PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Sofa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Babba Lou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Sofa
vs
Lou

180 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

169 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Sofa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Babba Lou!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Sofa scores with a four punch combination!
Sofa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sofa tries to bum rush Lou with a series of wild strikes but Lou uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sofa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lou falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sofa counters with a three punch combo that has Lou backing up. Lou nods at Sofa to acknowledge the strikes.
Lou clinches but Sofa breaks the clinch
and Sofa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sofa misses with a double jab
letting Lou counter with a right hand.
Sofa looks to land a combination but Lou avoids it well.
Lou fails to land with a series of punches.
Sofa misses with a two punch combination.
Sofa misses with a few strikes there.
Sofa throws a left and a right that both miss

and Lou counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lou.
A bit of stalling here from Lou.

Lou breaks from the clinch.
Sofa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sofa is working the combinations to good effect here.

Sofa instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lou breaks the clinch.
Sofa lands with a nice body punch.
Lou wants to clinch.
Lou throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sofa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lou tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sofa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sofa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sofa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sofa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lou has time to react.
Lou misses with a combination
and Sofa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sofa misses with the combination.
Lou moves in looking to clinch but Sofa pushes him off.
Sofa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lou moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lou lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lou has a couple of punches blocked by Sofa.

Lou breaks the clinch.

Sofa forces Lou back against the cage and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lou.
Sofa can't break the clinch.

Lou breaks from the clinch.
Sofa looks to land a combination but Lou avoids it well.
Sofa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lou misses with a double jab
and Sofa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lou tries to clinch
and Sofa counters with a nice body shot.
Sofa throws a series of punches but Lou moves out of range.
Lou tries to clinch
and Sofa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sofa throws a right hand that Lou ducks under and follows up with a left that Lou also avoids with ease.
Sofa closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Sofa clinches.
Sofa can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lou breaks the clinch.

Lou moves into the clinch successfully.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sofa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lou lands a right hand.

Lou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sofa throws a combination that misses

and Lou counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sofa is trying to break the clinch but Lou has him pressed against the cage.

Lou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lou throws a right hand that misses
and Sofa counters with a series of strikes. Lou will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sofa fails to land with a series of punches.

Sofa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sofa blocking some punches.

Lou breaks from the clinch.
Sofa works the jab nicely.
Lou tries to clinch
and Sofa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lou tries to clinch but Sofa moves away
letting Sofa counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lou throws an off balance right hand
and Sofa counters with a series of strikes. Lou will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lou looks gassed!
Lou looks to clinch
and Sofa counters with a two punch combo.
Lou clinches but Sofa breaks the clinch

and Sofa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lou is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Lou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sofa connects with a body shot.
Lou throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa counters with a three punch combo that has Lou backing up. Lou nods at Sofa to acknowledge the strikes.
Sofa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sofa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sofa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lou takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sofa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lou wants to clinch.
Sofa misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jason Sofa will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lou darts in trying to clinch
and Sofa counters with a three punch combo that has Lou backing up. Lou nods at Sofa to acknowledge the strikes.
Sofa misses with a two punch combination.
Sofa tries to work over Lou's front leg with a kick but Lou checks it.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lou throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa counters with a series of strikes. Lou will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jason Sofa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lou throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sofa throws a one two combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sofa.
Lou clinches but Sofa breaks the clinch
and Sofa counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Sofa there.
Lou throws a combination that misses
and Sofa counters with a three punch combo that has Lou backing up. Lou nods at Sofa to acknowledge the strikes.
Lou tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Sofa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Lou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lou is breathing heavily.
Sofa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sofa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lou throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sofa counters with a straight right hand.
Sofa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sofa is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lou swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sofa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sofa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sofa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sofa duly obliges.
Sofa misses with a wild combination.

Sofa moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lou.
Sofa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lou can't break the clinch.
Lou has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lou wants to get back to striking at distance but Sofa won't allow it.
Lou has a couple of punches blocked by Sofa.
Lou has had enough of the clinch but Sofa keeps him there for the moment.
Sofa is trying to break free.
Sofa has had enough of the clinch but Lou keeps him there for the moment.
Sofa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Lou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sofa lands a jab-cross combination.
Lou throws a combination that misses
and Sofa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A nice combination there by Sofa.
Lou misses with a lunging right hand
and Sofa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sofa tries to clinch but Lou moves out of range.

