.
The ghost tries to close the distance and clinch but Sorrentino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The ghost tries to clinch but Sorrentino is having none of it.
The ghost tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sorrentino swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The ghost clinches.
The ghost prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorrentino prevents a takedown attempt there.

The ghost breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The ghost is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The ghost is looking to clinch but Sorrentino is avoiding it.
The ghost wants to clinch up but Sorrentino keeps it at a distance.
Sorrentino shoots in for a double leg but The ghost sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

The ghost closes the distance and clinches.
The ghost stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sorrentino tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The ghost smiles and moves away.
The ghost tries to clinch up but Sorrentino circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ghost is looking to clinch but Sorrentino is avoiding it.
The ghost is looking to clinch but Sorrentino is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The ghost goes for a takedown attempt but Sorrentino pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sorrentino fails to land the takedown.
The ghost tries to clinch up but Sorrentino circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sorrentino gets tackled into the cage by The ghost. The ghost maintains the clinch.
The ghost lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The ghost lands an elbow that stopped Sorrentino in his tracks for a moment.
Sorrentino wants a takedown but no success here.

The ghost gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Sorrentino looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Sorrentino looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ghost is keen to just control but Sorrentino is a slippery customer.

Sorrentino is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but The ghost pulls his head out easily.
Sorrentino gets full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sorrentino throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sorrentino looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Sorrentino will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The ghost tries to clinch up but Sorrentino circles away and keeps his distance.
Sorrentino dives in and grabs The ghost's left leg, looking for a takedown. The ghost pushes down on Sorrentino's head and hops out.
Sorrentino circles away from the clinch attempt.
The ghost tries to close the distance and clinch but Sorrentino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The ghost wants to clinch.
The ghost is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sorrentino swats away the attempt to clinch by The ghost.

The ghost moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ghost breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sorrentino fails to land the takedown.
Sorrentino keeps the fight on the outside.
Sorrentino looks for a takedown but The ghost sprawls well.
R The ghost has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Sorrentino.
The ghost tries to clinch there but Sorrentino circles away.

The ghost has Sorrentino up against the cage in a clinch.

The ghost works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Sorrentino has his foot on The ghost's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The ghost works his way back into a safe position though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sorrentino is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sorrentino is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sorrentino manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ghost knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sorrentino on the ground.
Sorrentino cracks The ghost with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorrentino misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sorrentino scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ghost is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sorrentino landing punches.

Sorrentino is going oldschool here, as he tries to force The ghost to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so The ghost shrugs it off.
Sorrentino throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sorrentino cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sorrentino working for a guillotine from mount but The ghost is in no mood to give up.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sorrentino is working for a guillotine from mount but The ghost frees his head quite easily.
The ghost avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sorrentino.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sorrentino swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Sorrentino!