PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alves d'Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). d\'Araujo comes to the cage accompanied by POWER. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

d'Araujo
vs
Soto

181 cm
23
183 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

181 cm
22
193 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Happy Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Alves d'Araujo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Augusto Soto!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soto connects with a body shot.
Soto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Soto tries to close the distance and clinch up but d'Araujo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - d'Araujo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soto misses with a lunging right hand
and d'Araujo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Soto.
d'Araujo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Soto thumps d'Araujo with a low kick.
d'Araujo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
d'Araujo scores with a nice right hand.
d'Araujo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
d'Araujo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
d'Araujo throws a sloppy head kick
and Soto counters with a nice uppercut.
Soto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soto wants to clinch up but d'Araujo keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but d'Araujo swivels and escapes.
Alves d'Araujo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Soto drives through with a takedown into d'Araujo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Soto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soto postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as d'Araujo holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Soto controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
d'Araujo managing to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Alves d'Araujo.
d'Araujo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
d'Araujo blocks the body kick.
d'Araujo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
d'Araujo throws a solid leg kick but Soto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at d'Araujo.
Donk. Soto catches d'Araujo right on the button with a cross.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Soto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
d'Araujo looks to land a body kick but Soto moved away.
Soto tries to clinch but d'Araujo moves out of range.
Soto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Soto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Soto misses with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Soto blocks the low kick.
Nice jab there from Soto.
Nice body kick there by d'Araujo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
d'Araujo blocks a head kick by Soto.
Soto takes a kick to the side of the head.
d'Araujo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
d'Araujo lands a brutal head kick. Soto looks out on his feet and d'Araujo throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Alves d'Araujo!
Alves d'Araujo retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Alves d'Araujo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.