Lou gets a clinch.

Lou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lou throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sofa counters with a left and a right that stings Lou.
Sofa throws a right and a left that Lou avoids nicely.
Sofa moves out of range as Lou strikes.
Lou is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sofa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sofa looks to land a combination. Lou sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sofa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lou.
Lou tries to clinch up but Sofa circles away and keeps his distance.
Sofa keeps the fight on the outside.
Lou misses with a double jab
and Sofa counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sofa keeps the fight on the outside.
Lou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sofa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lou moves in looking to clinch but Sofa pushes him off.
Lou misses with a body shot.
Lou misses with a hook
and Sofa counters with a one-two to the body.
Sofa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sofa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lou misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sofa counters with a left and a right that stings Lou.
Lou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sofa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Lou closes the distance and clinches.
Lou has Sofa pressed against the cage.
Sofa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lou has a couple of punches blocked by Sofa.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lou.
Lou wants to stall.

Lou breaks from the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lou in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

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.

Sofa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sofa blocks an uppercut.
Lou taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lou will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sofa up against the cage.
Sofa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Lou breaks the clinch.
Sofa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sofa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lou.
Sofa works the jab nicely.
Sofa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Sofa moves into range and clinches up with Lou.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lou throws a punch but it's blocked by Sofa.

Lou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sofa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lou moves in looking to clinch but Sofa pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Sofa dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sofa lands with a nice body punch.
Sofa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sofa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sofa counters with a two punch combo.
Lou slips a jab and a cross from Sofa.
Sofa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sofa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sofa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lou tries to clinch but Sofa moves away
and Sofa counters with a left and a right that stings Lou.
Sofa throws a series of punches but Lou avoids them all with ease.
Lou misses with a combination
enabling Sofa to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left and a right from Sofa both land. Nice combination.
Lou moves in looking to clinch but Sofa pushes him off.
Sofa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sofa misses with a double jab.
Sofa throws a right and a left that Lou avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lou swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lou takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lou misses with a combination
and Sofa counters with a left and a right that stings Lou.
Sofa looks to land a combination but Lou avoids it well.
Sofa throws a right and a left that Lou avoids nicely.
Lou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lou avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sofa misses with the combination.
Lou lands with a cross.
Sofa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lou slips a jab and a cross from Sofa.
Sofa fails to land with a series of punches.
Lou wants to clinch.
Lou swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sofa counters with a left and a right that stings Lou.
Sofa looks to land a combination. Lou sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lou misses with a looping left.
Babba Lou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Sofa scores with a one two! Lou had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lou tries to clinch but Sofa moves away
and Sofa counters with a series of strikes. Lou will be more careful next time no doubt.

Lou gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lou falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sofa counters with a one-two to the body.
Sofa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lou.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lou!
Sofa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lou.
Sofa throws a combination that misses

and Lou counters with a series of strikes that sends Sofa to the canvas! Lou follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Sofa is rocked!

Lou stands up and waves to Sofa to follow him.
Oh Sofa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sofa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sofa misses with a wild combination.
Sofa seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sofa lands with a nice combination. Lou backs away looking to recover.
Sofa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Sofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lou throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Sofa counters by clinching up.
Sofa has had enough of the clinch but Lou keeps him there for the moment.

Lou breaks the clinch.
Lou darts in trying to clinch
and Sofa counters with a one-two to the body.
Sofa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lou.
Lou misses with a combination
and Sofa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lou closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lou doesn't manage to clinch there - Sofa circles away.
Lou dodges the punch combination from Sofa.
Sofa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

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.
A right-left combo lands from Sofa.
Lou wants to clinch up but Sofa keeps it at a distance.
Lou misses with a double jab
and Sofa counters with a three punch combo that has Lou backing up. Lou nods at Sofa to acknowledge the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Sofa.
Lou swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sofa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lou tries to clinch
and Sofa counters with a three punch combo that has Lou backing up. Lou nods at Sofa to acknowledge the strikes.
Lou tries to bum rush Sofa with a series of wild strikes but Sofa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sofa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lou doesn't manage to clinch there - Sofa circles away.
Sofa throws a one two combo.
Lou tries to clinch there but Sofa circles away.
Lou clinches but Sofa breaks the clinch
and Sofa counters with a straight right hand.
Some wild striking there from Sofa.
Sofa misses with a double jab
and Lou counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Babba Lou comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sofa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jason Sofa!